I spy laminated cotton: Apartment Therapy

Check out this super cute before and after project that Ashley Poskin did for Apartment Therapy! She tricked out an old card table with some spray paint and a square of laminated cotton. Staple projects are my favorite! All you need is an old piece of furniture, a staple gun loaded with 1/4" staples and some oilcloth or laminated cotton. Bam, in just 30 minutes you have a transformed piece of furniture. Ashley used the Robert Kaufman Slicker fabric with lady bugs. Love!

Laminates are softer and are easier when working with a round table top. Laminated cotton holds up just as well as oilcloth, so don't be afraid to use this fabric. If a laminate print work better for your decor go for it. It will hold up to wear and tear of everyday use. Check out this blog post to learn more about the two fabrics. What is great is that both fabrics are water resistant and wipe down super easy.

Wouldn't this be the cutest kids table for Thanksgiving?

Now head on over and see how she did it here at Apartment Therapy.

Modern June Out and About: SAS Interiors

I'm happy to share SAS Interiors deck with you all. How wonderful is this outdoor living space? After your done here, head of over to see more of Jenna's lovely yard and home! I spy oilcloth party banners!

 I love the mix of prints and colors.

 Look at the moss on the table, it's the little touches like this that make a house a home!

 Check out the wonderful DIY pallet couch! I want one!!

 Pops of color with nature and oilcloth party banners!

I spy oilcloth and laminated cotton at Finding Home!

A while back I invited the Lynn, from Finding Home to be a part of my At Home with Modern June blog tour. I asked her to show her readers how to use the covered seat cushion project that is in the book. I also sent her a box full of black and white oilcloth and laminated cotton to play with.

Lynn, used our great Black Picnic Check oilcloth to recover her kitchen chairs. This fabric has been a big hit. We started carrying it thanks to fellow blogger, The Painted Home, when she had picked it out for her Crafty Camper seat cushions.

The chairs are lovely, aren't they?

Next, she made simple oilcloth placemats by cutting a single layer of oilcloth into squares. She topped it all off with a laminated cotton runner, again, just a simple cut piece of fabric. Both of these fabrics are great, they don't fray so you don't have do any fussy sewing -- if you care not.

Then she got fancy! Lynn created a no-sew silverware sleeve with black polka dot oilcloth and washi tape. Next she topped it off with a chalk cloth tag, that she made with a punch that she just happened to have. A very crafty gal!

See her blog, Fining Home, to see how she made the template.

I hope you enjoyed this peek into Lynn's lovely home! See her blog Finding Home for so much more!

xoxox,
Kelly

New Oilcloth: White Bloom

Picking this new oilcloth was easy, I was inspired by Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Do you know how excited I get when I see this fun stuff on TV? I love how intense Guy is in the phone photo. Check out the White Bloom oilcloth at our Oilcloth Addict Etsy shop.

Remember, if you spy oilcloth, I'd love to hear about it, so send me a link!

XOXOX,
Kelly

I Spy Oilcloth: Royal Pains

Can I tell you how much I love the show Royal Pains? What's not to love, the brothers get to live in guest house for free. Never mind that the house is 4 times larger than my own. Hank is part doctor and part Macgyver. And Divya, she still wears designer cloths even though she's been cut off from her rich parents. It's so real life and pretty! I love my guilty pleasure TV!

Any how, look what I spied on the first episode of this season? Oilcloth!! To get the look check out our new Red Bloom oilcloth and our pretty Orange Mum oilcloth. I'll see you all in the Hamptons!!

I spy oilcloth

I spotted a few fun stools and chairs at last weeks Country Living Fair!! This stool was snagged up in front of my very eyes on Friday morning! That smart shopper will love that for years and years.

It's a darn good thing that I have Oilcloth Addict spy's everywhere!! While I was on car pool duty one of my best friends, Suzanne, spotted Chalk Cloth on the beer tasting table that Martha showcased on yesterday's Today Show. You know we love our chalk cloth, the more ways to use it the better!

To get this look, all you need is enough chalk cloth yardage to span the width of your table and then you can use painters tape to adhere it to the bottom of the table top. Easy and fun, once the beer tasting party is over, just roll it up and store it for the next party or kids play date!

