Coffee table glam

This is the top of my coffee table, a family "heirloom" my folks picked up at a garage sale when I was a little girl. It's always been called Uncle Ugly.

More on Uncle Ugly later. But I wouldn't say he's looking so ugly now.

I spray painted him silver a few years ago, after plucking him from mom and dad's cold storage room where he sat abandoned. The glass top had long since broken so I plopped an old mirror I found in the trash on top. On the other end I fitted in a collage covered in glass that I made in my 20s with cut-out dance images (after I learned I wasn't accepted in a big dance school - my creative tribute to failure).

Remember that cut glass cake plate I found at the Salvation Army for $3.99?

I thought it would look cute with a couple magazines and a book on top.

It's a pretty way to display books, and I like the way the plate shows against the glass.

Gee, come to think of it the plate will match with my new rug (below).