'Table' Help

[Graham]

I would be tempted to paint the outside of it

Can I add that many of these plastic boxes can be hard to paint properly, the paint just won't stick because of the type of plastic they are made from (usually polypropylene or something similar), so painting the inside is a bad idea as it will probably flake off in no time.
Personally I'd either cover the outside with a coloured sticky backed plastic (Blue Peter style!), or maybe build an outer wooden box to drop the plastic one in which would look more attractive.

[nutnut517]

hmm, change of plan. I am thinking of getting a bookcase and converting that instead as i reckon my storage bx a bit too small.

This is the link to the bookcase, what does everyone reckon?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/6109486.htm

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[KayMarie]

Looks cool, you could maybe even keep one of the shelves in, cut a doorway through and have a different type of substrate in the different part so he could pick or choose

[nutnut517]

see, thats why i love this site. I would have NEVER thought of doing that, but i love the idea! thank you so very much! hehe

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[KayMarie]

You're weclome. TBF, all you need to do is just sit down with a pen and paper and *really* thank about your design. When i made mine, i printed off some pictures of different enclosures from here and chose all different bits that i liked, then desgined it

We bought the wood which cost £11 and me and my dad set about building it

[shelliemavis]

We looked at bookcases - the only reason we didn't get one was because we couldn't get one to fit the table we wanted to put it on - we have 2 dogs and didnt' want the tort table to be on the ground. Its certainly a cheap and easy way to do it and I woud've done if I could.

We made our tort table out of plywood. If you want some ideas of what we've put inside I've posted some pics today in the "pictures" forum.

Hope it helps.

Judith

[Graham]

I've used 12mm exterior plywood for the base and back of mine (there's a large backboard with a photo graphic pasted on it), and solid pine for the sides and front, and I've made a seperate stand from pine so the table is 90cm (3ft) off the floor. Cost for the wood was £17 and the graphic cost another £15 to have printed, add a bit of glue, some screws and varnish, all of which I already have anyway and it's a pretty cheap table.

[ChristyJade]

Im going to use a bookcase wen I move out of my current home I got one FREE off freecycle saves buildiing! hehe

graham

do you have a picture please

your table sounds very nice


nuts the bookcase looks ideal again please keep us updated with pictures

[niamherrity]

Looks great add some legs it much easier to clean them out and watch them.Or if you have a four year old like me they like to think its there sand box i got a long lenght of thick wood in B&Q and cut in it four stain the legs to match.about £5 to do this.