The projects have been humming away over here at Betsy's. Several on the go and one complete and ready to share. Remember these stools courtesy of a rainy day at Ikea?
Well they were chosen to complete the makeover to the kids craft table. I bought this second hand coffee table on ebay for $20. Perfect height and size for creative projects. Not so perfect as a visual feature at the end of my lounge room.
I had been itching to tackle a simple oilcloth project. Found some gorgeous Heather Bailey laminated fabric and realized this might be something I could actually finish in one session. One staple gun purchased and let's go.
This was super easy and took me about 30 minutes to do. And look at the difference. The legs were already green and amazingly matched pretty well. And so did my old canisters that contain all the crafting essentials.
The kids love it. Look what Roboboy did before school yesterday. I swear the inspired creative table decor is behind his recent prolific art production.
Mother and baby fire breathing dragon of course. And we mustn't leave miss Liongirl out of it all, this one came home from Nonna's. Apparently she chose all the colours and the stencil design.
Anyway, I just love looking at this gorgeous corner of my lounge room, my first step at reclaiming this space as one where I love everything in it and there are no nasty plastic toys to be seen. Ooops, was that a piece of lego that just got sucked up into the vacuum?
Who would have thought? Your table looks amazing, I love it.
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Ha! There was a time I used to scream with fear at what I'd vacuumed up, and I'd empty the bag just for a piece of white Lego.
ReplyDeleteNow, I'll vacuum with eyes closed and ears blocked!
Your craft corner looks excellent. Those cannisters are wonderful, and I can't speak more highly of oil cloth!
Love your work.
YAY!! it looks fantastic. Nice one :)
ReplyDeleteA most excellent idea. Oilcloth! I'm going to do that too.
ReplyDeleteNow you just need to sell their artwork for a squillion dollars to pay for more wonderful makeovers(love that cloth).ps.I sucked up a lego dagger the other day and I'm not telling.
ReplyDeleteFabuloso! I'd be staring at that corner of the lounge with pleasure too. Seriously Mel, very groovy. Love the Lego header too. x
ReplyDeleteAwesome! The girls have an old table where the paint has been peeling away and it was going to be a sand back job and repaint, now you've got me thinkin.
ReplyDeleteWhat a transformation! Brilliant - and the kids artworks are pretty neat too!
ReplyDeletelaminated fabric???? wow, i've just been educated. looks fantastic. see you at rummage tomorrow? xx
ReplyDeleteI just did this with Ikea spotty oilcloth to try and rescue an old kiddy table. The canisters are very special.
ReplyDeletegosh, that looks lovely! I want to come and draw at your house now!
ReplyDeleteThat's the best 30 minute makeover I've seen it looks fantastic, what a great little space for your two to be creative. Have a wonderful week and thankyou for your lovely comment. xo
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! Beautiful print and also loving the canister craft storage. I too am guilty of sucking up stray lego.
ReplyDeleteLast night in the middle of the night I was thinking about how much I've been missing my favourite, inspiring blogs. So pleased to finally have enough internet to pop over for a visit. I LOVE your makeover. I adore the artwork that's now coming from the new space and I adore the fact that I'm not the only one who vacuums the plastic crap.
ReplyDeleteFabulous job! It's worthy of a home mag now! x
ReplyDeleteWow looks great. Loving your blog, I have just looked through the last few pages and saw lots of vintagey things I recognise... Tupperware, fondue pots, sylvanian furniture, dolls house furniture ... My 13 and 11 yo daughters are into sylvanians now and would love to have a find like yours at an op shop!
ReplyDeleteI love your little craft table and the craft goodies in the canisters, brilliant idea.
oh wow...that table looks a treat! I can understand why the kids are creating such gorgeous pieces of artwork! I need to get myself one of those staple guns and then let me at it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! I love the fabric. I just got my first hot glue gun but now I think I need a staple gun too! Thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwww those dragons are gorgeous! Love the table. I've got one of those ikea stools though, it lives in the chook pen where I sit in sometimes.
ReplyDeleteLooks great - and thanks for the tip on sourcing great looking laminated fabric - the stuff at Spotlight isn't this pretty!
ReplyDelete- Catherine at The Spring (in Brisbane)
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