Open Thread 23

Questions, Answers and Chat

(image: Fundy Play Table by Argington, available at 2 Modern, Design Public and Modern Nursery)

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My son is obsessed with trains. Our coffee table which he is currently using as his train table is getting very crowded and I'm planning on buying him a much larger table for him to set up his trains on. But the problem is the train tables I've seen are all extremely ugly and since it'll be sitting smack bang in the middle of the room I'd like it to look nicer. I don't really want the top to be painted with a landcape and hills etc. Any ideas for something large and somewhat cool looking? I could just buy a big table top and add legs but I think the storage drawers that train tables usually come with would be great for all the spare tracks and trains.

posted by reef on August 27th 2007 at 9:21am
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Here are a few cool ones. Beware- they aren't cheap. The last one is just an idea, it's a link to a nursery on flickr (I think the nursery was even featured on here a long time ago). In their nursery they used the ikea storage bins on wheels with a table over them.

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/duc-duc/3519

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/argington/5247 (weird- i just realized that the pic for open chat is of this table...)

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5163068 (mod mom)

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5163068 ( i love this playroom!)

posted by dcmom on August 27th 2007 at 2:51pm
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OOPs. The last link was supposed to be of this playroom, not a repeat...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78168838@N00/293261770/

posted by dcmom on August 27th 2007 at 2:53pm
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Isn't this the most clever booster seat you've ever seen?
http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=42820&Category_Code=1003000&Product_Count=67

posted by polkadot on August 27th 2007 at 3:48pm
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Brio makes one. Not sure of a link but I've seen them on ebay.

posted by tgray99 on August 27th 2007 at 5:13pm
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dcmom-

Thanks for the links. I love the duc duc one but you're right, it's not cheap! I'm half tempted to make something myself!

posted by reef on August 28th 2007 at 9:40am
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reef,

If you decide to make something yourself and have questions, just email me at kiersten@modmomfurniture.com. I can give you names of great places on the web to get legs, how to make legs, etc...

Best of luck!

posted by modmomfurniture on August 31st 2007 at 5:44am
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looking for a cup for my toddler that is more like a cup with a lid and a hole in it (almost like a coffee cup) rather than the regular sippy cups with spouts and valves.
baby cie makes one that is close to what i had in mind but has bad reviews - http://store.babycenter.com/product/feeding - nursing/solid feeding/sippy cups/sippy cup.do?asc=false
has anyone used these and liked them ?
thanks !

posted by urboo on August 31st 2007 at 8:25am
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