I bought this table at the Goodwill, plopped it in the back of my SUV and headed home. On my way home, another car abruptly cut me off and I had to slam on my brakes. I avoided hitting the other car but the sudden stop caused my end table to flip over, sending the glass shattering all over me and the car. I only had one very tiny cut but I was furious that my glass had been broken. Now my table had a gaping hole in the top.
Well, the table sat in the basement for awhile. At first I was planning to replace the glass, but I didn't want to just put a thin, cheap piece of glass on the table. I also didn't want to spend a ton of money. Finally inspiration struck. I absolutely love Korrie at Red Hen Home's French Chocolate coffee table.
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It was the perfect shape for my little tabletop. I'll be sure to share my super simple transfer method soon.
I love the finished product. And it looks really great next to my sweet little chair redo. It is way more awesome than it would have been with just a fresh paint job and its old glass top. (But I'm still not happy with that guy that cut me off!)
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40 comments:
I'm so sorry about your accident, but glad you weren't too badly hurt. I must say, though, that this table looks awesome with the wood top and sheet music graphic. I am a music lover so of course my eye is drawn to this; great work!
That looks amazing! Broken glass was a bit of a blessing for this table although I'm sorry about all the broken glass in the car and the stupid driver. :-)
I stopped by your booth last week. Looks great and you have an awesome spot right there in the front of the store.
Very pretty! Love the idea of using music like that!
What a wonderful idea! I'm looking forward to how-to on the process. Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea of plugging the wood in where the glass once was. I have two coffee tables with similar glass tops and I've been trying to come up with something grand to do instead of the glass. I love the sheet music idea. Thank you!
Oh my goodness... I'm so glad to hear you're ok!!! I think the best part of this table is the new top. Soooo cool! It definitely makes it a stand out :D
Shelley
www.westermanfam.blogspot.com
I'm glad you weren't hurt badly! I think your table turned out beautifully! I love the music graphic. Thanks for linking back to me!
Glad you weren't hurt, but a bad beginning for me usually brings a great ending and you table is no different. Beautiful.
I know I already commented, but I just saw it posted on MMS's furniture link party. So, I figured I'd say it again; nice.
This is gorgeous!!! The music looks great!!!!!
I think this was destiny! A great way to challenge your creativity, right? I know I would have been frustrated too, but it turned out beautifully!
Love this table! The sheet music graphic looks just perfect! Thank you so much for sharing!
Kelly@The East Barn
I've been thinking about how to use some old sheet music. Should I use the original or make scans?
Shabbyfriends, I guess it depends on whether you want to preserve and keep the originals or not. If so, you could use scans. For me, the color and texture that the old paper adds is one of the best parts so I would probably just use the originals.
This is truly lovely! I love the sheet music idea. You did a great job. I am your newest follower. Hope you can visit me sometime soon!
This is beautiful! I can't wait to hear how you transferred it!
Truly a striking piece. Would look great in MY house! I'm interested to know your transfer method as well.
Glad you weren't hurt! Fantastic job on making her pretty! Found you via Simple Home Life. Pop on over for a visit when you get a moment. Tootles, Kathryn
http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-do-you-see.html
I just want you to know i have spent 14 hours looking for a table at thrift stores, habitat, garage sales and consignment shops that I can do this to. I LOVE IT! I did almost get sucked into paying $20 for a similar chair just to do what you did. Total copycat. or wannabe copycat anyway.:)
Serendipity I say. This is so much more special than the glass would have been.
I have a table just like that. The glass broke many years ago & was too expensive to replace. Thanks to you, I now am inspired to do something similar. Thanks!
that looks beautiful! i love the graphics and the contrast of dark and white!
It looks great. How scary about the glass breaking all over you. I'm glad you are ok. My Mom has a set of 2 of these that are the original oak color with the glass. I hate those tables, but they sure look good the way you remade them!
I love it!! Lemons into lemonade I tell ya! :)
glad you are ok! The table looks awesome!
Coley @
www.whatyoumakeit-coley.blogspot.com
this is seriously amazing!!!! WOW!!! I love the music touch!
This is really great. I have a similar table and I can't wait for your tutorial:)
I love how it turned out!
That turned out beautiful!
Very nice. Love the contrast.
this table looks incredible!
I would love it if you would share this and/or any other projects you have been up to at Tuesday Talent Show at Chef In Training! Plus there is a fun giveaway too! Thanks so much and I hope to see you there!
-Nikki
http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com
Just stunning! I love the contrast of the white crisp painted table...and then that gorgeous vintage music sheet decoupage! what a great creation!
Now following you!
Stop by sometime!
ciao bella
Creative Carmelina
Love how this turned out. BRAVO!
I wanted to let you know that I've got a great giveaway that ends Friday. It's for $100 to wallquotes.com, and trust me they've got something I know you'll love!
Stop by and enter ASAP. I'd love to see what you would do with their products! See you soon!
Artie
http://niagaranovice.blogspot.com
Gorgeous! Glad you made lemonade out of lemons re the glass breaking. If you don't mind me asking, what colour/brand of stain did you use? I've got a harvest table I'd like to refinish and your stain colour looks like what I'm looking for!
I used Minwax dark walnut stain. I've used it a few times since and really love the rich, dark color. Hope your table turns out great!
Absolutely lovely! The music top looks wonderful. You did a great job.
suppose you wanted to do sheet music on the glass, how would you proceed. And with the glass what were you going to do with the table, just paint for a great look too?
Good questions. Yes, I was originally just going to keep the glass and paint the table. And I think that would have looked nice too - but the glass breaking definitely pushed me to be a bit more creative and I love the outcome. If you wanted to do sheet music onto the glass, you have a few options. You could decoupage actual pieces of sheet music to the glass using something like Mod-Podge. Or for a look similar to my table, I would probably draw the design on the underside of the glass. They make special glass markers though a regular Sharpie paint pen whould also work. Putting the design underneath will keep the paint from getting scratched off the glass - although you will have to draw the design backwards so that it will appear forwards from above.
I featured your gorgeous table (and you!) this week!
http://daysofchalkandchocolate.blogspot.com/2012/01/features-from-last-weeks-party.html
Thanks for linking up..and I hope to see you this week! : )
Korrie might not know this, but stumbling on her chocolate table was my inspiration to start my blog. A table is still on my agenda, but it's an intimidating project for me. Yours turned out great, I love the graphic you chose.
~Bliss~
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