Flippin' Junk

I found a simple little Ikea table online for $7.99, and turned it into a colorful piece of art. It's a very simple process, and really hard to mess up. All you'll need are: high flow acrylic paints (any colors you want) 2 part epoxy (This is what I used: Pro Marine Supply Epoxy ) Any flat surface table (This is what I used: Ikea Lack Tablee ) Optional: Sandpaper and popsicle sticks I mixed several varieties of blue acrylic paints, along with some black, white, and metallics. I started by watering each of the colors down slightly, to allow them to flow better. Then I poured each color into the same cup. I gave it one or two swirls with a stir stick, and then poured it over the table top. I lifted the edges of the table to guide the flow, and get full coverage over the corners and sides. I went around the edges of the table with a popsicle stick to catch as many of the paint drips as possible. Then I let it sit for ~48 hours to dry. (I don't actually think th

I often find myself with scrap pieces of particle board left over from broken book shelves or end tables, and I never really know what to do with it because I certainly don't want to build anything with it! I decided to use some of it to play around with epoxy art. The epoxy makes the surface far more durable, and this was a really easy way to turn a piece of junk particle board shelf into something great to look at. This is an awesome way to add a color theme, and give a custom art feel to your home. I'm making this one for a military friend and it will probably end up in his glass blowing shop, but you really can't go wrong with playing with colors and designs. The supplies I used for this were: Particle board from broken bathroom shelf 1/4" x 1-1/8" moulding  from Home Depot Wood glue  from Home Depot Pro Marine Supply 2 Part Epoxy  (~24oz, 12oz per coat) Black, white, and red color pigments from  Just Pigments  and  Black

I started with an Ikea table from work that someone sat on and accidentally broke one of the legs. The table was likely going to get thrown out, but I rescued it, fixed the leg, and totally transformed the boring beige coffee table. I believe it was this table in tan from Ikea:   Above, you can see the underside of the table with the legs removed. The top right corner is where the leg folded and broke the particle board. I put the piece back in place with some wood glue and left it clamped overnight. Next I added some wooden trim around the entire base to make it more sturdy. The legs have screws that protrude out of the top, and the whole leg is rotated to screw it on to the table. In order to screw the legs back in, I needed to drill holes through the trim that lined up with the existing holes in the table. When I epoxy a table top, I round the edges of the table top so that the epoxy can run over the sides. I couldn't sand the