Everyday Adventures: Tray Deux

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Remember when I updated this lovely tray?

It has been sitting on our living room coffee table for months, holding a few of our coffee-table books, wedding flowers, and remotes. And despite us eating dinner on the coffee table almost every single night, we've never once had any issues.

Until the other night, when I accidentally spilled a full cup of water on it. (I also dropped some fajitas on my phone a few minutes later, and when I relayed this story to my dad he said, "Well, you have always been a clumsy eater." Psh!)

So I immediately pulled the books up and tried to prevent any damage to them, and the water sat in the tray for a little longer than was probably good for it. The scrapbook paper started crinkling up, water was collecting in the corners and I had to sop it all up, so I just tore the paper out, and it was sad looking.

With Matt's parents and my mom and sister coming to visit within a three-day span, I had to get it fixed quick and get our living room back together. So I dug through my scrapbook box until I found two identical sheets of patterned paper that would look decent in our crimson, sage and beige living room.

The paper is actually a little greener than it looks in the photos.

I cut the paper down to size and used some new scrapbook squares to stick it down. I may even like this iteration more than the original!