This is a picture of a side table (minus the drawer) that I picked up at a local auction. It was very plain but extremely well build and I loved the look of it but knew it could be so much more.
I had been seeing post using the flat glass stones on furniture and that just seemed to be the right idea to match with the dresser I had just finished. I already had plenty of the stones, left over paint from the dresser and an extra box of resin so this project cost me very little.
Sorry I forgot to take pictures as I went so I'll just have to explain. All I did was sand the piece down and applied the light blue oops paint we got from our local hardware store. To get the beach feel I dry brushed some white acrylic paint on the drawer front and bottom shelf.
We purchased some thin door trim and cut a frame to go around the top and nailed it in place. Almost forgot, we placed caulking around the inside edges of the frame to keep the resin from oozing out and let it dry. It was already white so I just had to touch it up a little bit from the nail holes.
I love using resin, and have on several projects in the past, that I will share later. One thing I learned from a past mistake is that you need to make sure the stones are embedded in glue, or in this case resin, not on the dry wood. If you don't you will get air bubbles underneath, which some people seem to like according to response I've gotten from my bathroom vanity. You can stand there and pretend your at the psychiatrist office playing the ink blot game :)
I did a dry run with the stones to make sure how many I needed and where to place them. This was not as easy as it sounded :) Once I was happy with the placement I took contact paper and placed over the top. On top of this I put a piece of thin wood and had my husband help me flip the whole thing over the and keep the stones somewhat in place.
Once the table was flipped right side up I poured enough resin to cover the inside of the frame and then had to carefully put the stones and the contact paper back in place. Sounded easy but... I still had a lot of re positioning to do after taking the contact paper off, but it worked out great. Don't forget while your resin is drying you need to take a small straw and blow the air bubble off that float to the top. If you don't small bubbles turn to large bubbles and will ruin the look. After that it was just a matter of filling with the resin and letting it dry. Turned out great and sold right away at the antique mall where we have a booth.
If you have any questions about the resin please feel free to ask. Like I said, I have used it on many projects and have learned a lot the hard way.
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