Mod Podge + IKEA

One thing you have to know about me, I love decoupage and scrapbook paper. Perhaps a little too much.....

I had a friend give me a small depressed white side table from IKEA last summer. I've been using it my classroom as a printer stand, but I wanted to use it to put my CD player and other teaching things for group instruction next year.

So I grabbed a can a of spray paint, my beloved Mod Podge, a brush, 5 sheets of scrapbook paper and a clear finisher and went to work!

(obviously not the patterned paper I used, but it's the same size (12 * 12)

I sprayed down the table, legs in all with the spray paint. Then decoupaged the scrap paper on. I used a total of 5 sheets. I REALLY hate cutting straight so this is how I layed it down.

Here is the birds eye view of the table. The shaded area represents the piece of scrapbook paper I layed down. 1-4 I aligned a piece of paper to each corner, overlapping them. 5) I placed a piece in the middle to make it look a little better.

I did about 3 layers of decoupage on top. After the decoupage set and dried overnight, I sprayed 3 times with the clear finisher to make a permanent, protective coating.


And here's the finished project!


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Tip: Check out the different types of finishes in decoupage and finishers to get the look you want (matte, glossy, antique, etc.) I like shiny so I used gloss Mod Podge and a gloss sealer.