Last month when Steve and I were in Oklahoma City visiting parents, we spotted the metal base to a patio table. The glass was gone, but the base was in good shape. I even liked the slightly weathered blue paint on it.
We got it back home and I decided it needed a mosaic top . We used a sheet of Hardie board for the base.
I priced tile and realized that I didn’t want to spend that much. I had some garage sale plates and white tiles. We bought mastic and grout.
I broke the plates between pieces of cardboard with a 4 lb hammer. Wear goggles!
Steve helped me with this project. It’s too bad we don’t have a movie of us hurriedly trying to stick the pieces to the table before the mastic dried!
I could have gone hunting for more plates, but honestly I didn’t have time. We both think it has a nicely casual look as it is. And it was (practically) free!
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I love how this turned out and I love the way you economize.Everyone assumes quilt book writers and teachers are well off.
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My husband is an academic. He’s tenured and is now dean of the science division – but we’re not rolling in money. And it might surprise you to know that our house has just under 1800 sq. ft. It’s a great size for the 2 of us!
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I love this table-I have wanted to do that for some time but don’t really understand how-it would be wonderful if you could email me some quick-down and dirty instructions!Thanks, Tinatdwjohnson@yahoo.com
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Beautiful tulips! Love your table, and love the plates. I “collect” plates, and would be a good idea to do a mosaic table…It would be great if you could share the process..Thanks alot. Bev….amesbeverly@yahoo.com
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Love it.K
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I’ll blog the how-to next week :-).
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Okay. Had to take deep breaths when I saw the “willow” plates smashed on purpose 🙂
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