This DIY Greenhouse Table Turns Your Living Room Into An Oasis

Houseplants are super common for brightening up your space, but if you're looking for unique ways to decorate your home with plants, this DIY is perfect. With an end table, you can create a gorgeous greenhouse filled with your favorite plants. (You'll also need caulk to ensure no moisture will drip from your table.)

Depending on what type of table you use, this project could be very simple or somewhat complicated. The easiest option is to use a glass table that has space inside and a removable top. For example, Amazon has the terrarium display table, though it's a bit expensive at about $130. Alternatively, you could add a green space to glass tables with a shelf beneath them, or even spruce up a simple tray table, like the IKEA LIVELYCKE table ($30) and add a piece of round glass or acrylic on top. No matter how you decide to do it, this greenhouse table will make your indoor plants look like a million bucks.

For those that already have a deep glass table with a top that can be lifted off, your greenhouse will be super simple to create. Start by applying caulk or a waterproof silicone sealant (Loctite clear silicone is about $7 at Lowe's) to the inside of the table. Go around the edges, making sure they are completely sealed. Once that has dried, you'll be able to add your soil and plants and set the lid on top.

With glass top tables that have a shelf beneath, this could be turned into an open greenhouse. On the lower shelf, use cardboard to create a sort of box out of the space. Make sure that the sides are tall enough to hold your soil and plants, but not so high that your greenery will end up touching the glass top. Now, use a thick, black gardening tarp to line the area (if your table is a different color, you might try to match it). Trim the tarp so that it doesn't hang down from the table, fold any excess under the shelf, and thoroughly secure it with packing tape on the bottom of the table. This way, you cannot see the tape and you now have a tray shelf to hold your plants.

One last way to make your home a sophisticated oasis with this table hack is by transforming a tray table. Since they already have a deeper space for plants, you'll just need to modify the table to fit a glass top. Drill about four holes in the bottom of the dish and insert wall standoff screws (about $13 for an 8 pack on Amazon). On top of each of these, stick an adhesive, rubber bumper ($5 for a 16 pack at Home Depot). Finally, you'll need a piece of glass or clear acrylic to use as a table top.

Once your greenhouse is prepped, you can add whatever substrate or soil you like and that will benefit your plants and mist water over it. Now, you might take trimmings of your houseplants to fill your new greenhouse, or you can use new plants. If your greenhouse table will be completely enclosed, you'll want to use plants that enjoy humidity and moisture, such as philodendron or monstera, since the water won't be able to escape or evaporate. With open greenhouses, you'll have more options of what will grow well, and you could even turn your table into an incredible succulent garden.