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A table is probably the most simplistic piece of furniture that we just cannot live without. Plain wooden board with four legs has so many uses that we have one specifically designed for the office, kitchen, dining room, a shop, and even for a hospital operating room. And you’ve probably never thought about it, but tables can be turned into astounding works of art and not just utilitarian pieces of furniture.
Here at Bored Panda, we can’t get over the fact that creative designers are still able to find ingenious new ways to turn table design into works of art. You’d think there’s only so many different ways to reinvent a board with four legs, but these 18 examples of brilliant and cool design will prove you wrong, and a simple coffee table decor won’t cut it to this list.
What makes these tables so remarkable is their effortless fusion of function and unique design. Each is a piece of art meant to be used, not just admired. From majestic wood log dinner tables and picnic kitchen tables to ghost coffee tables, the ways to re-invent this household property are uncountable.
If you’re looking for interior design inspiration, be sure to also check out our chair design and kids’ room design posts!
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Wood Log Table
Designed by John Houshmand
Glass River Tables
Designed by Greg Klassen
Amethyst Table
Designed by Crystal Works
Citrine Tables
Designed by Empressive Geo Designs
Designed by Touchstone Galleries
Sparkling Table
Designed by John Foster
Branch And Tree End Tables
Designed by Bleu Nature
Abyss Table
Designed by Duffy London
Recycled Jet Engine Table
Designed by MotoArt
Swing Set Table
Designed by Duffy London
Bubbling Table
Designed by Liana Yaroslavsky
Picnyc Table
Designed by Haiko Cosnelissen
Wood And Aluminum Tables
Designed by Hilla Shamia
Petrified Wood Accent Table
Image credits: Touchstone Galleries
Leaf Table
Source: reddit
Dripping Chocolate Table
Designed by Matthew Robinson
Moon Table
Designed by Liana Yaroslavsky
Ghost Table
Designed by Essey
Lake Table
Designed by David Gill
What do you think ?
HazelWaring 10 years ago
If only you wood, your jokes are abyss-mal... :)
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LoriLandis 10 years ago
My cats would mow it and leave yak balls all over the house!
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PatrickPotter 10 years ago
David Gill is not the designer for the ocean tables. David Gill holds galleries where it is sold. GAETANO PESCE is the designer.
CliffNewman 10 years ago
lol, taisniiba. I thanks for pointing that out. super cool.
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Aurelija Skikaite 7 years ago
Another significant work by Bernardo Urbina Design OS_root-58...a2bd96.jpg 
Evie Jones 7 years ago
Wow, this article is amazing. Wood based designs will always be a passion of mine. Especially wooden tables. We have a few wooden table scattered around our house as carpentry runs in my family. My pap is constantly making tables! As I'm a teacher and have 6 weeks holiday now to get through, I wanted to get creative and start building something of my own with my dad. I actually found some good, quality Timber Hoarding wood from a local company and I've built my very table for the garden. It's only tiny but it's perfect for a glass of wine to go on. I know that this type of Timber wood is typically used on construction sites, but I wanted to try my hand at doing something out of the ordinary. This article has definitely given me the inspiration to start another project with my husband. Maybe a deckchair for the beach? I'd love to see more of these inspirational ideas.
Kasparo manufacturer of exclusive furniture 8 years ago
Hello, please see our tables www.kasparo.pl which comes alive when a person enters the room.
Rod Schmit 8 years ago
I think you forgot to mention the Marble and Acrylic glass named - DelMare Table, by Eduard Locota delMare0-5...2dfd9a.jpg 
KaetanoPereyro 9 years ago
I want to share with you another table design (I'm sorry for the link) http://www.kisszcook.com/2015/09/unusual-coffee-tables-for-great-time/unusual-contemporary-coffee-tables/
DeloresBrown 9 years ago
Love the creativity. Breathtaking. I would have to limit my friends (light weight) for the swing set. I want the Leaf table.
SteveTerjak 9 years ago
Da grass table could come in sizes same as mattresses .. and one could nap { &/or shag} on it after picnic'n ***.
Anne-MarieChiasson 10 years ago
We are totally impressed and inspired! What absolutely fantastic designs by equally fantastic artists and designers!!! Keep them coming!!
