I saw these pebble table runners and it was love at first sight but did not want to pay the big price tag that went along with buying one. So I tried to make my own. I did not know where to start to find the square mesh that was used for the one in the shop and I like to make my projects from recycled materials so I hunted around the house for something to use. I had an old set of blackout curtains the ones with the rubber backing and some old net curtains. e two together at intervals of 10cm, the idea being that the glue would grab on to the net curtain and the lining would hold the weight if it needed to be moved.
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I bought a bag of flat river pebbles from my local garden centre and gave them a good wash to get all the dust off them. I left them on a towel to fully dry for a few days so that the glue would stick to them better. And used a hot glue gun to glue them on to the fabric. I started on the outsides with the long flat stones and then filled in the middle using stones that covered up the gaps the most. I bit like making a mosaic. This process took a few hours to complete but the outcome looked great.
Once all the stones were in place I got my husband to help me carry to put it onto my dressing table. It looked really great and worked out to a fraction of the price of the store-bought runners.
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4 Comments
Andrea D
August 7, 2019 at 4:55 pmCool idea, thanks for posting! If I may make one suggestion…a few more details would’ve been nice. For example, what the heck are net curtains? I may not have them but if you had shown a picture, I might have got some ideas as to what items I have in my house that I could use. Another example would be if you shared what kind of adhesive you used, or if you shared the dimensions of your runner and how many packages of rocks did it take?
And unrelated to the content, I found a couple spelling errors. If you already know, then please disregard, but I thought I’d report them in case you hadn’t been made aware yet.
I like the look of your site, it’s cozy/homey. If you’re interested in a second set of eyes proofing your blogs/articles before you publish them, get in touch with me.
OK, that’s all. Thanks again for sharing!
Anita Holland
August 8, 2019 at 2:41 amThank you for your comments and you are 100% correct. That was one of my first posts I ever made and honestly did not have a clue what I was doing. I am slowly working my way through my posts and redoing them, now I have Grammarly to help me out. Unfortunately, I am better at creating projects than I am at writing about them. But that said I am working on it. Thanks for the offer of a second set of eyes, but I don’t think you will have enough time to fix all mine. I have been told my projects are great but my website needs work.
Andrea D
August 11, 2019 at 5:55 amLOL…I know how that goes…I too am better at production & creation than I am at putting the finishing touches on things. And I can do wonders for other people’s websites and social media, but to do my own…well, I am going on two years without a sale site cuz I keep changing my mind and moving to new projects. So, I get it. Didn’t want to come off as criticizing just an offer. Keep up the cool projects, those are more important than whether or not you can type. hahaha
Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
Anita Holland
August 11, 2019 at 6:01 amThank you So much, I did not take it as a criticism. I am happy to accept all help. I have a developer doing changes at the moment because it is just above my head somedays. I would love to see your projects if you have a website.