I grabbed an old science book from the local op shop and used some of the excellent illustrations to cover my son's desk. I bought a $20 hollow-core door, made (yes, made) Matt trim off one end with the circular saw, glued the pages on and then covered desk with a water-based varnish. I'm sure there is are a few expert decoupagers out there who have a better method, but I didn't bother to find out so the desk is a tad wrinkly. My son doesn't seem to care so neither do I. The choosing of the illustrations took ages because they were so interesting. Check some of them out:
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| Cloud types |
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| Flags including East and West Germany (not in this pic), soil layers (personal favourite of mine - my dad was a geological engineer) and boiling liquids |
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| Ice Hockey and the production of electricity |
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| The desk. It has ikea $5 legs on the RH side and some Ikea drawers on the left. Note the lego posters on his magnet board: he is addicted! |
Is decoupage an olympic event yet? It should be. Really. It was hard work.
Another lazy phone post!
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