I love finding inexpensive furniture at garage sales and giving them new life. At a church rummage sale, I found this project for only $3. With a little creativity using small tile pieces, I was able to transform this small side table into an easy DIY side table makeover to rave about.
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This small outdoor glass top side table is a very functional side table but definitely nothing special. It has a powder-coated metal frame and a wavy glass top. I have seen many of them in the last couple of years at Walmart and even at Walgreens.
As a side table the way it is, it could easily be used on any patio or even inside as a plant stand.
Functional and a little boring to me. For those who know me well, I had to put my own creative spin on this small little nondescript table.
I wanted to do more for this table than just spray-paint the base.
Years ago I purchased surplus 1″ glass tile pieces online at Modwalls.com. Their site is filled with beautiful tile photos for any modern bathroom or kitchen. Very much a modern look for your home.
As an added perk, on their site, you can order bags of surplus tiles in a variety of colors.
I can’t even remember what craft project I purchased them for but I have several hundred of these beautiful 1″ inch tiles in a rainbow of colors and styles.
Now, many years later, I still have some of these tile pieces stored in a box in my craft room.
I need a few other makeover projects to use them up.
At first, I tried several of my own tile designs but never found one I like well enough to glue down to the top of the glass table.
Needing someone else’s vision for this table, I gave the project over to my daughter and told her to get creative with a tabletop design for this little side table.
This is what she came up with.
A beautiful cross design using most of the variations in the tile colors.
It was a little tedious to get the tiles to stay in line during the gluing process, but the project itself was very easy. I used waterproof glue to attach each tile to the glass top.
Because the base of the table is hollow powder-coated metal, I choose not to use grout around the tiles because I didn’t think the table could hold up the weight. Best to be safe than ruin the entire project and the table at the same time.
Either way, it quickly become a favorite new addition to our colorful furniture in the screened porch room.
Hugs,
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and the rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19
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