Upcycled IKEA Kid's Chairs - a makeover

We've had an IKEA children's table and chair set since Miss CCL was 2 (she's 3½  now) she loves it and I have to say it has served her well as a mini dining table, painting table, we've had pretend tea parties on it, she's played on top of it, made a tent underneath it and it has certainly stood up to all a toddler could (literally) throw at it! 

Source: Ikea

We now have 2 of these cute little sets and at £17.00 for the table and 2 chairs, they are good value.  Easy to put together, well, easy for himself to put together and very sturdy, they get top marks all round.

 I thought the first set could do with a little makeover so I've taken a chair apart, chalk painted it and covered the seat with a piece of colourful plastic sheet that I had languishing in the newly named craft cupboard!

The first coat was blue, the second coat a pale bluey green, minimally distressed, waxed and buffed.





The result is a gorgeous new toddler chair that blends beautifully with her bedroom and mine (we love colour and mixing up colour schemes!) and she is thrilled with it, especially as she "helped" to paint it!







The other chair and table will also embrace the unusual colour and pattern combination, we have pink and will be colour mixing to see what we can come up with!
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15 comments:

  1. Jules6114 March 2014 at 13:00

    So cute...a brilliant makeover

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  2. Emmy's Mummy14 March 2014 at 14:26

    I love upcycling projects - this looks SO much better for a facelift. Well done

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  3. Twinsplustwo14 March 2014 at 14:59

    What a brilliant idea - looks great! However I do remember these chair were really uncomfy with the recessed seat - I often consider trying to fit a padded seat on top?

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    1. City Coastal Life & Style14 March 2014 at 16:38

      they're not too bad, but she does pinch a cushion to put on the seat come to think of it! I feel another project coming on :)

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  4. Anonymous15 March 2014 at 03:04

    Wow - this looks fantastic!

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  5. EmmaT15 March 2014 at 15:42

    They look great. Wish I could envisage things like this, and actually get round to doing it.

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  6. EmmaT15 March 2014 at 15:44

    I wish I had the creativity and skill to think about and do upcycling like this. The chairs look great

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  7. Hannah Wood16 March 2014 at 13:34

    Looks fab , so wish could do something like this . comments made from love all blogs club .x

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  8. Bex19 March 2014 at 11:30

    Thats superb! #loveyourhome

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  9. Unknown19 March 2014 at 14:54

    How gorgeous! Isn't IKEA great? And the chairs look so fab painted and covered! E x

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  10. Jen Stanbrook20 March 2014 at 08:12

    This looks great! And it's always brilliant to get the children involved from a young age ;)
    Thanks for linking up too #LoveYourHome

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  11. Good Time Charlie20 March 2014 at 08:14

    So cute! Thank you for sharing at Redouxinteriors!

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  12. gidders123 March 2014 at 02:37

    Oh it is so cute I love it! (The Ana Mum Diary)

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  13. oana7927 March 2014 at 02:37

    Oh wow, love the look of these, so much better than the original ones! #BlogClub

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  14. Unknown26 April 2014 at 15:12

    this is fantastic, I'm going to get my thinking cap on and see how I can make ours fit in a bit better.

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