Wooden Pedestal Table: Three Creative Ideas

Most department stores sell cheap wooden pedestal tables. These low-maintenance pieces of furniture, while not designed to hold a lot of weight, can make an inexpensive addition to a room in need of some life. The problem is that the three-legged tables, with tops made of blandly colored pressed wood chips, are quite unattractive when untouched. Instead of buying a tragically frilly table cloth to drape over the wooden pedestal table, try these three creative ideas, all of which are inexpensive, easy, and fun.

Wooden Pedestal Table:  Hula Style
I admit that I’m stealing this idea from Todd Oldham, who showcased it during “Todd Time” on MTV’s House of Style in the early 1990s. Since it’s been about fifteen years, I figured it was worth resurrecting his ingenuity. Find a hula skirt (either the beige straw kind of the green plasticky kind) with enough waistband to wrap completely around the circumference of the wooden pedestal table. Then use a staple gun to attach it neatly, shooting the staples into the sides of the table top. Trim the length of the hula skirt so that it just brushes the ground, and you’re already done with your Hawaiian-style wooden pedestal table! Note, however, that you if you plan to decorate the surface of the table top, you should complete that before attaching the skirt.