How To Make A Ceramic Tile Coffee Table

This easy diy turns an existing and boring coffee table into something that looks ultra high end.

How to make a ceramic tile coffee table.

Here s how you add a tile tabletop to your old and ugly coffee table. You may also need a tile saw. Lightly sand the cut edges to clean them up but not too much. I will share that i wanted to tile a table several years ago and instead used painters tape to create a tile like grid had my children and neighbors use oil pastels on the individual squares and then put a super thick self leveling sealer on like the kind used on wood in bars top.

Cut adhesive tile matting to fit the coffee table surface with scissors. From a low coffee table up to a standard coffee table they boast a perfectly symmetrical base and top in both a round and an elliptical design. Pull off the protective back sheet of the matting and press it in place with your hands. All for the low cost of 15.

Make sure the mark you made is at least the thickness of the molding beyond the other edge of the table. Don t round the corners and be careful of splinters. Take the marked piece and hold it along the short edge of the table with the end flush to the side. A family of coffee tables characterized by an exposed slim delicate metal rod structure available in painted metal.

Measure the short end of your table and add the thickness of your molding. Your table is beautiful and i am inspired. Diy ceramic tile coffee table step 1. Styled with either a wooden or glass ceramic top.

Add a thin sheet of plywood to the top of the table and screw it in place. Add some molding around the edges and then lay out the tile on the table. At some point i bought a tile saw for about 84 and it worked very well i would not have been able to complete that project without it. Learn how to spruce up a vintage table top with ceramic tiles wood boards grout and adhesive in this instructional video by bren ische.

So earlier this year i decided that i should not have a tool go unused so i decided to make a tile top coffee table. Pull off the top protective. The above diy coffee table has a faint resemblance to marble but if you want to replicate a real doppelgänger there are a few easy strategies to achieve a luxe effect. Before assembling the lack side table measure the 50mm ply wood around the outside of the table top and cut to size with saw.

It can be longer but not shorter. Mark this carefully on your molding. I figured that it would be an easy project a small project and would look great.