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Changing Table Becomes Bar

By Jordan | Before and After, Projects

My mom sent me a cute blog post from Heather over at Southern State of Mind.  She turned a baby changing table into an adorable bar.  I loved the idea and started my search for a baby changing table here in Syracuse.

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I found one on Craigslist for only $25, and it is in good shape.  As I was heading home from  picking it up, Yankee, happened to call to see how my day was going.  I told him I got a great Craigslist deal, and he figured I bought a dresser or end tables, etc.  When I told him it was a baby changing table, there was a long pause on his end, and then he asked what could I possibility do with a baby changing table. I told him  I would be turning it into an outdoor bar for our back porch or the patio that we built.  I could  all of a sudden hear some excitement about this baby changing table that was in the back of our car.

 

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Here is the before.

 

 

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I had no idea that changing tables had seat belts.  It was easy enough to remove since I didn’t need it for our bar.  I thought yellow would be a fun color to paint it, but I didn’t want it to look too babyish. So, I decided I would add some of the same gray that we have on our house’s exterior.

 

 

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 This is the yellow and gray.  I wasn’t happy with it.  I thought it looked ready to be in a nursery –  not as an outdoor bar.  That was the same thing Mr. Spring thought when he first saw it.  Since it was unadorned, it was easy enough to repaint.  I decided to use just the gray knowing that I could add pops of colors with the accessories.

 

 

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And here it is – baby station turned beverage station.

  

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Since the color is basic, I had some fun with bright colorful accessories.

 

 

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This cute printable was hard to photograph with the glare.  It says ” A life without Love is like a year without Summer.”  There are a lot of cute and fun printables out there, and this one was from Landee See Landee Do.  I bought the little wooden frame for a dollar at Michaels.  I spray painted it with some paint leftover from a lamp project.

 

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I love the look of these paper straws.   I thought they would be fun and cute.

 

 

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For the second shelf I put our tray that we use all the time for carrying things from the kitchen  to our patio.  I also had a basket that I spray painted in this blue to store our custom koozies with our custom monogram.  If you are new to the blog, this monogram was given to Yankee and me from my parents as an engagement gift.  I have used in many projects that you could do with your own monogram. (here , here, here) We ordered some koozies to have for parties to give our guests who come for a few days.  We love them, but of course, we are partial.

 

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I wasn’t seeing any napkins that were as colorful as I wanted so I decided to make my own.  I bought some fabric at Hobby Lobby and just sewed my own napkins.  I guess they turned out okay since my friend loved them and asked me where I bought them!

 

 

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This bar is not just something pretty to look at.  It was finished at the end of last week, and I put it to use when a friend stopped by for a visit.  Then, we also had neighbors over for a last-minute happy hour, and it got lots of use.  Plus, another neighbor brought homemade strawberry mojitos which looked great on the bar!  They weren’t there long though.  Yummmm!!!

 

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  1. Susan @ sunflowerhugs.blogspot.com says

    June 25, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    VERY smart!

  2. MK says

    June 26, 2013 at 8:27 am

    Looks great! And if you bought something at a hoe dec store or even at Target that is marketed as a bar or serving cart, you would have paid MUCH more than $25!!!!!! Is this area where you put it covered? Do you need to worry about it getting wet? Just wondering if you used Exterior Paint? We have a big patio under our deck—so it provides some shade & gives the “feeling” of a covered porch BUT the water goes down between the wood decking so it does get wet down there when it rains. I am always on the lookout for what kind of furniture I can put down there that will withstand the rain.

    • Jordan says

      June 26, 2013 at 9:56 am

      MK,

      I did use exterior paint but currently the bar is on our porch so it is covered. It is light enough if I want to bring it out to the patio for a party.

      Cheers!

  3. Lisa says

    June 26, 2013 at 11:50 am

    This is the same changing table I have, but in white…..love the idea of turning it into a bar. I’ll have to remember this for a few years from now. 🙂

  4. Heather @ Southern State of Mind says

    June 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    Hi there! Just popped over because I saw some traffic from your site. I LOVE the way your cart turned out! Great job!!

    • Jordan says

      June 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm

      Heather,
      Thanks for the inspiration. I love our new bar!!!

  5. Katie Clooney says

    June 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    What a great idea!!! Looks great and very sentimental as well!

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