Little Table Re-Do

This little table came from my Mom's house.  She has had it as long as I can remember.  Sadly, I did not take a picture of her lovely version of covering this table.  She had covered it in a country blue and pink tablecloth with a sweet ruffle all the way around.  The table had been stored in my parent's garage where for years my Dad has done wood working.  Needless to say it had some serious saw dust buried in the ruffle so it was best I took it apart outside.  What you see first is the before...before picture... before her redo.

I chose a vinyl table cloth that I bought on clearance for one dollar the the Wal-Mart a little while back.  I adore the cowboy theme it has.  I left the original "before" table the way it was and simply covered it with the new tablecloth.  I like using vinyl, picnic type tablecloths because it wipes easily when crayon marks and spills happen.  I laid out the tablecloth on the floor, print side down and turned my table upside down on top of it.  Next I came out about four inches all the way around and traced the shape of the table and cut it out.  Then I used a handy dandy staple gun and pulled and folded and stapled underneath the table to get it tight and cut away any excess.  Lastly I hammered in detail upholstery nails all the way around the edge just for looks and just because I already had them.  It turned out precious and fit in perfectly with the rest of the modge podge decor. 

Looks like she paid two dollars for it at some time.  Nice duct tape!

This table has a good wooden frame for stapling to.

Yee Ha!

Tacks in place.

Cute as a button.

I saved some of this tablecloth and made a matching changing table cover.  Also easy to wipe off!