A Small Wonder

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A Small Wonder

When I made the kids play table from a LACK end table and a bargain kitchen table top, I had visions of miniature bentwood chairs completing the look.  After spending a few days testing it out, I soon realized that the kids needed to be able to walk around it, and I had to revise my plan.  Unfortunately this meant little stools, and I decided that IKEA's MAMMUT stools would make sense.  They are pretty boring, I chose white so that I wouldn't have to add anymore color to the room.  Today when I was reorganizing my office I found a roll of woodgrain contact paper and had a thought.  10 minutes later the MAMMUT's are not so boring and also not neon green.  I think this could also be cute using red contact paper with circles cut out to look like toadstools. 

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LACK Luster

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LACK Luster

I am an avid follower of Apartment Therapy, it's kind of like design porn for me, and it's a great alternative to staring at facebook updates when I'm avoiding a pile of laundry.  At years end they do "best of" lists, and today they posted one on best Hacked, Upcycled & DIY projects of the year.  Number one on the list was the LACK hack. For those of you that don't know LACK, it's this little square end table sold for about $10 at IKEA.  I recently did my own LACK hack.  I've been needing a multipurpose table (trains, legos, late night wine fueled Trivial Pursuit tournaments)to be kept in the living room, therefore not painted with a charming train scene and also not something that costs more than my couch.  I found a brand new 48" table top in the cast off section of IKEA for $5.  It's a solid table top (heavy).  I attached it to a matching birch LACK table using heavy duty foam tape, paired it with some classy white stools for munchkin seating and voila.

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