Mosaic Coffee Table

I've been working on this table for several years now. Teague helped me get all the pieces glued on before we left Maryland. I grouted it the other day.

The entire top of the table is covered with broken plates. It was fun to look for old chipped plates in antique stores and put them together on the table.


Here's some detail of the center of the table. It's taken from one bowl.


We chose some plates with the names of some places we have been and lived.




And some whimsical ones too.
This is everyone's favorite.


I'm going to try to get around to putting a polyurethane sealant on the top of it this weekend. I grouted it a couple of weeks ago, and I still have a little cleanup to do on the grout. Now that I've started grad school my time is mostly devoted to studying (and doing homework with my kids who are in school for the first time after 7 years of homeschooling), so I'll do my best to make good progress.

Once the sealant is complete, I think I may paint the bottom of the table white then sand the paint down. I like the way the white grout sets off the plates.