Sunday, February 12, 2012

Train table/block table: Temporarily repurposing furniture for life with kids

Just thought I would share this cool idea I came up with a few years ago. I had this great glass-top coffee table from my past life that was packed away as soon as my kid started crawling and pulling up.

When she was about 2.5, an experienced walker who wouldn't bash her head on the corners, I decided to bring the table back into circulation—sans the still dangerous glass tops.






I cut out plywood the same size as the glass inserts and decorated them as aerial landscapes, with water, bushes, and such. Now she has a totally unique train and block table with room for storage below.



I like the table so much, it's found its way back into my living room, now as a block table. And when she trades in her blocks for bigger kid activities I can pop my glass tops back in, get my living room back and pine nostalgically for the little kid days.

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