Dollhouse Miniature Trash to Treasure Coffee Table

 

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I had so much fun with the Trash to Treasure project last week that I decided to do another one today. This time I have a lid from a bottle of orange juice and a thread spool. I loved the design of the lid and it kind of reminded me of some of the fancy stone/concrete tables I have been seeing in yard decorating photos. Since I had the empty spool on hand I decided to combine the two to make a coffee table.

The first step was to cover the word Tropicana on the top of the lid. I first thought of filling it with some spackle but I found that wouldn’t stick to the plastic. So I decided to add a layer of white card-stock. This is a scrap from making the Cricut projects on the channel.

 

 

 

Since I was going to coat the plastic with some Mat Mod Podge anyway I used that to glue the card-stock on. It kind of worked. It helped just fine for the most part but lifted on one side. So off-camera I used some Tacky glue to glue that side down.

Now the fun part to transform the plastic pieces to stone/concrete. For this I mixed some gray paint with some baking soda to thicken the paint. This does a couple of things first it gives the finished piece the texture I was after. It also makes the paint stick much better to the plastic. Put on a rather thick coat of the thickened paint and allow to dry completely. This will take a while so be patient.

 

Once the paint was dry I glued the spool inside the lid to make the table leg. I was planning to use some e6000 but my tube was dried out so I grabbed a tube of construction adhesive I have on hand and used that. You will need a glue of some kind that is made to work with non-porous surfaces. Allow to dry.

 

 

Next I took some the same color of gray paint along with some black and white and used a make-up sponge to dab the paint all over the surface of the table. This makes the table look a lot more realistic. Allow to dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you have a fun outdoor table for your next miniature scene.

 

 

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