Repurposed Drawer into Coffee Table Tray

Posted on August 26, 2013 by craftdictator

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Among the things my mom and I made over my birthday weekend this is becoming one of my favorites! My mom found these old drawers and took off the appliances for me. There is nothing special about these drawers. Here is the before.

Then I took some basic primer and painted the whole thing, so that I could cover up the brown because I decided I wanted to paint it turqoise!

I then picked out a color from the large collection of paint my mom is hoarding and I decided to go with this pretty turqoise! I painted the whole thing one color and I love this color everytime I look at my tray!!

Next I decided I was going to decoupage the bottom with a map from the big national geographic book my mom found for $1! This one I decided to do a big Texas at the bottom! I will say that I’m a very proud Texan!

There was a line in the middle from this being two seperate pages but I thought this added a little charm to it. Or thats what I’m telling myself! I decided to put this on my coffee table either with some books on it or some glassware maybe. It might also just house my tv changers for a while! Either way I love love love the way it turned out!! I’m in love with these map projects we worked on and I can’t wait to post more of them for y’all to see!!

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Repurposed Drawer into Coffee Table Tray — 42 Comments

Diana - FreeStyleMama on August 26, 2013 at 2:37 pm said:

Such a cute idea!!

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- Cara Craft on August 26, 2013 at 2:44 pm said:
  
  Thanks! It was a lot more of my mom’s idea that I stole! That’s what moms are for I guess!
  
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- Norma Denning on August 26, 2013 at 2:57 pm said:
  
  I really like it too!
  
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Kayla Janachovsky on August 26, 2013 at 4:48 pm said:

Great job! Thanks for linking up to The DIY’ers!

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 4:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks for hosting!
  
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Amanda on August 26, 2013 at 9:07 pm said:

Great idea! I think I will definitely be making one of these. Be sure and grab a featured button when you link up this week to I Made It! Monday.

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- Cara Craft on August 26, 2013 at 9:31 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the feature!!!
  
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Sharon Claassen on August 27, 2013 at 5:24 am said:

Great idea! I will have to remember this!

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 4:09 pm said:
  
  Its super easy to make!
  
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Erin Tableforseven on August 27, 2013 at 5:04 pm said:

Great idea! I have some old maps that now I don’t have to just toss out I would like to invite you to my new weekly linky party Share Your Stuff Tuesdays. It’s on the blog now..hope to see you there!

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- Cara Craft on August 27, 2013 at 7:30 pm said:
  
  Thanks for visiting!
  
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- Erin Tableforseven on August 30, 2013 at 8:08 pm said:
  
  Thank you for joining us! Have a great weekend!!
  
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Alison Burtt on August 29, 2013 at 12:34 pm said:

I love this! I think I just saw your friend’s project with these maps too. Weirdly small bloggy world!

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 4:08 pm said:
  
  Thanks! Are you talking about the tub with the maps? If so thats my moms! We were crafting together!
  
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kelly thompson on August 29, 2013 at 1:53 pm said:

this turned out so cute and you cant beat Texsa being smack dab in the middle! It kooks great!

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 4:09 pm said:
  
  I might be guilty of being a proud Texan!
  
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Much Ado About Somethin on August 29, 2013 at 3:35 pm said:

This is super cute – Texas was the perfect size for the drawer! Love it.

Thanks for sharing at Tell Us Tuesday!

Lauren @ muchadoaboutsomethin.com

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 4:09 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I thought the Texas fit perfect too!
  
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Reduce, Reuse, Renewed on August 29, 2013 at 6:26 pm said:

I, too, love that bright turquoise. Such a fun color. Your tray looks amazing!

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 7:42 pm said:
  
  Thanks! It makes me happy everytime I look at it!
  
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Miranda Winslett on August 29, 2013 at 8:53 pm said:

How cute! I’d love for you to link it up on my blog for my DIY Weekend link party.

http://mrandmrswinslett.blogspot.com/2013/08/diy-weekend-829.html

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- Cara Craft on August 29, 2013 at 9:46 pm said:
  
  I linked up! Thanks for the invite!!
  
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Crazy Shenanigans-JMO on August 30, 2013 at 5:04 pm said:

I think it turned out great!

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- Cara Kueck on August 30, 2013 at 6:28 pm said:
  
  Thanks biggie!!
  
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Michelle Nahom on August 31, 2013 at 10:41 pm said:

It looks great! What an original and fun idea! I think the line gives it character. I think I might give this a try!

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- Cara Kueck on September 1, 2013 at 1:39 am said:
  
  It was super easy and I love it! Everytime I look at it I smile!
  
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Charlene@APinchofJoy on September 1, 2013 at 5:53 pm said:

Clever use of a drawer — to frame Texas Looks great and will make a very useful tray! Love the turquoise color!

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- Cara Kueck on September 4, 2013 at 8:54 pm said:
  
  I love love love turquoise…so it matches my whole apartment
  
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Emy Cooks on September 2, 2013 at 4:58 am said:

very original although I never thought of it. Great result

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- Cara Kueck on September 4, 2013 at 8:55 pm said:
  
  yeah it was partly my moms idea so I can’t take full credit
  
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Jann Olson on September 4, 2013 at 2:51 am said:

Super cute! I love the turquoise with the map. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann

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- Cara Kueck on September 4, 2013 at 8:55 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I think it turned out pretty nice!
  
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Good Time Charlie on September 4, 2013 at 8:39 pm said:

What a great idea! I am always looking for new uses for old drawers, I have tons of them! Thank you for sharing at Redoux, I am featuring tomorrow Party starts at 5:00 EST.

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- Cara Kueck on September 4, 2013 at 8:54 pm said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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Becca Diestelkamp-Woodham on September 5, 2013 at 3:39 pm said:

Thanks for stopping by DIY Vintage Chic’s Friday’s Five Features and Fun Festivities. Don’t forget to stop back by this Friday!

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- Becca Diestelkamp-Woodham on September 6, 2013 at 1:13 pm said:
  
  Congrats! You were featured on Friday’s Five Features over on DIY Vintage Chic. Stop by and grab yourself a button!
  
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Paula on October 16, 2013 at 11:15 am said:

I love this table! I love maps! Thanks for joining us at Marvelous Mondays, pinned to my MM board!

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Jennifer McCullough on November 8, 2013 at 9:21 pm said:

That’s adorable! I might do it with a smaller US map and put a gold star over the cities where all our relatives live. Might make a neat conversation piece in the living room and cool teaching tool for my son. Thank you for all the super neato ideas on your blog!
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