A few months ago I wrote about how I changed the look of this table by adding a piece of decorative paper under the glass. The piece of paper was actually scrapbook paper, and I selected it because it contained items, like a passport, postcard, Eiffel Tower “fauxto”, etc. It fit in with our interests. When the Young House Love book came out, and doing this was one of their many projects, I knew I was on the right track.
I was getting a little tired of that particular look, so recently when I was at the craft store, I picked up another sheet of scrapbook paper. I think this one cost me all of 59 cents. I picked it because it looks like teeny mosaic tiles. I know it’s fake, but I think faux sounds more expensive better, don’t you? It makes it sound as if it at least cost $1.00.
All I had to do was cut the paper down to size, remove some nails from the table, replace the existing paper with a new sheet, and put it back together. BAM!
Ta-dah!!!!! Doesn’t it look great??? I have to laugh to myself, because the difference is amazing.
Doesn’t it look like real mosaic? And the thing is, since it is under glass, you can’t feel it. So, I think people will just assume it’s mosaic and textured.
This sweet little table once belonged to Mr. Autumn’s aunt. It was one in a set of stacking tables. It works perfectly in our great room, and is a nice place to set a drink. I made sure of that because when I inserted the last sheet of paper last spring, I only put three little tacks in it to hold it together, and you know what happened. Right. It fell out once. Well, have a good day. I’m going to get a cup of tea and give our new faux mosaic table a test-drive.
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Take care.
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Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says
What a great idea and it turned out so pretty!
classic•casual•home says
It does look awesome….you can change it up with the season’s…how fun!
Pondside says
Clever! I have an old tray with a glass insert………….
The HOME GIRL says
I just LOVE this! What a great idea! I love changing things up around my house and would love to do it more, and this is an inexpensive, fun way to do just that! Thanks for the wonderful idea! =D
Cindy says
Great idea! Looks wonderful with your rug and chair upholstery! LOVE your chair upholstery!