diff --git a/table/table.go b/table/table.go
index 1bef671..0380149 100644
--- a/table/table.go
+++ b/table/table.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
 )
 
+// HeaderRow denotes the header's row index used when rendering headers. Use
+// this value when looking to customize header styles in StyleFunc.
+const HeaderRow int = -1
+
 // StyleFunc is the style function that determines the style of a Cell.
 //
 // It takes the row and column of the cell as an input and determines the
@@ -235,15 +239,15 @@ func (t *Table) String() string {
 	// the StyleFunc after the headers and rows. Update the widths for a final
 	// time.
 	for i, cell := range t.headers {
-		t.widths[i] = max(t.widths[i], lipgloss.Width(t.style(0, i).Render(cell)))
-		t.heights[0] = max(t.heights[0], lipgloss.Height(t.style(0, i).Render(cell)))
+		t.widths[i] = max(t.widths[i], lipgloss.Width(t.style(HeaderRow, i).Render(cell)))
+		t.heights[0] = max(t.heights[0], lipgloss.Height(t.style(HeaderRow, i).Render(cell)))
 	}
 
 	for r := 0; r < t.data.Rows(); r++ {
 		for i := 0; i < t.data.Columns(); i++ {
 			cell := t.data.At(r, i)
 
-			rendered := t.style(r+1, i).Render(cell)
+			rendered := t.style(r, i).Render(cell)
 			t.heights[r+btoi(hasHeaders)] = max(t.heights[r+btoi(hasHeaders)], lipgloss.Height(rendered))
 			t.widths[i] = max(t.widths[i], lipgloss.Width(rendered))
 		}
@@ -452,7 +456,7 @@ func (t *Table) constructHeaders() string {
 		s.WriteString(t.borderStyle.Render(t.border.Left))
 	}
 	for i, header := range t.headers {
-		s.WriteString(t.style(0, i).
+		s.WriteString(t.style(HeaderRow, i).
 			MaxHeight(1).
 			Width(t.widths[i]).
 			MaxWidth(t.widths[i]).
@@ -537,7 +541,7 @@ func (t *Table) constructRow(index int, isOverflow bool) string {
 			cell = t.data.At(index, c)
 		}
 
-		cells = append(cells, t.style(index+1, c).
+		cells = append(cells, t.style(index, c).
 			Height(height).
 			MaxHeight(height).
 			Width(t.widths[c]).
diff --git a/table/table_test.go b/table/table_test.go
index fbe1881..ca8d43e 100644
--- a/table/table_test.go
+++ b/table/table_test.go
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/golden"
 )
 
 var TableStyle = func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
 	switch {
-	case row == 0:
+	case row == HeaderRow:
 		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1).Align(lipgloss.Center)
 	case row%2 == 0:
 		return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func TestTableExample(t *testing.T) {
 		BorderStyle(lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("99"))).
 		StyleFunc(func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
 			switch {
-			case row == 0:
+			case row == HeaderRow:
 				return HeaderStyle
 			case row%2 == 0:
 				return EvenRowStyle
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ func TestTableExample(t *testing.T) {
 └──────────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
 `)
 
-	if table.String() != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("expected:\n\n%s\n\ngot:\n\n%s", expected, table.String())
+	if got := ansi.Strip(table.String()); got != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("expected:\n\n%s\n\ngot:\n\n%s", expected, got)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ func TestTableRowSeparators(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableHeights(t *testing.T) {
 	styleFunc := func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
-		if row == 0 {
+		if row == HeaderRow {
 			return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
 		}
 		if col == 0 {
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ func TestTableHeights(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableMultiLineRowSeparator(t *testing.T) {
 	styleFunc := func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
-		if row == 0 {
+		if row == HeaderRow {
 			return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
 		}
 		if col == 0 {
@@ -1140,6 +1141,33 @@ func TestTableHeightWithOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStyleFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	TestStyle := func(row, col int) lipgloss.Style {
+		switch {
+		// this is the header
+		case row == HeaderRow:
+			return lipgloss.NewStyle().Align(lipgloss.Center)
+		// this is the first row of data
+		case row == 0:
+			return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1).Align(lipgloss.Right)
+		default:
+			return lipgloss.NewStyle().Padding(0, 1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	table := New().
+		Border(lipgloss.NormalBorder()).
+		StyleFunc(TestStyle).
+		Headers("LANGUAGE", "FORMAL", "INFORMAL").
+		Row("Chinese", "Nǐn hǎo", "Nǐ hǎo").
+		Row("French", "Bonjour", "Salut").
+		Row("Japanese", "こんにちは", "やあ").
+		Row("Russian", "Zdravstvuyte", "Privet").
+		Row("Spanish", "Hola", "¿Qué tal?")
+
+	golden.RequireEqual(t, []byte(table.String()))
+}
+
 func TestClearRows(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
diff --git a/table/testdata/TestStyleFunc.golden b/table/testdata/TestStyleFunc.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e81cb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/table/testdata/TestStyleFunc.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+┌──────────┬──────────────┬───────────┐
+│ LANGUAGE │    FORMAL    │ INFORMAL  │
+├──────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
+│  Chinese │      Nǐn hǎo │    Nǐ hǎo │
+│ French   │ Bonjour      │ Salut     │
+│ Japanese │ こんにちは   │ やあ      │
+│ Russian  │ Zdravstvuyte │ Privet    │
+│ Spanish  │ Hola         │ ¿Qué tal? │
+└──────────┴──────────────┴───────────┘
\ No newline at end of file