Creating a Personal Glass Coffee Table

Are you the artistic type? If so you may like theget to work. Depending on how you choose to
rooms in your home to also represent yourpaint, you could think of the glass as canvas and
artistic side. One great way to do this is with aleave it completely decorated. Another option is
glass coffee table in the living room. Think aboutto 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 designsIf you are not sure which option you want to
and creations. As a matter of fact many coffeechoose to decorate your glass coffee tables, it
houses create their whole environment aroundmay be time to take a trip to your local craft
this connection. Additionally, many artists spendstore and see what they have available. You may
their time at coffee houses coming up withfind a number of options for how to decorate
inspiration. If these two things are connected inglass coffee table in your home to make it more
the regular world, why shouldn't these two thingsa 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 aThere are few things to think of before you get
glass coffee table. When we say a glass coffeethis project under way however. One is that you
table, we mean one in which to top is made ofare going to be putting coffee on this table.
glass. The rest of the table can be made out ofCoffee is hot. That means you need to make
any material. There are a couple options when itsure that what ever you're doing can stand up to
comes to adding an artistic touch to a glassthe impact of a hot cup of coffee or that you
coffee table. The first option is to find a glasstake 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 samethere 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 artisticyour artwork can be damaged. The best way to
creations you can think that in this box then putdeal with this is to make sure the artwork is on
the glass back down. It's almost like having athe 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 andcups, won't hurt your art in any way.