For awhile now I have been looking for a small side table for my office space. I have been searching for something small but slightly functional (i.e. you can set a cup of tea or coffee on top) yet interesting with detailed lines. I have had no luck. Then, some really cool French Provencial Signboards arrived from one of my favorite wood products manufactuers, Walnut Hollow. I grabbed my glue gun, some flat marbles and spray paint and got immediately to work on this DIY Side Table.
Materials for DIY Side Table
Walnut Hollow French Provencial Signboards-12" x 20", 8" x 13 1/2"
Wood table legs and angle plates- purchased at Lowes Home Improvement
Flat marble assortment
Flat backed rhinestones
Krylon indoor/outdoor spray paint in Pumpkin Orange and Mambo Pink
DecoArt Triple Thick Clear Glaze
Adtech Adhesives Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Screwdriver, drop cloth
Instructions for DIY Side Table
I started by spray painting all of the wood pieces. I chose Mambo Pink for the legs and smaller plaque and Pumpking Orange for the larger plaque.
I used three coats for each side. Then I grabbed my hot glue gun and some gun sticks and hot glued the smaller plaque to the center of the larger plaque. I then hot glued the marbles to the top of the larger plaque.
I lined the edges of the large plaque with acrylic rhinestones.
To make sure the marble and stones were extra secure to the table top, I used several coats of DecoArt's Triple Thick Glaze. I sprayed very close to the surface of and top and sides of the plaque. I let the glaze cure overnight before attaching the legs to the table.
I was pleasantly surpised that the signboard wood was so easy to manipulate. It is made out of pine. I was able to place the screws into the signboard without having to pre-drill holes. I even used a manual screwdriver!!
I was ultra pleased with the results! Using the glue gun made it easy and fast! It is going to look perfect alongside my other fun office accessories.
Live Life Creatively,
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