diff --git a/core/api/core.api b/core/api/core.api
index 98a4dce3ae..36eb4607ae 100644
--- a/core/api/core.api
+++ b/core/api/core.api
@@ -1387,6 +1387,7 @@ public final class org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/ConstructorsKt {
 	public static final fun columnGroupTyped (Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnReference;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnPath;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnAccessor;
 	public static final fun columnOf (Ljava/lang/Iterable;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataColumn;
 	public static final fun columnOf (Ljava/lang/Iterable;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/FrameColumn;
+	public static final fun columnOf ([Lkotlin/Pair;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnGroup;
 	public static final fun columnOf ([Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/FrameColumn;
 	public static final fun columnOf ([Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/BaseColumn;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataColumn;
 	public static final fun dataFrameOf (Ljava/lang/Iterable;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;
@@ -1397,6 +1398,7 @@ public final class org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/ConstructorsKt {
 	public static final fun dataFrameOf ([Lkotlin/Pair;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;
 	public static final fun dataFrameOf ([Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/BaseColumn;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;
 	public static final fun dataFrameOf ([Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnReference;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/DataFrameBuilder;
+	public static final fun dataFrameOfColumns ([Lkotlin/Pair;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;
 	public static final fun emptyDataFrame ()Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/DataFrame;
 	public static final fun frameColumn ()Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/ColumnDelegate;
 	public static final fun frameColumn (Ljava/lang/String;)Lorg/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/columns/ColumnAccessor;
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/constructors.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/constructors.kt
index 6b1248c44b..e56038470d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/constructors.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/constructors.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.annotations.AccessApiOverload
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.annotations.Interpretable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.annotations.Refine
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnAccessor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnGroup
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnPath
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnReference
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.FrameColumn
@@ -269,6 +270,15 @@ public inline fun <reified T> column(values: Iterable<T>): DataColumn<T> =
         allColsMakesColGroup = true,
     ).forceResolve()
 
+@Refine
+@Interpretable("ColumnOfPairs")
+public fun columnOf(vararg columns: Pair<String, AnyBaseCol>): ColumnGroup<*> =
+    dataFrameOf(
+        columns.map { (name, col) ->
+            col.rename(name)
+        },
+    ).asColumnGroup()
+
 // endregion
 
 // region create DataFrame
@@ -290,6 +300,12 @@ public fun dataFrameOf(columns: Iterable<AnyBaseCol>): DataFrame<*> {
     return DataFrameImpl<Unit>(cols, nrow)
 }
 
+@Refine
+@JvmName("dataFrameOfColumns")
+@Interpretable("DataFrameOfPairs")
+public fun dataFrameOf(vararg columns: Pair<String, AnyBaseCol>): DataFrame<*> =
+    dataFrameOf(columns.map { (name, col) -> col.rename(name) })
+
 public fun dataFrameOf(vararg header: ColumnReference<*>): DataFrameBuilder = DataFrameBuilder(header.map { it.name() })
 
 public fun dataFrameOf(vararg columns: AnyBaseCol): DataFrame<*> = dataFrameOf(columns.asIterable())
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/samples/api/Create.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/samples/api/Create.kt
index 4c533349a9..f99d2dfeeb 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/samples/api/Create.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/samples/api/Create.kt
@@ -261,6 +261,21 @@ class Create : TestBase() {
         // SampleEnd
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @TransformDataFrameExpressions
+    fun createNestedDataFrameInplace() {
+        // SampleStart
+        // DataFrame with 2 columns and 3 rows
+        val df = dataFrameOf(
+            "name" to columnOf(
+                "firstName" to columnOf("Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"),
+                "lastName" to columnOf("Cooper", "Dylan", "Daniels"),
+            ),
+            "age" to columnOf(15, 20, 100),
+        )
+        // SampleEnd
+    }
+
     @Test
     @TransformDataFrameExpressions
     fun createDataFrameWithFill() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/testSets/person/DataFrameTests.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/testSets/person/DataFrameTests.kt
index 13e410bcb9..d566ab8469 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/testSets/person/DataFrameTests.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/testSets/person/DataFrameTests.kt
@@ -1934,6 +1934,21 @@ class DataFrameTests : BaseTest() {
         df.columns().forEach { col -> col.forEachIndexed { row, value -> value shouldBe row + 1 } }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `create nested dataframe inplace`() {
+        val df = dataFrameOf(
+            "a" to columnOf("1"),
+            "b" to columnOf(
+                "c" to columnOf("2"),
+            ),
+            "d" to columnOf(dataFrameOf("a")(123)),
+            "gr" to listOf("1").toDataFrame().asColumnGroup(),
+        )
+
+        df.columnNames() shouldBe listOf("a", "b", "d", "gr")
+        df.getColumnGroup("gr")["value"].values() shouldBe listOf("1")
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `get typed column by name`() {
         val col = df.getColumn("name").cast<String>()
diff --git a/docs/StardustDocs/topics/createDataFrame.md b/docs/StardustDocs/topics/createDataFrame.md
index 78092bb2b1..8942d5b36e 100644
--- a/docs/StardustDocs/topics/createDataFrame.md
+++ b/docs/StardustDocs/topics/createDataFrame.md
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@ val df = dataFrameOf(
 
