Pretty Faux Wood Grain Glass Table Top? Yes, Please!

We have this corner on our front deck that needed a convenient table and I also wanted

 it to be pretty. Here is what we came up with and made in one afternoon and, as usual, 

we did it without spending a ton of money. 

In fact, we already had everything we needed on hand so it was basically FREE.

Confetti goes here!

Ooh ahh! It turned out even better than I pictured!

Here is the DIY for this fun project...

A friend had given me two round patio table replacement glass circles. 

This is the bigger one at 36" diameter.

For the base we used a nursery tree pot 24" in diameter given to us by our neighbors.

I scrubbed the glass and the pot with a soap pad and rinsed them thoroughly.

I spray painted the planter with flat black spray paint.

I gathered our supplies which included various colors of acrylic latex paint, 

including our house trim paint in the big can. The wood grain tool 

I used is right front and I also used a pair of gardening gloves to protect my hands.

I painted a turquoise stripe and right away before it dried, 

used the wood grain tool to make the design in the wet paint. 

It is so exciting to see the texture appear like magic. 

When I didn't like the way the grain looked

 I simply wiped it off of the glass and redid it.

 It was so very simple and came out so very pretty!

Once the "boards" were completely dry (about an hour in the sunshine) I spray painted 

over the whole BACK surface with flat black spray paint, right over the painted boards.

The black paint made the wood grain pop and made the glass round opaque

 so the planter underneath is not visible.

We put three globs of silicone glue on the rim of the black planter and then

 we flipped the  round  over so the boards showed through

 the glass and centered it on the black planter. 

I LOVE how the glass protects the bright colors and wood grain of the boards.

It is the perfect size and the perfect height for the seating on our deck.

We could not be more pleased with this project, not just because it was free

 but because it came out so amazingly great looking.

And guess what? I still have another glass round in my

 stash so we can make another table. Now that's something 

to look forward to!

Faux Wood Grain Glass Table Top Turned Out Great!

We have this corner on our front deck that needed a convenient table 

and I also wanted it to be pretty. Here is what we came up with and 

made it in one afternoon and, as usual, we did it without 

spending a ton of money. 

In fact, we already had everything we needed

 on hand so it was basically FREE.

Confetti goes here!

Ooh ahh! It turned out even better than I pictured!

Here is the DIY for this fun project...

A friend had given me two round patio table replacement glass circles. 

This is the bigger one at 36" diameter.

For the base we used a nursery tree pot 24" in diameter given to us by our neighbors.

I scrubbed the glass and the pot with a soap pad and rinsed them thoroughly.

I spray painted the planter with flat black spray paint.

I gathered our supplies which included various colors of acrylic latex paint, 

including our house trim paint in the big can. The wood grain tool 

I used is right front and I also used a pair of gardening gloves to protect my hands.

I painted a turquoise stripe and right away before it dried, 

used the wood grain tool to make the design in the wet paint. 

It is so exciting to see the texture appear like magic. 

When I didn't like the way the grain looked

 I simply wiped it off of the glass and redid it.

 It was so very simple and came out so very pretty!

Once the "boards" were completely dry (about an hour in the sunshine) I spray painted 

over the whole BACK surface with flat black spray paint, right over the painted boards.

The black paint made the wood grain pop and made the glass round opaque

 so the planter underneath is not visible.

We put three globs of silicone glue on the rim of the black planter and then

 we flipped the  round  over so the boards showed through

 the glass and centered it on the black planter. 

I LOVE how the glass protects the bright colors and wood grain of the boards.

It is the perfect size and the perfect height for the seating on our deck.

We could not be more pleased with this project, not just because it was free

 but because it came out so amazingly great looking.

And guess what? I still have another glass round in my

 stash so we can make another table. Now that's something 

to look forward to!

Craft Fail to Craft Save

I love this blue painted display stand NOW but it sure didn't start out looking this way!

I put  the candlestick and plate together with E6000 and spray painted the whole shebang with Krylon spray paint in  Blue Ocean Breeze.  I am in love with the color and it gave this simple piece a gorgeous look. It was beeyootiful, trust me on this.

So, and you know there is more to this story; before I took some final pics I sprayed it with clear acrylic sealer to give it a nice protective finish. A clear sealer containing acetone and tuolene. Do you know what those two caustic chemicals do to wonderful, smooth, Ocean Blue painted glass? Aargh! It bubbled and blistered and looked terrible.

I'll spare you the gruesome details and the pics. My beautiful creation suddenly developed a case of severe blue leprosy. My heart fell. Did I cuss? Yes. My kids and The Welding Man say I'm an amateur when it comes to cursing, but hey, it works for me. Back when they were little I used to say "dirty rat fink." Yeah, they still get the giggles over that.

But I digress...on to the rescue!

So I figured it can't look worse and I resorted to my old standby aging technique, crumpled tissue paper and Mod Podge. Don't look at my painting station, it's a wreck. But you can see here that the "save" potential for this project wasn't looking good. Pieces of torn and crumpled tissue cover the top half in this pic. 

Moving on.

Okay, first coat of turquoise acrylic paint. I'm feeling hopeful here.

And a layer of burnt umber glaze. Okay, I can work with this. Feeling a tiny bit better.

And the base, where the leprosy was the worst. This technique adds so much texture and the glazing emphasizes it, so I'm going to call it good, even tho I remember that first, gorgeous smooth painted finish with a sigh. But hey, I really like how this is turning out!

I figured it would look great with the shelf I made from a drawer, and I have to admit, they seem very harmonious together. So, still calling this a save!

And with the various coastal elements this project looks pretty good! However, with my usual tendency to nit pick the details, the base is a slightly different shade from the plate. I'll be fixing that soon. At least this time I was able to salvage the project. Other times I've not been so lucky/clever! But we won't talk about that right now.

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