Woman Uses A Dollar Tree Pizza Pan To Create A Functional Piece Of Furniture

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An accent table comes in handy, whether you need a spot to set drinks while you're relaxing on your couch or to collect mail or outdoor accessories when you walk into your home. While you could shell out for a new table, it's much more budget-friendly, not to mention fun, to DIY one using unconventional materials. For instance, YouTuber Chalk It Up Fancy took a $1.25 16-Inch Pizza Pan and the handles of three plungers and built a small, three-legged accent table.

The DIY is one of many genius ways to upcycle a Dollar Tree pizza pan and turn it into a functional piece of furniture. It's also pretty quick and easy. The hardest part may be cutting the ends of the plunger handles at an angle so that they can rest level with the floor when they're attached to the bottom of the pan. To make your own table, you'll need a pizza pan, three plungers (which you can also grab from Dollar Tree), a saw, three screws, and a drill. You'll also want to grab painting supplies, including a foam brush, primer, cabinet paint, paintbrush, and spray paint. If you want to cover up the screws in the center of the table, you'll need a thin wood circle, a medallion tile sticker, plus a hot glue gun.

To build your table, start by assembling the table legs. Remove the plunger part from the wooden handles and peel off any stickers or labels. Cut one side of each leg at a 45-degree angle and sand it to remove the rough edges. Paint the wooden handles the color of your choice using cabinet paint.

For the tabletop, clean the pizza pan, removing any labels and glue, and give it a couple of coats of primer so the spray paint will adhere well. Once the primer has dried, based on the manufacturer's directions, spray paint the pizza pan. Now you're going to attach the legs to the bottom of the pan. Drill three holes in the pan's center, in a triangle formation. Set a screw in each hole, then twist a plunger handle into each screw with the angle-cut side against the pizza pan.

To conceal the screws on the table, hot glue a thin wood circle to the top. Dress up the circle by painting it. Then, add a decorative touch with a medallion sticker cut to size.

There are many ways to put your own spin on the DIY, starting with the legs. While three Thermoplastic Toilet Plungers with wooden handles from Dollar Tree will only set you back about $4.50, you may want to use a different type of material or a different shape for your table. One option may be a mid-century modern-style base, such as SMARTSTANDARD 16" Hairpin Furniture Legs. Or, to create an accent table that doubles as a DIY solution for blanket storage, use a basket or a planter as the base. Decorate the pizza pan using the same method, but use it as a removable lid. 

To customize the table top, you may want to take a page from another Dollar Tree pizza pan upcycle, which turned the pizza pan into a hanging storage tray. Sandwich two pizza pans together, with a beaded garland between them, to give your table an interesting edge. If you use two pizza pans, you can skip the wood circle, as the second pan will conceal the screws holding the legs. Other ways to put your own spin on the tabletop include decoupaging it, rather than painting it, or using contact paper or peel-and-stick wallpaper on top of the pizza pan.