CarolHutton 10 years ago
Does this punning contest need an arbre-itrator? Willow it make a difference or wood I be making an ash of myself??
TomTom 10 years ago
The Fletcher Capstan Table is missing http://www.quick-bre...pstan_Table.gif
KaraokeCatChez 10 years ago
Leaf table sure solves the problem of who is at the head of the table! Perfect!!
TeeJay4103 10 years ago
Woodn't it be nice! I sure wood have one if I could, wood love to have a shop to build one or two maybe deliver them to friends in a woody?
Papagayo'sHouse 10 years ago
HORRIBLE ,the firet pics is criminal ... Ceci n est pas une pipe ... de designer a un riche alcolo ventripotant ...
Nerdsammich 10 years ago
Awesome, but impractical. I would hate to have most of these in my house. Except the leaf one. That is sexy as hell.
Jennifer Jacob 10 years ago
Beautiful Tables! Who has time to make this kind of thing? I came across some nice tables from Canada!?! recently: WWW.IBUILDFURNITURE.COM
Paulexette 10 years ago
Who mow's the picnic table? But my favorite is the log w/ the abyss table. But I'd take any of them, they are all gorgeous!!
Paulexette 10 years ago
If I could only afford the amethyst or citrine ~ or the petrified wood. VERY expensive, I'd imagine. I collect mineral & such, I know!
JudyLaRocca 10 years ago
I think these are magnificent, I will have the amethyst able and the dropping chocolate end table. Show more, there is so much talent out
Crystal.Burbs1497@yahoo.com 10 years ago
Well I'm oh so very in awe.....think I will look again .
Rhonda Whisenhunt 10 years ago
I absolutely love the Sparkling Table. Not just because I'm a girl!
StephenLazarus 10 years ago
Thee tree table is made on site in the forest. As the tree begins to fall, the motion is tabled.
AdrienMona 10 years ago
D'ou vient ce bois? qui l'exploite? quand on connait le sort des grandes foret due au capitalisme on se doit de se posser ces question.
EstherSadowsky 10 years ago
AMAZING!!!!! I want a wood & copper table for my dining room. Who makes them?
CindySmith 10 years ago
I can't count the number of times I said "wow" as I scrolled through these very creative and beautiful tables!! Let me say it again...WOW!
LynnLuptak 10 years ago
Very interesting and if I had money and a larger home I would love some of these. Lynn-Fort Collins, CO
OvejaVerde 10 years ago
lacking this table recycled, 100% waste material. Green Sheep recycling old thinking, visit us:https://www.facebook.com/744971805543197/phot
MaryKearns 10 years ago
Mary -Kearns May I have the chocolate dripping tables as my wonderful husband loves chocolate.
RobertVanMeer 10 years ago
nice. but i surely miss the floppy disc table in this list... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/29/floppy-table_n_4512571.html
CherylTraylor 10 years ago
My creative heart has skipped a beat. These table designs are exquisite!!!
Marko Predovič 10 years ago
Very nice! Some of them looks quite fragile but still very nice :-)
Caelroigh Blunt 10 years ago
The log table, seems a bit impractical. At 6' 6" tall, I'm afraid the limited "knee room" would be troublesome. The rest are cool.
Elayne Burt 10 years ago
These are amazing & creative. Also without a doubt, very expensive. I wonder if these are unique Canadian designs? If so, I'm impressed.
AlecBlalock 10 years ago
Naturally, (pun intended) I like the wood log and the glass river tables best, but they are all very unique, beautiful, and creative.
ErickChambers 10 years ago
they were all very impressive except the last one the "lake table" by David Gill, the detritus on it undermines it.
KostasSyllas 10 years ago
very nice tables with lots of imagination. Abyss and Glass are fantastic!
Retro-cinema Packett 10 years ago
Artist Fred Mead in Forest City NC makes amazing glass tables. He has art is in over 30 galleries including Martha's Vineyard. Look him up!
Retro-cinemaPackett 10 years ago
Artist Fred Mead in Forest City NC makes amazing glass tables. He is in over 30 galleries including Martha's Vinyard. Look him up!
