Days and Nights of the Round Table...

When I sold my house, my rickety redwood patio table went straight to the dumpster instead of the moving truck. But now we had a large deck and no table.
We settled on looking for a round glass table that could seat 4-6 and started searching on CL for patio furniture in November (go figure).

We found a listing on CL for a patio set that someone wanted out of their storage unit, stat! Incredibly, they were only asking $50 for the dining table, a smaller side table and 4 cushioned chairs. Everything was in great condition, but the table had an attached lazy-susan in the middle, which I didn't really care for. And, we had no use for the 4 chairs which were bulky and looked like they came off the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Besides, I had already purchased 6 nice, trim chairs earlier in the summer just after the 4th of July when they were marked down 50%.  We loaded everything up and figured we would make it all work somehow.

Table after we removed the center lazy susan

Well, we paired the 4 unwanted chairs with my husband's old square glass patio table and sold that set at a garage sale for $50, so our table was basically free. We were able to remove the lazy-susan, which now left the white frosted glass top to be dealt with.
My first attempt of spray painting the underside of the table with black outdoor furniture paint didn't turn out well, so next I painted the top of the table with an outdoor rated hammered metal textured paint by Rustoleum. This was some pretty crazy paint and a little tricky to work with (save some brain cells and try not to breathe while painting with this!) but it gave me an interesting matte textured look once it was completed.

What I learned from this project:

1. There are a number of interesting paints with different textures that I had no idea existed. Go to the hardware store and check out what's out there!
2. Shop off season: we likely got a great deal on this table since it was November and not a lot of people were in the market for a patio set close to Thanksgiving.