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I found our (I think) very cool dining chairs on Craigslist for a song. Unfortunately the one sour note in that song was the hideous table that the previous owner required we also take. It was made of splitting wood-look laminate and a peeling metal base. I was determined to come up with a way to revamp it and make it pretty enough to deserve to sit next to our funky chrome chairs.
I considered mosaicing it, painting it, adding chrome trim to the side... and then I saw a few glitter covered tables on Pinterest and COULD NOT get it out of my head.
It was so over the top! So glam! So... glittery.
However, they all involved a pour-over resin to give them that durable, high-gloss finish.
To get a thick enough layer that would cover my entire table top would have cost me around $90 just in resin.
Uh.
No.
That ugly table was not worth that.
I continued to brain storm, and to search for "glitter" on Pinterest.
I came up with an idea that just might give me the look I was going for without costing a stupid amount in supplies.
If people could make glittery tealight holders, why couldn't I make a table?
But the original table just was not going to work. So it died the death it deserved and went in the dumpster.
To replace it I bought this glass-topped, rattan-based table off Facebook Marketplace for TEN DOLLARS. Total win.
The top was a bit scratched, but for $10, I couldn't care less.

I then assembled my materials:
-Approximately 2 cups of glitter (about $5 Total from eBay)
-A 16oz container of Mod Podge
-A foam roller brush ($2)
-A sample size of pink paint ($1.99- home depot had a paint sample sale and I went a bit nuts, so I have a bunch of different colors of paint on hand)

I decided which side would be my "top" and made sure that was facing DOWN.

I cleaned the entire surface with rubbing alcohol to (hopefully) give everything the best chance to adhere to the glass.

I used blue painter's tape (crap, btw) all along the edge to avoid drips along the edge.


Next I mixed my glitter together in an air-tight container.


Then I mixed in the entire jar of Mod Podge.


My table top is 42"x42" with rounded corners and I used about 2/3-3/4 of my mixture, so if you have a larger or smaller table, adjust accordingly.

I "painted" on the Mod Podge/Glitter glop and spread it as evenly as I could.


And allowed it to dry thoroughly between coats.