Mosaic Effect Table

I've finally finished reviving my old, battered, (Ikea) craft table and I have to say, I am rather chuffed with the results.

I used just under 16 packs (of 62) small, mosaic stickers from Temu, which cost £1.68 per pack (£26,88 in total, so not as cheap a job as I'd first anticipated), plus a lot of patience, peeling off all the sticker backs.

I know I could have used Fabon, however using the small stickers suited me better, as I would have been terrified of getting bubbles or wrinkles in the Fablon and one mistake in the positioning could have spelt disaster and money down the drain.

I'd say it took me about two hours to cover the middle part and the one leaf I hadn't yet covered, which left enough stickers to go down either side of the drawers on both ends of the table.

I was going to paint the drawer fronts (one each in pink, turquoise and purple), but in the end decided to leave them as they were, giving the whole thing a Marrakech type feel, which also fit in with all the white, built in furniture in the room.

With that decided, I gave the whole thing four coats of clear, glossy, quick dry varnish to help protect the plastic stickers a little more........

...... however, to be honest, once stuck down they were nigh on impossible to remove without a struggle.

When not in use the table sits in front of the window, with the one side very rarely seen. 

However, after all this work, I also bought a large PVC tablecloth to put on the table while I am working, which might also prove to be an easier pattern to work on and photograph projects against, rather than the very busy mosaic effect. I love it!