EXPEDIT drop leaf table: Texas style

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Materials: EXPEDIT, LACK, contact paper, sliding rails, hinges

Started off with this

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Got some contact paper from Home Depot for around $8.00. PANYL has better colors but I went the more affordable route.

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After an hour or two of cutting and smoothing out the bubbles…

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Had to add some doors for the full effect.

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Went to Ikea the next day and picked up a Lack side table. They were out of the regular white so I had to opt for the fancy gloss white.

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Connected the hinges to the bottom of the middle shelf, then installed sliding drawer rails underneath to brace the table upright.

Had to add some personal flavor to it.

Keeping a reminder of home as a TX to LA Transplant.

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