How to Make a Glass Table

Making your own glass table is a worthwhile project that can be done by using readily available materials. You can finish this project in one weekend. There are inexpensive materials you can use in order to assemble a beautiful piece of furniture such as a glass table. By creating your own glass table using a planter or pot as a base, you'll end up with a piece that is both practical and beautiful. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Think of what type of table you want to build. It can be a dining table, a sofa table, side table or a coffee table. For this project we shall make a coffee table for a living room.

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Go to a nursery or garden center near you. Look for a pot that is about 15 to 18 inches high and around 30 to 35 inches wide. There are a lot of choices to choose, but pick the one that has a wide body and wide opening. It can be made of clay, stone, ceramics, concrete or resin. If you choose a pot made of resin, you can add river rocks or gravel inside to keep it heavy so the finished table would not wobble. It can give a sort of Zen-like look when people see through the glass top.

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Buy a round beveled tempered glass approximately 12 mm thick and around 48 to 40 inches in diameter. You can buy your glass from a glass company or you can go to salvage yards to look for old glass tops you can reuse. If you can also go to the glass cutters and then give them your specifications, they can cut the glass for you. You can choose a clear or smoked glass, or a tinted glass in any tint color of your choice. Then choose either a single-beveled or double-beveled glass for your glass top.

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Practice safety when handling glass to avoid breakage and injury. Wear work gloves and safety goggles if you will attempt to cut the glass yourself using a glass cutter. Wrap the glass with pads and styrofoam for protection and secure it so it doesn't fall and break when transporting from the shop to your home.

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Place the pot of your choice at the center of your living room sitting area. You may want to place it close to your sofa table, chairs and love seat groupings.

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Put the round beveled tempered glass on top and adjust the positioning. To prevent from toppling, put silicone clear adhesive. By adding at least four or six round beads of silicone clear adhesive spread evenly around the top rim of the pot's mouth, then placing the glass on top carefully at the center you will be able to secure it in place. Let the silicone set before attempting to use the coffee table. Place a heavy item on top of the glass to help set the adhesive quicker