Making Over A Kids Table & Chairs Alongside Paint

When we saw Jennifer’s cute customized kids table we simply had to share her little Hands-on makeover. Here is her letter:

I lately picked up my son this Ikea table & chair set for $39.99. Even though I enjoy the {waaaaay} more pricey sets from Pottery Barn Kids, I simply could not justify spending that much, so I took a Hands-on approach. Here is what I did: I applied three coats of red glazing paint from Ikea for only $4.99 a can (which was sufficient for all three coats). Then I dug up some old whimsical letter stamps I had from an art project. I got them from Target on clearance for around $5. Using my stash of colored acrylic paints from Michael’s (all under a $1) I stamped the letters on haphazardly simply to add some originality to the tabletop. I figured my two-year-old can learn the alphabet while playing in style, right? Last but not least, I took your advice from this post and picked up the Pour-On High Gloss finish from Michael’s to seal & protect the tabletop and give it a more pricey look. (BONUS: it is MUCH easier to wipe down than the original plywood!). Total invested: $63 and a few days of time & effort. The result? A {low-cost!} cute and one-of-a-kind table & chair set! I thought your readers with little ones might appreciate it. Thanks and keep up the good blogging! -Jennifer

Here is what the table looked like before the transformation (thanks for the picture, Ikea):

Here is Jennifer’s table in progress (you can see the foam alphabet stamps in the background and about half of the table covered in whimsical letters):

And here is the table after the whole alphabet makeover:

Is not that a strong little transformation? We enjoy that Jennifer got creative and used her wits to transform a basic Ikea kids table. And we also enjoy that the table and chairs can be painted any color at all (you could even go brown with the chairs and blue with the table and add brown stamps to it). The possibilities are endless. Thanks so much for sending the photos our way Jennifer! What do you folks think? Does not this seem especially doable…and, dare I say it… lively!?