IKEA hack custom placemats.

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November 19, 2015

I love Ikea, its one of my favorite stores in the valley.  The Scandinavian style is simple and chic,  But sometimes I feel like everybody knows its from Ikea, and I love to be different!!  So this is what I came up with for my Thanksgiving placemats this year.

You can buy plan cork placemats for super cheap, I believe them to be a dollar maybe 2.    I love this IKEA hack placemat!!!    I love the cork look but for my modern table, I wanted a white placemat to pop off my arrow tablecloth but couldn’t find any that would work.  So this is how I took the cute cork placemat from IKEA and made it cuter.

 first I painted a stripe down the middle, using chalk paint from Rustoleum.   I had no idea that they made chalk paint, its less expensive than Annie Slone and it covers and looks just like hers.
Next, I took a piece of painters tape and put in right in the center of the placemat covering the chalk paint.  This will create a mask so that we will be left with a crisp stripe down the middle,  Then I had to paint the rest of the mat.  You can see I just squirted the paint right onto the mat.  It takes a bit of paint but much less than I thought.

This photo is two coats, to make it crisp and clean it took me three coats to cover without leaving streaks.  (although the chalk paint took only one, I might have to look into getting white chalk paint if I do this for Christmas)

This little hack could be an easy way to tie in a party color, or just make your dining table more colorful.  Think of the possibilities Monograms, Names, Holidays, Wedding dates,  seriously so cute and personal.  So get hacking and if you have a great Ikea hack I would love to see it.  Tag me on Instagram  theglitzypear  and if you need that cute printable click HERE 
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