Xavier's Play Table Makeover

We bought the Ikea Latt table and chairs from Amazon since Ikea is a 2 hour drive from us.  We painted it and added a roll of paper underneath to make it extra functional.  This was such an easy and cheap DIY project and we are so happy with the results!

Here's a quick how-to:
The table comes unfinished so we added some white spray paint we had in the basement for touch up trim work.  We used the glossy finish for easy wiping.  The paint was applied after putting the pieces together, but if you aren't using spray paint, I highly recommend painting/staining before assembling.  We used two coats of spray paint.

Steve added a dow rod to the bottom of the table, width-wise, using a couple dow rod hooks we found at Home Depot.  The roll of white drawing paper is from Michael's.  

At some point, we plan to put a piece of chalkboard paper (which I saw at Michael's) on top of the table so Xavier has the option to draw with chalk. I think we will wait until Xavier understands that we don't eat the chalk!

We cut some pieces of trim and placed them on the tops of the table so Xavier could easily pull the paper through and it would stay in place.  Shim were placed between the trim piece and the table to create a small space of the paper.  I recommend using thick shims because it's kind of a pain feeding paper through the small thickness we allowed for the paper to feed through.

There are tons of options for adding flair to this project!  I've seen scrapbook paper cut and affixed to the tops of the chair seats with double sided tape.  You can also get fancy with the painting.  Just google it!

I hope this inspires you to get creative with your kids' play table!  This one is so cheap, durable, and easy to put together, I highly recommend it!