CHOO CHOO TABLE!

WHILE IN UPSTATE NY MY 

MOM ASKED ME IF I WOULD MAKE 

HER A TRAIN

TABLE FOR MY NEPHEWS AND THE

KIDS THAT SHE BABYSITS FOR.
I USED COLORS INSPIRED
BY THE LITTLE THOMAS TRAINS.

SO I WENT TO WORK ON THIS

PROJECT FOR HER. I PICKED

UP A COFFEE TABLE AT THE

THRIFT STORE IN N.J.

THIS IS THE ONE SHE SAW 

AT TOYS ARE US THAT SHE 

LIKED...

SO HERE IS THE COFFEE TABLE I FOUND TO WORK WITH IN 

THE BEGINNING...

THE STORAGE UNDERNEATH THE

TABLE WAS GREAT WITH 4 PULL OUT

WICKER BASKETS AND 4 PULL OUT

DRAWERS. BOTH SIDES OF THE

COFFEE TABLE WERE USEABLE AND I

KNEW IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS

PROJECT..

PICTURES ARE A LITTLE DARK I WAS IN THE BASEMENT 

WHEN I STARTED THE PROJECT.

WE PICKED UP A THIN RUG FOR

THE TOP THAT HAD TRAIN TRACKS

AS THE GRAPHIC AND CUT IT TO

THE SIZE OF THE TOP.

HERE IS THE PROJECT HALF WAY THRU...

I THEN FRAMED OUT 

THE TOP WITH SOME MOLDING 

FOR A MORE FINISHED LOOK, 

AND THE REST WAS PAINTED, AND

MY NEPHEWS HELPED ME OUT!

HERE SHE IS ALL FINISHED...

SHE ALREADY HAD THE TRACK AND THE TRAINS AND ACCESSORIES. WE PUT 

VELCRO ON THE BOTTOMS OF ALL

THE TREES AND PEOPLE AND SIGNS, AND WITH THE RUG TOP IT WORKED OUT

PERFECT AS THE PIECES WOULD STAY

WHERE YOU PUT THEM.

I EVEN MADE A LITTLE TREE

FOREST!

I USED A NAIL GUN TO PUT ALL

THE TRACK IN PLACE AND PAINTED

THE MOLDING TO MATCH THE

TABLE AND FINISH OFF THE LOOK.

LOTS OF ROOM FOR ALL

THE TRAINS AND SPARE PIECES!

HOPE YOU LIKE THE WAY IT 

TURNED OUT, MY NEPHEW SAID

"IT'S THE BEST TRAIN TABLE EVER"

AND IT WAS MADE FOR UNDER 

$35.00 VS THE ONE IN TOYS

ARE US WHICH WAS $199 AND

I LIKE MINE BETTER!