Brutal Sun 10 years ago
I wouldn't mind having the jet engine table. Probably wouldn't fit in my living room, though.
Adrien Hanitsch 10 years ago
Most of these are amazing, but the "citrine" ones are actually simple amethyst which has been artificially heated to become orange.
Ruben Saul Dietz 10 years ago
i want one... OMG they are beauifulllllll..... i am gonna start crying...
Martha Patricia Myers 10 years ago
some of them are a bit whimsical, but what a thought and work in some of them……I love them¡
MarikenSubi 10 years ago
http://woodek.fi/tammikalusteet/poydat/ruokapoydat/ruokapoyta-nature this is awesome! Legs made from plexiglas.
JamesGolding 10 years ago
You should have included this one as well. http://www.englishgardenart.com/
PatricioLeonardo 10 years ago
Las mesas de piedra y de tronco de madera, me parecen cadáveres, fósiles expuestos, las encuentro de mal gusto. La mejor es la mesa-turbina.
HazelWaring 10 years ago
If only you wood, your jokes are abyss-mal... :)
Load More Replies... LoriLandis 10 years ago
My cats would mow it and leave yak balls all over the house!
Load More Replies... PatrickPotter 10 years ago
David Gill is not the designer for the ocean tables. David Gill holds galleries where it is sold. GAETANO PESCE is the designer.
CliffNewman 10 years ago
lol, taisniiba. I thanks for pointing that out. super cool.
Load More Replies... Aurelija Skikaite 7 years ago
Another significant work by Bernardo Urbina Design OS_root-58...a2bd96.jpg
Evie Jones 7 years ago
Wow, this article is amazing. Wood based designs will always be a passion of mine. Especially wooden tables. We have a few wooden table scattered around our house as carpentry runs in my family. My pap is constantly making tables! As I'm a teacher and have 6 weeks holiday now to get through, I wanted to get creative and start building something of my own with my dad. I actually found some good, quality Timber Hoarding wood from a local company and I've built my very table for the garden. It's only tiny but it's perfect for a glass of wine to go on. I know that this type of Timber wood is typically used on construction sites, but I wanted to try my hand at doing something out of the ordinary. This article has definitely given me the inspiration to start another project with my husband. Maybe a deckchair for the beach? I'd love to see more of these inspirational ideas.
Kasparo manufacturer of exclusive furniture 8 years ago
Hello, please see our tables www.kasparo.pl which comes alive when a person enters the room.
Rod Schmit 8 years ago
I think you forgot to mention the Marble and Acrylic glass named - DelMare Table, by Eduard Locota delMare0-5...2dfd9a.jpg
KaetanoPereyro 9 years ago
I want to share with you another table design (I'm sorry for the link) http://www.kisszcook.com/2015/09/unusual-coffee-tables-for-great-time/unusual-contemporary-coffee-tables/
DeloresBrown 9 years ago
Love the creativity. Breathtaking. I would have to limit my friends (light weight) for the swing set. I want the Leaf table.
SteveTerjak 9 years ago
Da grass table could come in sizes same as mattresses .. and one could nap { &/or shag} on it after picnic'n ***.
Anne-MarieChiasson 10 years ago
We are totally impressed and inspired! What absolutely fantastic designs by equally fantastic artists and designers!!! Keep them coming!!
CarolHutton 10 years ago
Does this punning contest need an arbre-itrator? Willow it make a difference or wood I be making an ash of myself??
TomTom 10 years ago
The Fletcher Capstan Table is missing http://www.quick-bre...pstan_Table.gif
KaraokeCatChez 10 years ago
Leaf table sure solves the problem of who is at the head of the table! Perfect!!
TeeJay4103 10 years ago
Woodn't it be nice! I sure wood have one if I could, wood love to have a shop to build one or two maybe deliver them to friends in a woody?
Papagayo'sHouse 10 years ago
HORRIBLE ,the firet pics is criminal ... Ceci n est pas une pipe ... de designer a un riche alcolo ventripotant ...
Nerdsammich 10 years ago
Awesome, but impractical. I would hate to have most of these in my house. Except the leaf one. That is sexy as hell.
