These 5 Gorgeous Diamond Art Painting Kits Transform Items You’ll Actually Use Every Day

Almost every time I knock on my roommate Samara’s door, she is working on a new diamond art painting. The process is tedious in the best way, and the end result is a beautiful landscape made up of hundreds of tiny, colorful beads. It’s a bonus that diamond painting is a satisfying, mindful analog hobby, and it’s become a go-to way for my roommate to decompress. 

But there is one problem: Samara’s finished pieces usually end up collecting dust on the floor or tucked out of sight in her desk. She could hang up her finished diamond art painting just like any other poster, but there’s only so much wall space. With Samara’s predicament in mind (and figuring other people must have this problem too), I rounded up a few diamond art kits that let you get your craft fix while also creating something functional for your room — I think it’s even better when hours of work result in something you can actually use.

Even if you don’t think you know what diamond painting is, chances are you’ve seen some of the glittering masterpieces it yields (just look at the #diamondpainting on TikTok for plenty of examples). Essentially, diamond art painting uses a special applicator to stick tiny rhinestones made of resin onto a premarked canvas of some sort — think painting by the numbers, but leveled up. 

While many popular diamond art painting kits result in a bedazzled poster, some sets let you zhuzh up items you’ll use all the time, like phone cases or coasters, too. 

Diamond art painting doesn’t have to be relegated to another piece of wall art you don’t have room for. These kits turn the satisfying craft into functional dorm room essentials.