 <!---END-->
 
+Create DataFrame with nested columns inplace:
+
+<!---FUN createNestedDataFrameInplace-->
+
+```kotlin
+// DataFrame with 2 columns and 3 rows
+val df = dataFrameOf(
+    "name" to columnOf(
+        "firstName" to columnOf("Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"),
+        "lastName" to columnOf("Cooper", "Dylan", "Daniels"),
+    ),
+    "age" to columnOf(15, 20, 100),
+)
+```
+
+<!---END-->
+
 <!---FUN createDataFrameFromColumns-->
 
 ```kotlin
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/FunctionCallTransformer.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/FunctionCallTransformer.kt
index 6d7eab7167..09ac5a164f 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/FunctionCallTransformer.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/FunctionCallTransformer.kt
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ class FunctionCallTransformer(
         fun transformOrNull(call: FirFunctionCall, originalSymbol: FirNamedFunctionSymbol): FirFunctionCall?
     }
 
-    private val transformers = listOf(GroupByCallTransformer(), DataFrameCallTransformer(), DataRowCallTransformer())
+    // also update [ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector.SCHEMA_TYPES]
+    private val transformers = listOf(
+        GroupByCallTransformer(),
+        DataFrameCallTransformer(),
+        DataRowCallTransformer(),
+        ColumnGroupCallTransformer(),
+    )
 
     override fun intercept(callInfo: CallInfo, symbol: FirNamedFunctionSymbol): CallReturnType? {
         val callSiteAnnotations = (callInfo.callSite as? FirAnnotationContainer)?.annotations ?: emptyList()
@@ -194,6 +200,8 @@ class FunctionCallTransformer(
 
     inner class DataRowCallTransformer : CallTransformer by DataSchemaLikeCallTransformer(Names.DATA_ROW_CLASS_ID)
 
+    inner class ColumnGroupCallTransformer : CallTransformer by DataSchemaLikeCallTransformer(Names.COLUM_GROUP_CLASS_ID)
+
     inner class GroupByCallTransformer : CallTransformer {
         override fun interceptOrNull(
             callInfo: CallInfo,
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector.kt
index b522951c31..1624d200a0 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/extensions/ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector.kt
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.toRegularClassSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.utils.Names
 
 class ReturnTypeBasedReceiverInjector(session: FirSession) : FirExpressionResolutionExtension(session) {
+    companion object {
+        private val SCHEMA_TYPES = setOf(
+            Names.DF_CLASS_ID,
+            Names.GROUP_BY_CLASS_ID,
+            Names.DATA_ROW_CLASS_ID,
+            Names.COLUM_GROUP_CLASS_ID,
+        )
+    }
+
     @OptIn(SymbolInternals::class)
     override fun addNewImplicitReceivers(functionCall: FirFunctionCall): List<ConeKotlinType> {
         val callReturnType = functionCall.resolvedType
-        return if (callReturnType.classId in setOf(Names.DF_CLASS_ID, Names.GROUP_BY_CLASS_ID, Names.DATA_ROW_CLASS_ID)) {
+        return if (callReturnType.classId in SCHEMA_TYPES) {
             val typeArguments = callReturnType.typeArguments
             typeArguments
                 .mapNotNull {
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/impl/api/dataFrameOf.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/impl/api/dataFrameOf.kt
index 1eeeca8c83..30bd5befd9 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/impl/api/dataFrameOf.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/impl/api/dataFrameOf.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.expressions.FirExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.expressions.FirLiteralExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.expressions.FirVarargArgumentsExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.plugin.createConeType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.ConeKotlinType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.classId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.commonSuperTypeOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.resolvedType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.types.type
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.Interpreter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.PluginDataFrameSchema
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.simpleColumnOf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.impl.api.withValuesImpl
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.utils.Names
 
 class DataFrameOf0 : AbstractInterpreter<DataFrameBuilderApproximation>() {
     val Arguments.header: List<String> by arg()
@@ -53,3 +57,30 @@ class DataFrameOf3 : AbstractSchemaModificationInterpreter() {
         return PluginDataFrameSchema(res)
     }
 }
+
+abstract class SchemaConstructor : AbstractSchemaModificationInterpreter() {
+    val Arguments.columns: List<Interpreter.Success<Pair<*, *>>> by arg()
+
+    override fun Arguments.interpret(): PluginDataFrameSchema {
+        val res = columns.map {
+            val it = it.value
+            val name = (it.first as? FirLiteralExpression)?.value as? String
+            val resolvedType = (it.second as? FirExpression)?.resolvedType
+            val type: ConeKotlinType? = when (resolvedType?.classId) {
+                Names.COLUM_GROUP_CLASS_ID -> Names.DATA_ROW_CLASS_ID.createConeType(session, arrayOf(resolvedType.typeArguments[0]))
+                Names.FRAME_COLUMN_CLASS_ID -> Names.DF_CLASS_ID.createConeType(session, arrayOf(resolvedType.typeArguments[0]))
+                Names.DATA_COLUMN_CLASS_ID -> resolvedType.typeArguments[0] as? ConeKotlinType
+                Names.BASE_COLUMN_CLASS_ID -> resolvedType.typeArguments[0] as? ConeKotlinType
+                else -> null
+            }
+            if (name == null || type == null) return PluginDataFrameSchema(emptyList())
+            simpleColumnOf(name, type)
