Custom Mosaics & Epoxy

A ceramic tile mosaic, or a clear epoxy pour over a live-edge slab, turns a piece of furniture into something no one else owns.

It is also an answer to a common problem. A table with a top too far gone to refinish is not necessarily finished — a mosaic surface gives it a second life, and one considerably more interesting than the first.

The design is worked out with you. It is your piece and your room, so the choices are yours; our part is knowing what will actually work in tile and what will not.

The same two-part epoxy we finish a mosaic with also does a job of its own. Poured over a live-edge slab it becomes the surface rather than a coat on top of one — filling the natural voids, sealing the bark edge, and levelling to a clarity deep enough to reflect the room.

Talk to us about a design

Or give us a call at 757-874-2858.

A live-edge slab table finished with a clear epoxy pour, the surface deep enough to reflect the wall and floor of the room.

At a glance

Turnaround: Around two weeks, though it varies a great deal by job
Price guide: Mosaics typically $300–$4,500; epoxy pours quoted individually
Materials: Ceramic tile bought locally, mortar, and two-part epoxy — as a top coat or as the surface itself
Where: Completed in the shop

Size and the complexity of the design are what drive the cost. Guide figures only — every design is quoted individually.

How the work goes

Design comes first, and it involves you throughout — the colours, the subject and how far the design runs across the piece are all your choices.

Then the waiting begins, which is most of what a mosaic timeline actually consists of. Take a small square side table as an example: laying the design might take a single day, but the mortar then needs three to five days to dry, and the final seal another two to three. Nothing can be hurried without the surface suffering for it.

We work in ceramic tile bought locally, set in mortar and finished with a two-part epoxy top coat — which is what makes the surface usable as furniture rather than merely decorative.

Around two weeks is typical, but this varies greatly from job to job. All of it happens in the shop.

What it costs

Mosaic work generally runs from about $300 to $4,500. The range is wide because the work genuinely is: a small side table and a full dining table with a pictorial scene are different undertakings entirely.

Size and design are what drive the cost. A geometric pattern in two colours is quick; a scene with shading and irregular shapes means cutting a great many individual tiles by hand.

An epoxy pour is quoted on its own terms rather than against the mosaic range above — the slab decides most of it.

Few furniture restorers offer this at all, which is worth knowing if you have been trying to find someone. Tell us what you have in mind.

A job we remember

A three-piece oak dining table carrying a spring scene, with water running continuously from one piece into the next — so the design had to resolve across the joints as well as within each section.

Finished, the table works either way: any single piece can be used on its own, or all three can be brought together into the full scene.

See more of what has come through the workshop.

Free estimates

Ready to bring your furniture back to life?

Send us a message, or give us a call and we will schedule your appointment. Serving the Hampton Roads area of Virginia since 1993.

Request an estimate Call 757-874-2858