For years, Rachel Gutter collected paint-color samples on trips to the hardware store with her dad. Her plans to retile the floors of her Barbie Dreamhouse never came to fruition, so she found a more mature use for the collection: covering a drab coffee table. Simply cut the strips into single tiles and arrange them on the table, using double-stick tape to keep them in place. Then have your local glass shop cut a piece to fit the top, so you can spill with impunity.