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!

Linking up with:

Fabulously Creative Friday

Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

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Cot Bed to Child Bed

It is way overdue for the little girl to transition from her well-loved cot bed to a child's bed.  I've been teaching her to stay in her bed until morning and she does mostly but with a new bed the temptation to stray may prove too appealing!

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My choice would be No. 1, it's not unlike her current cot bed but with lower/no sides, but I think given the choice she would run to the Peppa Bed!

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