I thought about staple-gunning it directly to the wood - creating pleats as I went - but I ultimately decided I didn’t want to harm the tale itself. Now, there were several ways I could have attached the curtain. Then I sewed the sides together, hemmed all along the bottom, and sewed a narrow pocket across the top. I hate ironing, so my visiting stepmom offered to do that for me (hooray!) while I pinned the pieces together to make one huge long curtain. (I don’t seem to have photos of this part, so I apologize for my sketchy renderings!) I knew the finished curtain should be about 26” tall, so I quickly cut out pieces that were somewhere in the 28”-30” range. I picked out ones I was (A) sick of (B) have had forever and not used, and (C) had plenty of, and could spare a bit. So instead of buying new fabric for the curtain, I raided my generous fabric stash. (If I’m going to spend that on fabric, which I do on the regular, it’s going to be for making clothes, quilts, or living room curtains - not for hiding junk in my home office.) Spending $160 on a “table skirt” was simply not in the budget. I contemplated buying 8m of this gorgeous modern black and white fabric, but it was close to $20/metre. I knew I’d need about 8m of fabric to go around all four sides - allowing for a full, fluffy, gathered look. Then it was time to focus on the most important part: a huge curtain to hide the bins of fabric and craft supplies I needed to store under the table! It took no time at all to stain the legs and the apron of the table (Minwax’s “Early American,” to match the small desk I wrote about a few weeks ago). I weirdly love doing this! It’s just white plastic that covers the rough edges and makes melamine look more like a countertop, but it’s immensely satisfying to click into place. I stepped in at this point to click the white plastic edging in place, all the way around each of the melamine squares. He secured it to the frame with metal corner braces so even the rowdiest craft session wouldn’t be able to budge it. Once the bottom “shelf” and the table legs were in place, he screwed on the top support square and we were ready for the tabletop! (I didn’t have the heart to tell him no one would see this cool detail because of the curtain I planned to sew.) Then he decided to get “fancy” and cut holes in the bottom melamine square, so the 2” x 4” legs could slide through to connect to their support. He added swiveling casters to the bottom square so I’d be free to roll the table around the room as needed - an important feature for someone obsessed with rearranging furniture. My handy husband started by building two square frames (each slightly smaller than 4’ x 4’) using the 8’ 2” x 4” boards - one to support the top of the table, and one to support the storage shelf underneath. Since I needed a table I could store things underneath, we had the building store cut the 4x 8 sheet of melamine down the middle - giving us two 4x 4 squares: a table top and a shelf for beneath it. (And, of course, we used my RYOBI miter saw, RYOBI ONE+ drill, and RYOBI ONE+ orbital jig saw.) (1) 4 x 8-foot sheet of white melamine ($33).Ready for crafty company! Here’s what we bought to create the rolling craft table of my dreams: So when we moved my home office into a larger space in our basement, I knew I wanted more melamine panels (give me all the melamine!) to create an even larger work surface for paper crafts, cutting fabric and hosting crafty get-togethers. We used them in my home office to build a custom L– shaped desk (which later morphed into a U-shaped desk), and again in our son’s room to build Lego counters. They may not look like much, but melamine panels are super affordable (about $33 for a massive rectangle), crisp, easy to clean and perfect for work surfaces. Leave a Comment How to build the craft table of your dreamsĭo you know one of my very favourite things to buy at a building supply store? Not wood or paint - although they’re top contenders - but huge sheets of smooth, shiny, white melamine.
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