This Lego table / Lego storage project took a long time.
Normally, I would have whipped out a nightstand in a day or two, but this one was well over a week – mostly because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do with it.
This is the crappy nightstand that I started with:
Awful.
On the other hand, it also has nothing but potential – and I have nothing to lose (my favourite!)
I knew I was going to paint it, so all I was going for was a deep enough sanding to remove a few layers, any scratches or nicks and those pesky water marks. It didn’t take long to get it to a nice, smooth surface.
Love the colour, but still wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to use this little nightstand for? Then I found an image in the Silhouette Studio that spoke to me…
“Boys at Play”.
Yup, with that one image it was decided that this piece was going to become a Lego table with storage for some little “Men at work”. I even knew just the boys it would be for!
Leaving the back open means that a basket of legos can be shared between them without any arguing.
BRILLIANT! (even if I do say so myself)
I cut out some vinyl lettering and put it on the side of my soon-to-be Lego table, then did a very light coat of the blue so that the next coat wouldn’t bleed under.
and then I peeled my adhesive vinyl sticker off (carefully).
Because this is going to be a Lego table, and hopefully a well-loved one, I decided to put a coat of polyurethane over top to help protect the finish from scratches and spills. No point making a play table if the kids can’t actually play freely on it right?
Retrofit with a basket to hold all the Lego pieces.
Now at this point I should have adhered Lego plates to the top surface….
but I don’t have any.
I don’t even know if they sell them separate from the building kits. (So you’ll just have to use your imagination.)
A Lego table, with Lego storage that is open on both sides so the boys can share the toys!
Use the drawer to keep all the characters separate, or to keep the building plan books close-at-hand.
Another successful makeover – from what anyone else might call “garbage”.
Have a great one!
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