A DIY Art Table

I love the project I'm sharing with you today.  It was so fun to make and it's something that my kids will use every day!

This project was created as part of the Wayfair DIY Blogger Challenge.  The challenge?  To take a piece of furniture and transform it.  Doesn't that sound like fun?  I jumped at the chance!

I started with this coffee table from Wayfair.  It arrived in a box and I quickly put it together and began brainstorming.  I loved the idea of transforming it into an art table for my three younger kids and I knew I could find some great supplies at IKEA.

I bought a wooden paper roll holder, spray painted it orange, and mounted it to the table using E6000.

I also wanted the kids to have a space for chalk drawing so I fastened a piece of adhesive chalkboard vinyl to the table ...

... and glued a wrought iron drawer pull {for a cute chalk holder} onto one of the legs.  The drawer pull was also spray painted orange and glued to the table with E6000.

I wanted some buckets that could hold and organize art supplies.  I used three galvanized buckets from IKEA and labelled them with vinyl {using my Silhouette machine}.

I drilled holes into the side of the table ...

... and mounted the buckets with a screw.

I love the industrial, utilitarian look.

The final step was to add chalkboard tags to each bin to label the contents.

I filled the buckets with crayons, markers, and pencil crayons ...

... added paper ...

... the paper roll ...

... chalk ...

... and paint ...

... and my art table was complete!  My kids were so excited when they got home from school and saw it.

Pop over to the Wayfair DIY Blogger Challenge pinterest board to see lots of other great projects!
Wayfair provided the table and Giftcards.com provided a gift card for me to use to complete this project.

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