| Are you the artistic type? If so you may like the | | | | get to work. Depending on how you choose to |
| rooms in your home to also represent your | | | | paint, you could think of the glass as canvas and |
| artistic side. One great way to do this is with a | | | | leave it completely decorated. Another option is |
| glass coffee table in the living room. Think about | | | | to use a very light coating of paint and make this |
| what goes together better than art and coffee? | | | | surface look almost like stained glass. |
| Many a coffee house is filled with artistic designs | | | | If you are not sure which option you want to |
| and creations. As a matter of fact many coffee | | | | choose to decorate your glass coffee tables, it |
| houses create their whole environment around | | | | may be time to take a trip to your local craft |
| this connection. Additionally, many artists spend | | | | store and see what they have available. You may |
| their time at coffee houses coming up with | | | | find a number of options for how to decorate |
| inspiration. If these two things are connected in | | | | glass coffee table in your home to make it more |
| the regular world, why shouldn't these two things | | | | a representation of you than just the place to set |
| be connected in your home? Now they can. | | | | the coffee. |
| For this project you are going to begin with a | | | | There are few things to think of before you get |
| glass coffee table. When we say a glass coffee | | | | this project under way however. One is that you |
| table, we mean one in which to top is made of | | | | are going to be putting coffee on this table. |
| glass. The rest of the table can be made out of | | | | Coffee is hot. That means you need to make |
| any material. There are a couple options when it | | | | sure that what ever you're doing can stand up to |
| comes to adding an artistic touch to a glass | | | | the impact of a hot cup of coffee or that you |
| coffee table. The first option is to find a glass | | | | take some sort of steps to protect the table |
| coffee table with a secondary level underneath. | | | | surface. This could be as simple as making sure |
| What this means is that there is a box the same | | | | there are saucers or coasters to put a hot cup |
| size as the type of the table just underneath it. | | | | on. Another thing to think of is whether or not |
| You can take the glass off, put any artistic | | | | your artwork can be damaged. The best way to |
| creations you can think that in this box then put | | | | deal with this is to make sure the artwork is on |
| the glass back down. It's almost like having a | | | | the underside of the glass. That way, people |
| shadow box combined with a glass coffee table. | | | | pushing things around on the surface, like coffee |
| One other option is to purchase glass paints and | | | | cups, won't hurt your art in any way. |