DIY: Penny Coffee Table
Our oh-so crafty Junior Art Director Katie S. is always coming up with new and exciting ways to decorate her space. Here, she shows us how to refresh an old coffee table without spending a pretty penny.
1. Hit up your local bank and ask for $30 in pennies (this may garner strange looks).
2. Stock up on tons of super glue.
3. Polish pennies with Tarn-X until shiny.
4. For the corners, use a bolt cutter to gently crease/bend the pennies so they curve to the edge of the table.
5. Adhere the pennies to the tabletop (and edges) using super glue.
Where do you start? In the middle, curve the edge of the table first and branch out? Very good creative ideal!
This is my question too! Very creative and I’m anxious to try it.
Is the table sealed after the pennies are applied?
what is/are the size/dimensions of the table for $30 worth? very cool
?Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes,
falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of
the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current
or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States;
or whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or
sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into
the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered,
defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled, or
lightened? Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both.?
Like the statute I previously discussed, prior to 1994 when this law
was amended, the statute read ?fined not more than $2,000?. This was
changed in 1994 to read ?shall be fined under this title? which
effectively gives the court the authority to impose a fine at its
discretion. Of course the imprisonment terms mentioned in the statute
speaks for itself.
Just thought you ought to know……
Hey Cheryl,
$30 worth of pennies will cover a table approximately 48″w x 24″d!
Hi Kevin,
This particular table hasn’t been sealed but you could apply a layer of clear epoxy once you’re finished to protect the pennies!
Hi Eddie,
Start on one of the top edges with your bent pennies and work your way around from there!
My Dad did this to the basement bar in our house in the 1970′s… I remember thinking as a child that we must be rich to be able to make a bar out of money!
It has high impact and looks great.
Thanks for the memory!
I know it’d cost more, but since I’m a silver-metals-only girl, I’d like this more with dimes…. Just a thought. (And for some reason, nickels don’t appeal.)
Just for your own edification as well, that statute only applies when the money in question ends up with a lower value afterwards.
Making a table using money is perfectly fine since the value of the object is greater then the value of the money.
Great!
[...] Want more DIY projects? Be on the lookout for more Rue How-Tos from Katie. Some of our favorites to date: A Potted Fairytale, DIY Pillow Covers, and Penny Coffee Table. [...]