Today's No-waffle: Ribbon Table Skirt

Okay, cue the champagne and confetti: I recently wrote my 100th post for The Waffler.

Okay, maybe no champagne. But short of eating a hunk of dark chocolate, I can't think of a better way of celebrating than to share some of the progress I have made with my daughter Tessa's room. More specifically, the transformation of a non-descript Ikea sidetable into a lovely ribboned nightstand.

It's amazing what a little fabric and ribbon can do.

I wish I could take the credit for making the tableskirt, but it's the handiwork of my friend, Sarah, and her crafty mother, Kathy. I actually had every intention of learning the ropes (threads?) of how to sew this table skirt, but when I arrived at Sarah's house with the table and materials, I chickened out. Okay, it was even worse than that: I ended eating most of the giant cookie I had brought for them.

Well, all of Sarah and Kathy's hard work made for one very happy five-year-old. Tessa loves the table skirt, especially what she calls the "double ribbons."

And me? I am also thrilled with the skirt. It might not be in her room in three years, but Tessa is in a particularly girly stage right now -- a girly-girl who also plays soccer, wrestles with her brother, and plays a mean game of ninja warrior, but a girly-girl none-the-less.

I'm also thrilled with how far Tessa's room has come since November.  It was looking pretty sad.

But then I posted a waffle about which of four bed frames I should buy (you can read that post ) and readers encouraged me to go for Land of Nod's Simple Bed. Then I posted a waffle about where to position the bed, and the clear winner was across from the window rather than under it (read here). Finally, I asked readers which of several nightstands to use, and the majority voted for trying to make a ribboned table skirt for the Ikea table (read about it here).

Tessa's room is now on the way to looking pretty great.

Okay, okay, so I know that the room is crying out for something on the walls. We'll get to that in a future waffle. For now I just want to thank all of my readers for helping to resolve my waffles, as well as those of all the other wafflers who have written in. You guys rock!

Everyone has a fashion or design dilemma...what's yours? 

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