Another great project from our friend, Mark Montano. Here he takes an old table and transforms it into a fun piece that could be used as a decorative side table or mini kitchen table. And, we love that all the tiny mirrors will reflect light and help brighten up a dark room.
If this sounds like a project for you, pick up some E-6000 at a Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, Jo-Ann’s or Hancock Fabrics near you or buy online with code E6BGTW for buy-one-get-one free (2 oz. E-6000 Craft, limit 3). If you haven’t checked out Mark’s newest book, Big Ass Book of Crafts, head on over to his blog and enter his book giveaway.
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Yes, we’ve all seen mosaic before, but I love this twist on what to use for it. When I was making this I kept having to run back to the craft store to pick up more mirrors so be warned! Figure out your space and about how many you’ll be needing before you head out. The other great thing about this table….You can see up your nose while you’re eating! Enjoy.
YOU’LL NEED:
- Enough round mirrors to cover your table top. Michaels Arts and Craft Stores has a very nice assortment of round mirrors at a very good price.
- E-6000 or Household GOOP Adhesive
- Krylon 18K Premium Gold Plate Metallic paint. (I have tried many gold paints, Krylon makes the best Metallic paints hands down)
- Bathroom tile grout
- Sandpaper
- Spackle Knife
- Sponge
- Bucket of Cold Water
- A table that you want to cover. Mine was a 30” diameter table top and it took about 800 round mirror tiles that ranged in size from 3/8” to 1”. HINT: Check out 2nd hand stores and furniture outlets for simple, inexpensive tables that you can use for these projects.
HERE’S HOW:
STEP 1: Sand your table top surface. This will make a nice rough surface which will make your glue stick much better.
STEP 2: Glue on your tile mirrors with the GOOP Craft glue. Do it randomly making sure to leave just about 1/8” inch in between each round tile.
STEP 3: Once the tiles are dry (I like to leave things overnight) spread your grout with your spackle knife making sure to get grout in between each tile. Get in on there anyway you can!
STEP 4: Wet your sponge with cold water, ring it out and smooth the grout in between the tiles while at the same time wiping off the mirrors.
NOTE: Your mirrors will have a grout residue but don’t worry about that, you can clean them off when the grout is dry. Also, don’t worry if you don’t get grout in every spot right away, you can always go over it a second time to get the spots you missed.
STEP 5: Let grout dry.
STEP 6: Tape off the top of the table and spray paint your base. You can choose any color that you like, I used gold on this table.
