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My MBUK Coffee Table

21 posts & 16 voices | Started 1 year ago by Milkie | Latest reply from crikey

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Milkie - Member

I was clearing out a few things from my mum's loft and found an old 70's cardboard coffee table, so decided to do something with it.

Started with this:

Old Coffee Table by MilkieKula, on Flickr

I grabbed an old pile of MBUK magazines, made up some wallpaper paste and started covering the table. 4 hours later I had this:

My MTB Coffee Table by MilkieKula, on Flickr

DIY MBUK Table by MilkieKula, on Flickr

It looks better than the sweet wrappers and is better than nothing! Not sure how long it will stay, if it gets approval I may cover it again, as there are a few things I would do differently.

Posted 1 year ago #
face-plant - Member

nice example of recycling. send them some pictures

Posted 1 year ago #
iDave - Member

you should do the sofas next

Posted 1 year ago #
sas - Member

Brilliant. No need to worry about spills, just paper over them.

Posted 1 year ago #
tree-magnet - Member

Gleaming, send MBUK a picture and they'll give you some pads, or if you lie and say you're 18 they'll send you beer.

Posted 1 year ago #
CharlieMungus - Member

At least the sweet wrappers had some nostalgia / retro chic value.

Posted 1 year ago #
atlaz - Member

In that vein, I quite liked this:

Posted 1 year ago #
vdubber67 - Member

Jazz mags would be better, especially for prudish visitors

Posted 1 year ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

*Runs off to dig out old copies of Knave, Razzle, Club, Fiesta, Whitehouse and Escort....*

Posted 1 year ago #
haventgotone - Member

I'd say the sweet wrapper table was better.

Posted 1 year ago #
rOcKeTdOg - Member

old porn mags wouldn't need pasting either

Posted 1 year ago #
GrandWazooo - Member

you should print off that picture of the table and then paste copies of that picture all over the table
then repeat

Posted 1 year ago #
CharlieMungus - Member

You live alone don't you?

Posted 1 year ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

Posted 1 year ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

A mate of mine when he was a student decorated his bathroom wall in a similar manner using pictures of Lady Di and porn.

Posted 1 year ago #
Elfinsafety - Member

Creative!

What, like her head on other bodies?

Posted 1 year ago #
chakaping - Member

Nice, they'll probably be giving them away with the next issue now.

Posted 1 year ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

What, like her head on other bodies?

Yep.

Very off putting when taking a dump.

Posted 1 year ago #
Milkie - Member

Cheers for some of the comments. lol

At least the sweet wrappers had some nostalgia / retro chic value.

I suppose they did if you want to live in the past. They were faded, ripped, peeling off with paint spilled all over them, looking as though it should be in a skip; not what I wanted.

Thanks for the suggestions of giving MBUK a buzz, I'll get some decent photo's tonight and hit them up.

Posted 1 year ago #
Cougar - Member

That was back when Yorkie bars had a letter embossed onto each chunk. With careful use of a sharp knife on part of the "O", you could rearrange it into a CRIKEY bar.

Posted 1 year ago #
crikey - Member

Mmmmmm, crikey bar....

Posted 1 year ago #