Fix up this table
My husband acquired this restaurant table and I love the size and sturdiness, but it was never intended to be without a cloth. It's much too much industrial looking for my country style house.
We use this room and the table for homeschooling our kids, plus it's right off the kitchen so we eat at it, have friends over and play games at it, do craft projects or cookie decorating here . . . It gets heavy use.
What I want is to make it look a bit prettier, but keep the function. Thoughts?
We use this room and the table for homeschooling our kids, plus it's right off the kitchen so we eat at it, have friends over and play games at it, do craft projects or cookie decorating here . . . It gets heavy use.
What I want is to make it look a bit prettier, but keep the function. Thoughts?
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1.Get a formica top made for it.
2. Cover it with sheet metal.
3. Tile it using large tile, 12 x 24 or larger.
4. Cover it with laminate flooring and then add a wood or tile bullnose to it.
I had thought of painting something fun in the center, like a game board . . . Maybe.
Above the table I'm planning on mounting a small flat panel TV (we use the Internet for school often and to throw up a you tube or art on the larger screen would be lovely) and a chalkboard, plus something fun above the chalk board.
There are a number of decoupage tutorials here: http://familycrafts.about.com/od/decoupage/tp/How-To-Decoupage-Video.htm
The kids could even help! What fun!
I like the idea with the cloth and glass as well. I just put a table cloth on a table I too wanted to change the look of but having a glass top would make it much more practical and useful.