DIY Marble Table Top With Gold Accents
Nothing says winning like making a DIY Marble Table Top with Gold Accents for a fraction of the cost of the one you've been eyeing online!
Servings: 1
Cost: $120
Equipment
- Caulking gun
Ingredients
Instructions
- Prep your hairpin legs to be painted. Since they're unfinished steel, you need to first wash them thoroughly with soap and water. Then, prime the legs and allow them dry.
- Paint the hairpin legs with the gold spray paint. Allow them to dry.
- Spray the legs with a shellac sealer.
- Once the spray shellac is completely sealed, spread a healthy layer of construction adhesive (we used Liquid Nails) on the bottom of each of the steel leg plates.
- Lay the marble board upside down on a smooth clean surface. Then, place and press each leg with the construction glue on the four corners of the board. Leave them upside down to dry for the first 48 hours. Then, you’re all set for styling and entertaining!
Notes
- For the perfect gold finish, I sprayed two light coats of gold each (while letting them dry in between coats).
- To make sure they’re not easily scuffed since this table is going to be front and center, let the metallic gold coat dry completely.
- And then, spray it with a thorough coat of spray shellac. This will allow for a nice hard coating once it’s dried completely.
- This way you’ll avoid the weird fingerprints that often happen to the gold paint. The shellac also makes the legs more resistant to scratches.
- Be sure that you cover all of the main areas and edges.
- But be careful of adding too much or it will ooze out the sides when you press it against the marble.