Found: Table Tents With Windows

Making a fort from your kitchen table is all in a days work for most families. But what a blanket tossed over your surfaces doesn't allow for is windows! We saw this photograph and immediately thought, "Why didn't we think of that?!" This way for details...

The original photo we found on Flickr tells us this fabulous idea came from Colorique, but we couldn't locate this specific product on their website. Although that makes us a little sad, we're sure many of you are just like us and started dreaming up a diy version as soon as you saw it!

We love that it allows the table to still be used without too much fear of a buffet of food spilling off one side. Plus each panel moves independently of each other so there isn't additional strain across the fabric. It would make a fabulous birthday or Christmas present for a loved one (having access to measure their table on the sly would help) and looks like the coziest place on earth to read a good book!

(Image: Flickr Member otrasventanas licensed for use under Creative Commons)

Comments (7)

Oh my gosh, these are absolutely adorable. I wish my forts had been this fantastic when I was little!

posted by alanadanielle88 on July 8th 2009 at 2:46pm
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Very clever.

posted by pennycarnival on July 8th 2009 at 2:59pm
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Here's the link to the product on the Colorique site.

http://www.colorique.com/productdetail/513/32/table-tent.html

And it looks like the only place you could possibly even try to buy this thing is from ABC Carpet in New York.

I guess I'll just have to try to figure out how to make this at home. Looks like a great use for remnants.

I'm very excited!

Thanks for the find!

posted by remees on July 8th 2009 at 3:15pm
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http://www.colorique.com/productdetail/513/32/table-tent.html

posted by laurenrachey on July 8th 2009 at 3:21pm
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Okay, I'd love to try making something like this for when my baby is a little older, but as a non-sewer, I have no clue how one would construct the windows. Would you have to insert wire or something to have them hold the shape?

posted by Swordspoint on July 8th 2009 at 3:29pm
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This Etsy seller makes something similar. And she takes custom orders...

I haven't ordered one yet but it's on my list for my son's next birthday.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6117191

posted by Auburn on July 8th 2009 at 4:41pm
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to Swordspoint: I have made a puppet theater that hangs in a doorway, and the way the "window" was constructed, it has two tubes of fabric sewn on the backside just above and below the window and narrow dowels inserted to help keep the window shape. But I think if you had the cross panes like these windows, you might need that support?
I had been thinking of making something like this, but covering the top of the table...basically like a tablecloth. But now I see this idea might be better because you could make it fit a bigger or smaller table by tightening or loosening the strings.

posted by Hollyrh on July 8th 2009 at 9:46pm
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