Jennifer Jacob 10 years ago
Beautiful Tables! Who has time to make this kind of thing? I came across some nice tables from Canada!?! recently: WWW.IBUILDFURNITURE.COM
Paulexette 10 years ago
Who mow's the picnic table? But my favorite is the log w/ the abyss table. But I'd take any of them, they are all gorgeous!!
Paulexette 10 years ago
If I could only afford the amethyst or citrine ~ or the petrified wood. VERY expensive, I'd imagine. I collect mineral & such, I know!
JudyLaRocca 10 years ago
I think these are magnificent, I will have the amethyst able and the dropping chocolate end table. Show more, there is so much talent out
Crystal.Burbs1497@yahoo.com 10 years ago
Well I'm oh so very in awe.....think I will look again .
Rhonda Whisenhunt 10 years ago
I absolutely love the Sparkling Table. Not just because I'm a girl!
StephenLazarus 10 years ago
Thee tree table is made on site in the forest. As the tree begins to fall, the motion is tabled.
AdrienMona 10 years ago
D'ou vient ce bois? qui l'exploite? quand on connait le sort des grandes foret due au capitalisme on se doit de se posser ces question.
EstherSadowsky 10 years ago
AMAZING!!!!! I want a wood & copper table for my dining room. Who makes them?
CindySmith 10 years ago
I can't count the number of times I said "wow" as I scrolled through these very creative and beautiful tables!! Let me say it again...WOW!
LynnLuptak 10 years ago
Very interesting and if I had money and a larger home I would love some of these. Lynn-Fort Collins, CO
OvejaVerde 10 years ago
lacking this table recycled, 100% waste material. Green Sheep recycling old thinking, visit us:https://www.facebook.com/744971805543197/phot
MaryKearns 10 years ago
Mary -Kearns May I have the chocolate dripping tables as my wonderful husband loves chocolate.
RobertVanMeer 10 years ago
nice. but i surely miss the floppy disc table in this list... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/29/floppy-table_n_4512571.html
CherylTraylor 10 years ago
My creative heart has skipped a beat. These table designs are exquisite!!!
Marko Predovič 10 years ago
Very nice! Some of them looks quite fragile but still very nice :-)
Caelroigh Blunt 10 years ago
The log table, seems a bit impractical. At 6' 6" tall, I'm afraid the limited "knee room" would be troublesome. The rest are cool.
Elayne Burt 10 years ago
These are amazing & creative. Also without a doubt, very expensive. I wonder if these are unique Canadian designs? If so, I'm impressed.
AlecBlalock 10 years ago
Naturally, (pun intended) I like the wood log and the glass river tables best, but they are all very unique, beautiful, and creative.
ErickChambers 10 years ago
they were all very impressive except the last one the "lake table" by David Gill, the detritus on it undermines it.
KostasSyllas 10 years ago
very nice tables with lots of imagination. Abyss and Glass are fantastic!
Retro-cinema Packett 10 years ago
Artist Fred Mead in Forest City NC makes amazing glass tables. He has art is in over 30 galleries including Martha's Vineyard. Look him up!
Retro-cinemaPackett 10 years ago
Artist Fred Mead in Forest City NC makes amazing glass tables. He is in over 30 galleries including Martha's Vinyard. Look him up!
Brutal Sun 10 years ago
I wouldn't mind having the jet engine table. Probably wouldn't fit in my living room, though.
Adrien Hanitsch 10 years ago
Most of these are amazing, but the "citrine" ones are actually simple amethyst which has been artificially heated to become orange.
Ruben Saul Dietz 10 years ago
i want one... OMG they are beauifulllllll..... i am gonna start crying...
Martha Patricia Myers 10 years ago
some of them are a bit whimsical, but what a thought and work in some of them……I love them¡
MarikenSubi 10 years ago
http://woodek.fi/tammikalusteet/poydat/ruokapoydat/ruokapoyta-nature this is awesome! Legs made from plexiglas.
JamesGolding 10 years ago
You should have included this one as well. http://www.englishgardenart.com/
PatricioLeonardo 10 years ago
Las mesas de piedra y de tronco de madera, me parecen cadáveres, fósiles expuestos, las encuentro de mal gusto. La mejor es la mesa-turbina.
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