Out of the ruins of my daughter’s room came a damaged occasional table…

…the top was ruined with nail polish and who knows what else…ew!

Because the surface was damaged and the laminate was peeled in a couple of places, I was ready to simply throw it out, which didn’t thrill me, because without that table, other pieces of furniture would eventually be used for the very activities that ruined this one.

After thinking on it for a day, I remembered the zebra print Duck brand duct tape my ex-husband gave to me. Eureka! I could cover the tabletop with zebra print duct tape!

(If you don’t have an ex-husband giving you gifts of duct tape, you can get some at Target for about $5.)

Simply apply the tape to the tabletop, slightly overlapping each row of tape.

In less than an hour, the table was repaired, and better than ever!

Isn’t it adorable?

And easy as pie! (Well, actually way easier than pie, since I don’t find pie to be all that easy…)

There may be other pieces in my daughter’s room that may get the duct tape treatment! Stay tuned as the Great Clean Up continues…