+        }
+        return PluginDataFrameSchema(res)
+    }
+}
+
+class DataFrameOfPairs : SchemaConstructor()
+
+class ColumnOfPairs : SchemaConstructor()
+
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/loadInterpreter.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/loadInterpreter.kt
index 2d914d3e5e..4ac873c8a1 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/loadInterpreter.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/loadInterpreter.kt
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColsAtAnyDepth2
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColsOf0
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColsOf1
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColsOf2
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColumnOfPairs
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ColumnRange
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.ConcatWithKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameBuilderInvoke0
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameOf0
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameOf3
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameOfPairs
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameUnfold
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.DataFrameXs
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.plugin.impl.api.Drop0
@@ -409,6 +411,8 @@ internal inline fun <reified T> String.load(): T {
         "toDataFrameDefault" -> ToDataFrameDefault()
         "ToDataFrameDslStringInvoke" -> ToDataFrameDslStringInvoke()
         "DataFrameOf0" -> DataFrameOf0()
+        "DataFrameOfPairs" -> DataFrameOfPairs()
+        "ColumnOfPairs" -> ColumnOfPairs()
         "DataFrameBuilderInvoke0" -> DataFrameBuilderInvoke0()
         "ToDataFrameColumn" -> ToDataFrameColumn()
         "FillNulls0" -> FillNulls0()
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/utils/Names.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/utils/Names.kt
index e97c105718..249d7e2e93 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/utils/Names.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/plugin/utils/Names.kt
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@ object Names {
 
     val COLUM_GROUP_CLASS_ID: ClassId
         get() = ClassId(FqName("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns"), Name.identifier("ColumnGroup"))
+    val FRAME_COLUMN_CLASS_ID: ClassId
+        get() = ClassId(FqName("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns"), Name.identifier("FrameColumn"))
     val DATA_COLUMN_CLASS_ID: ClassId
         get() = ClassId(
             FqName.fromSegments(listOf("org", "jetbrains", "kotlinx", "dataframe")),
             Name.identifier("DataColumn")
         )
+    val BASE_COLUMN_CLASS_ID: ClassId
+        get() = ClassId(
+            FqName.fromSegments(listOf("org", "jetbrains", "kotlinx", "dataframe", "columns")),
+            Name.identifier("BaseColumn")
+        )
     val COLUMNS_CONTAINER_CLASS_ID: ClassId
         get() = ClassId(
             FqName.fromSegments(listOf("org", "jetbrains", "kotlinx", "dataframe")),
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/columnOf_nested.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/columnOf_nested.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28b102a83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/columnOf_nested.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.annotations.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.io.*
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val group = columnOf(
+        "c" to columnOf("2"),
+        "d" to columnOf(123),
+    )
+    val str: DataColumn<String> = group.c
+    val i: DataColumn<Int> = group.d
+
+    return "OK"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/dataFrameOf_nested.kt b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/dataFrameOf_nested.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0235a1c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/testData/box/dataFrameOf_nested.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.annotations.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.io.*
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val df = dataFrameOf(
+        "a" to columnOf("1"),
+        "b" to columnOf(
+            "c" to columnOf("2"),
+        ),
+        "d" to columnOf(dataFrameOf("a")(123)),
+        "gr" to listOf("1").toDataFrame().asColumnGroup(),
+    )
+    val str: DataColumn<String> = df.a
+    val str1: DataColumn<String> = df.b.c
+    val i: DataColumn<Int> = df.d[0].a
+    val str2: DataColumn<String> = df.gr.value
+    return "OK"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/dataframe/DataFrameBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/dataframe/DataFrameBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 77a97df70b..795f95b5bb 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/dataframe/DataFrameBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/plugins/kotlin-dataframe/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/dataframe/DataFrameBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ public void testColumnName_invalidSymbol() {
     runTest("testData/box/columnName_invalidSymbol.kt");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @TestMetadata("columnOf_nested.kt")
+  public void testColumnOf_nested() {
+    runTest("testData/box/columnOf_nested.kt");
+  }
+
   @Test
   @TestMetadata("columnWithStarProjection.kt")
   public void testColumnWithStarProjection() {
@@ -118,6 +124,12 @@ public void testDataFrameOf() {
     runTest("testData/box/dataFrameOf.kt");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @TestMetadata("dataFrameOf_nested.kt")
+  public void testDataFrameOf_nested() {
+    runTest("testData/box/dataFrameOf_nested.kt");
+  }
+
   @Test
   @TestMetadata("dataFrameOf_to.kt")
   public void testDataFrameOf_to() {