If you’ve followed me for a while, you may have noticed that I love adding natural elements into my home decor. This fall tablescape is no exception. I made this DIY Rustic Wood Table Runner and not only was it easy, but it cost me under $8.00. A beautiful statement piece for any setting.
Here are the Supplies you’ll need:
- Wood- I used 1×12 8 foot long common board. (You’ll want to measure the length of your table)
- dark walnut stain (or color of your choice)
- sandpaper (sander)
- poly
First off you’ll want to measure your table length. Mine is 57″ long so I chose a 1×12 8 foot board that I had cut down to 56″. Now you’ll prep your wood by sanding. I used course sandpaper to get it nice and even and then went over it with a fine grit sandpaper to finish off. I chose to round my corners and edges but that is optional.
Wipe down any dust from your board and you’ll be ready to stain your wood. Once your stain has cured you can add a coat of polyurethane to finish off your board.
And now you have a beautiful, rustic wood runner that makes the perfect addition to any setting.
These white pumpkins and mercury glass votives add such a fun contrast to the rustic wood. I also love this diy wheat centerpiece (you can find the details for that here).
Looking for more fabulous tablescapes or place settings? I’ve joined with 24 other bloggers to share some great ideas you have to check out!
Live Laugh Rowe |My Fabuless Life | Eighteen25
Lolly Jane | Homey Oh My | Thistlewood Farms | Persia Lou
A Night Owl Blog | Love Grows Wild | Anderson & Grant | The Crafted Sparrow
The Golden Sycamore | City Farmhouse | Ella Claire Inspired
At The Picket Fence | Brepurposed | Julie Blanner | Primitive & Proper
Design Dining & Diapers | The 36th Avenue | Unskinny Boppy | Blooming Homestead
Shabby Creek Cottage | Delineate Your Dwelling | Clean & Scentsible
I link up to these parties here.
Oh! The table runner is so simple and pretty! I love the wood and mercury glass combo!
Have a great day rock star!
karianne
This table is absolutely gorgeous!! And the dark wood is the perfect contrast against all your beautiful accessories 🙂
This table is so beautiful, Marie!! I love the wood table runner paired with the white and silver accents. The perfect combination! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
So elegant with all whites!! Just lovely, pinned.
Funny, we used reclaimed wood as our runner! Your table scape looks amazing!!
Absolutely stunning, friend!! Stained wood as a runner is a perfect addition to a tablescape. HUGS!!!
Absolutely stunning! The rustic dark would looks fabulous with the other light, neutral colors!
I love your table runner and the whole neutral theme! Beautiful!
gorgeous- the entire table is just beautiful!!!
This is so gorgeous! Love the white against the dark wood!
Love how you paired the rustic wood runner with such an elegant table. Beautiful!
what a gorgeous table! I love this idea – thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much Carrie.
Gorgeous, gorgeous table! Thanks for sharing! PINNED!
An incredible idea, your pretties on table look fantastic raised up on wood rustic board. What an absolutely clever idea and so easy. And love that it’s different, don’t have to wash it (except clean off) no ironing, lol. Maybe you’ll start a new trend. Love it love it. Pinning this Happy week and season
Forgot I wanted to ask you how you folded your beautiful napkins that way? Have you done a post on it already, if not would you? I’d love to know how you did that. Beautiful. Happy week
I’ll share a tutorial soon, it is so easy but I love the look!
This is truly beautiful! I love the simplicity and all the natural elements. Bravo! I’m starting a link party this weekend and this project would fit in beautifully- it’s called “Found & Foraged” and we hope to be able to feature collected design and DIY’s using the beauty that is already around us. It’ll be at 8 pm on Saturday and I’d be so thrilled if you stopped by. You can find me at http://www.averystreetdesign.com. Hope to see you!
Thanks Laura, I will be by to link up!
What a great idea! I love your Thanksgiving tablescape! The wheat is so pretty in the mercury glass vase. I like the change of the white and silver and brown instead of all the orange you see at this time of year!
Thanks so much Chloe!
Love this. Is it cheating if I have the guy at Home Depot cut the wood for me?
Thats just smart Heather! Saves some work. 🙂
The table runner is brilliant. Love your table setting too. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Watch for your feature on Monday ♥
I LOVE the decorations you put on the table. If you don’t mind telling… where did you find them?
I got the white pumpkins, mercury glass votives and vase from hobby lobby. The pinecones I diy’d with metallic paint and you can find the tutorial here: http://www.bloominghomestead.com/2014/10/metallic-painted-pinecones.html
I love, love, love this idea! I hope you will share it tonight at the Found & Foraged Linky Party! The party starts at 8PM CST! Hope to see you there http://www.thebigrevealblog.com
Beautiful! I love it. Pinned. Lou Lou Girls
That is gorgeous!! I love the beautiful wood grain!
i love this idea! i’ve been wanting to use a shutter as my centerpiece base but love the wood grain on this. tfs! warmly-mj
Thanks so much, I love the look of the wood.
This is such a great idea for a piece of scrap wood! Your table setting is beautiful:)
This is gorgeous! Perfect idea!
Love this!!! I’m featuring this tonight at Worthwhile Wednesdays!
~Allie http://www.crafyallieblog.com
Beautiful! Great idea. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from The Shabby Nest link party 🙂
Marie, thanks so much for linking up at Found & Foraged!! (I see Grace asked you too- clearly we love your style, haha!) Hope you’ll be by again this Saturday. Also, all the bloggers you did this with look like they did an amazing job- I could get lost in that collage for a long time. 🙂 xo, Laura
This is absolutely gorgeous! So simple yet perfect. Love your blog, by the way, Marie. I’m always stumbling upon it and find myself getting lost in all of your beautiful projects here. 🙂
Awe, thanks so much Lauren! xoxo
Love this idea and how it not only ads rustic charm to a table setting, it’s also a built-in hot plate for warm serving dishes. I’m making this!
Exactly Vicki, I really have been loving it!
I love this so much! This is exact;y what I have been looking for! You may even see my own version this year if I have time to blog about it!
Thanks!
That sounds great Kassandra, I’d love to see it.
beautiful tablescape! I LOVE it!!
Thank you so much!