Want to cover the whole table top? Here is one of my favorite ways to use chalk cloth, a custom chalk cloth table topper! I cut down chalk cloth to the exact size and shape of our Thanksgiving table, kids of all ages had fun doodling through desert! 

Please don't tell Martha that our pie was from the freezer!! I would die if she know!

Check out Sewing with Oilcloth for more great chalk cloth projects, my chalk cloth table runner pattern would be perfect for a beer tasting party. You can download that for free at SWO's  Amazon page! 

I spy Oilcloth...

I've been holding on to this photo for awhile now. Over the holidays I was listening to re-runs of White Collar on my computer while working in the studio. Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw this. OMG, there in the background I spied oilcloth.

Lester's Plastic Land!! I immediately hit pause grabbed my camera and took a photo of my laptop screen. I know, I am very silly about the oilcloth!! I need a bumper sticker that says "I break for oilcloth." I sat there wondering if Lester's really existed. No, surely it's just a set. You know I had to Google it.

I found out the truth about Lester's Plastic Land, the writers of White Collar tweeted this... "FYI, Lester's Plastic Land in the b.g. of the stakeout, a nice nod to our awesome production designer, Lester Cohen." @WCwriters  How much fun is that?

If you spy oilcloth please send up a photo!! The Oilcloth Addicts of the world need to know!!

Round Up: Oilcloth Covered Tables

I spend a lot of time searching my own blog for information so I know you must get really frustrated. So in an attempt to fix this I am creating Project Round Ups for the top projects I've featured on my blog. There are Show and Tell, Great Idea,  Q and A, I spy Oilcloth features along with my own projects all corralled by subject.

I'll start with the oilcloth covered table's that I've featured.

Here's the lovely oilcloth cover table project from Farm Chicks book, Farm Chicks in the Kitchen. You can find the How To here.  Serena used a heavy duty hand held stapler to attach the oilcloth to the table, much like I covered this bench.

Elyse's oilcloth covered kitchen tablecloth is applied to the table with painters tape. She's a mom with two active boys and this technique lasted two years, when she switched from red polka dotted to white dots on red. Elyse also has a very lovely Etsy shop called Tinkered Treasures  

Elyse's oilcloth covered kitchen tablecloth and her lovely home are  were featured in Fresh Cottage magazine.  

 Elyse's done it again, this time she's got a bit bolder with the dots on red print.

 This one comes from a fellow homeschooling mom, Jessica has saved an abused table by covering it with black and white gingham oilcloth.  How great is her at home school?

 I spied this oilcloth covered table on an episode of Top Chef!!!

Sandy, from 521 Lake Street, has done a great job making over a old thrift table into a wonderful craft table. And she used my favorite oilcloth print, I just love those perky cherries.

I spy oilcloth...

Photo Credit: The Top Chef Blog

One of my favorite shows, Top Chef, hit the beach in episode 6 and what did I spy? OILCLOTH!!! Nothing is more fun or easier to clean then oilcloth! Check out the show, "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" on Hulu and see how darn fun the cook station looked.

Photo Credit: The Top Chef Blog

I spy oilcloth...

from an Oilcloth Addict customer
Originally uploaded by ModernJune

Check out Jenny's Craft Service (catering) table in the picture to the right. All this lovely food fed hardworking people while they made a commercial for Toyota. I was lucky to spend a good part of my 20's working of movie sets, and I must say, there was never this pretty of a display to be seen!

Jenny is rocking the Blue Forever oilcloth, bright foods and patterns. She's even added some delicate little flowers here and there.

Well done Jenny and thanks for sharing!

Want to share your oilcloth Addict projects? Just send me a pic and a link to kelly@modernjune.com.

I spy oilcloth...

While surfing the web for Brunch Menus for our Modern June New Years Day Brunch, I spied oilcloth! I love that Rachael Ray's Campfire Breakfast is eaten on a fun red floral Oilcloth. 

We'll be back up open on Monday, for now Happy New Year to you and yours!

I spy oilcloth...

getting ready for party
Originally uploaded by contentedsparrow{megan}

I love this easy-peasy oilcloth table runner that I found on Contented Sparrows Flickr page!

I spy oilcloth...

Did you all see this yet? Ready Made found a room covered in oilcloth, I could die! For learn how to wallpaper oilcloth click on over to Ready Made! I am off to Home Depot to buy some wall paper paste...