Safari Side Table

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Cover a table or accessory with painted grass cloth.

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Figure A
Materials:

unfinished side table
grass cloth
pencil
acrylic paint (light and dark brown, black)
artist's brushes
staple gun/staples or spray adhesive

Steps :

  1. Remove top from table base. Cut grass cloth three inches wider than the top on all sides.
  2. Paint base and legs black or dark brown.
  3. Draw large giraffe spots on grass cloth with a pencil. Paint inside the spots with light brown paint; let dry. Add definition to some with dark brown; let dry (figure A).
  4. Turn grass cloth face down on a work surface. Center tabletop on it and pull grass cloth to underside. Use spray adhesive or staples to secure.
  5. Reattach tabletop to legs.