There sure has a been a great deal of noise lately about decking out your homes with your hard earned cash — literally. It's an economical choice that looks great when finished, so why not put your pennies to work for you? Here's another makeover with amazing step-by-step photos that have us heading to the bank!
Jen and her husband John were looking for a unique table to fit in a small custom space. Since they had to fabricate the structure anyway, why not finish it off with a little extra diy bling? Now Jen is more well known for her blog and book, Cake Wrecks, but this project turned out A-Ok!
They cataloged their work over at EPBOT and being able to see more than just a before and after shot is enough to empower anyone who has been on the fence about tackling a project such as this. They share tips on how to bend pennies around corners, cut smaller pieces to fit and how to not destroy your entire living room when it comes time to pour on self-leveling bartop epoxy!
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Comments (23)
Hey, I read this last night. I couldn't believe they bent all those pennies. The end result looks great!
Nice look, but isn't very heavy?
I like the penny floor better. Or this as a small side table.
idea! A round side table with a penny top and this basic design: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/elijahauger/pennytable.jpg
Anyone else think that would be totally rad?
Engineer, that is bad ass. Likey.
Ok, hate to point out the obvious but isn't it illegal to intentionally destroy currency? Or to permanently take it out of circulation?
......not that anyone will arrest you.
It looks surprisingly good, especially in the light at a distance, when it looks like a blowup of the back of a scaly lizard.
"It is not illegal to deface coins BUT they can no longer be used anywhere for currency or you would be breaking the law. It is perfectly legal to drill a small hole in a nickel, paint a quarter, or bend a penny if you want. But you cannot use it to help buy that new video game or drop it in a Coinstar machine! Coins that have been defaced are only good for keepsakes or can only be sold as novelty items." source: http://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/2007/12/coin_facts_fiction_myths.php
I think I'd get tired of this like any novelty, but it's very well done and impressive. (I'm also wondering how much it weighs!)
Yeah, if this were illegal, you wouldn't see those smashed penny machines everywhere!
I totally love this--I want to do it for a side or coffee table.
This would make an awesome entryway floor.......easy-care copper alloy.
A little kitschy... But sort of cool.
I dunno. Penny tabletops and floors seems all the rage lately, but it just reminds me of a bar in a college fraternity house, sorry.
So the pennies cost them $50. The epoxy — $100. Plus all the hours they spent on putting everything together... Pretty expensive for just a nook table top...
Maybe nice for a bar, but not for a home...
Mr. Modtomic, Sure. It's not just having the time, but the time in conjunction with sufficient energy and money. That triangle's almost a present-day grail.
so pretty!! i am LOVING this new trend!
LOVE IT!!
Funny, i thought I had invented the idea, lol!
i think there are laws for "defacing" currency...or making it unable to keep circulation such as drilling holes, cutting, cements together. but there are also cracks where people get away with this stuff too. so i don't know. but this stuff does remind me of bars and bad steakhouse decor. i don't think i'd ever walk into somebody's house and say "wow, this table is incredible."
I fell in love the the Standard Grill's penny floor months ago and have been slowly gathering pennies every since. I need about $200 of them to do my kitchen floor... That's 400 rolls! I get very strange looks when I go to my bank and ask for just 20 rolls, so it's taking a long time. So when I saw those boxes of $25 of pennies I immediately wanted to know where those can be found. Does anyone know?
A waste of money!
Only a waste of money if you can small tiles at less than a penny a piece.
Wow...I love this table. I have a rectangle piano bench I have been trying to figure out what to put on the top and use it as a coffee table. I think this might be the thing???!!!
How can anyone say this is wasting money... or are they actually joking??
Table is really cool, but a friend of mine did the same idea, but she did the pennys on her guest bath floor. She calls it her wishing well.