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    Eating arrangements

    I am wanting to rearrange my daycare eating setup. Until recently I have had all the kids at our kitchen table, with some in booster seats as needed. I am wanting to do something different as I am getting tired of lifting the kids up into their booster seats (they're getting heavy!), and the constant cleaning of my table has ruined it - I have started using waterproof table clothes but those are getting worn out fast too.

    I have an older crew, (three 2 year olds, two 4 year olds and a 5 year old), and I have no plans on ever taking any child under 2 years old again.

    So my ideal setup would be for all of them to be at a kids size table - but I have the problems of not having a great deal of space (my kitchen is small and my playroom is long and narrow), needing to fit atleast 6 kids and not wanting to spend much money.

    I was pondering the idea of mounting a long narrow table top on the wall, but
    I am afraid of the commitment of doing so.

    Ideas anyone?

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    I love my wall mounted table. I like that I was able to install it at exactly the height I wanted, and I like that it drops down if I ever don't want it set up for some reason.
    I am sure if I ever took it down, the holes would be an eyesore. However, renovating our kitchen is in our long term plans, so I'm not worried about holes in the walls at this point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by superfun View Post
    I love my wall mounted table. I like that I was able to install it at exactly the height I wanted, and I like that it drops down if I ever don't want it set up for some reason.
    I am sure if I ever took it down, the holes would be an eyesore. However, renovating our kitchen is in our long term plans, so I'm not worried about holes in the walls at this point.
    Did you buy a premade table, or is yours homemade?

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    I absolutely love my table and chairs from ikea. The table is a coffee table but it's wider than normal. I got it for $30 but I believe they are $25 now. I have 4 of their kritter chairs ($20 but now $15). You could easily fit all 6....2 on each side and 1 at the ends

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5 Little Monkeys View Post
    I absolutely love my table and chairs from ikea. The table is a coffee table but it's wider than normal. I got it for $30 but I believe they are $25 now. I have 4 of their kritter chairs ($20 but now $15). You could easily fit all 6....2 on each side and 1 at the ends
    I remember you have that set up, was thinking of you when I wrote the original post! LOL

    How do you find the height on the coffee table? One of my concerns is it being too short for my older kids. My super tall 5 year old daughter doesn't fit the kiddie size furniture anymore - though she is off to full time kindergarten in a week, so she won't be around much during the day anymore. :-(

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    I used a pre made one (actually two), from Ikea. But it wouldn't be very hard to make one if you had the time. Now I'm dreaming of a homemade one of the dimensions I want.

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    Quote Originally Posted by superfun View Post
    I used a pre made one (actually two), from Ikea. But it wouldn't be very hard to make one if you had the time. Now I'm dreaming of a homemade one of the dimensions I want.
    So you find those Ikea wall mounted table sturdy enough? I had considered those a long time ago, but was worried about how they would hold up.

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    I have my eating area in my daycare space as I have daycare all in my basement (except for right now during renovations). When downstairs I have a wooden table I got from a clothing store when it closed down. my husband cut off the legs to make it short for the kids. I have child sized chairs that I bought from an office supply store. they were expensive ($30 each) but they are the hard plastic kind with metal legs like in schools, they have a 25 year warranty.

    I wouldn't have any issues with mounting a table on the wall, my only concern would be having to constantly clean the wall. I had mine against the wall for awhile and they seem to always put their dirty hands all over the walls. once I moved it away from the wall and have kids on both sides it is fine.

    Right now we are upstairs and yep my table is done as well( as well as my couch! microfibre and drool do not go together well!) Cannot wait to get the basement finished and back downstairs! Likely a couple months yet.
    Last edited by mickyc; 08-28-2014 at 02:25 PM.

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    I think I would do a wall mounted in that situation . I don't use any of my personal home things in my dayhome . I really love setting things up and organizing and reorganizing lol
    I drive my husband crazy as I'm changing things all the time ( and making him help )
    Right now I'm using the ikea round table but I'm finding for crafts there's not a lot of room ! Had all of mine gluing noodles on to n letter and everyone was covered in glue !
    I'm big into messes so it doesn't bother me mess wise just that papers were getting glued together !
    I'm considering getting a huge table made so that everyone can have space but so far I haven't found anything big enough ( other than ordering a actual preschool table )!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AmandaKDT View Post
    I remember you have that set up, was thinking of you when I wrote the original post! LOL

    How do you find the height on the coffee table? One of my concerns is it being too short for my older kids. My super tall 5 year old daughter doesn't fit the kiddie size furniture anymore - though she is off to full time kindergarten in a week, so she won't be around much during the day anymore. :-(
    lol...I think I've mentioned it a few times! haha. I really really like it though and it's perfect for the kids I have had and currently have. The youngest that sits at it is 15 months (started at 12/13 months though) and the oldest I have had at it was a 7 year old. I have the 4 kritter chairs plus 2 of those blue and metal chairs from schools. He sat in a blue chair and I think it's about an inch shorter though.

    I don't know how to upload a picture here but if you want to PM me your email or cell number, I can take a picture of it for you

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