West Elm Inspired Mercury Glass!

Ok, I love, love, LOVE West Elm! They have the best ideas in the backgrounds of their photos. Their furniture is a little too modern sometimes for my taste, but I really love the overall "look" of their items.

Here is my latest West Elm crush:

Yep, Mercury Glass! LOVE it!

So I began thinking about how I could create the "look" without the price!

Then I scoured the Internet for ways to create that Mercury Glass and found this awesome tutorial by Maryann over at Domestically Speaking!

Of course, I went to the trusty old Dollar Store (I really should buy stock in that store!) and found this glass vase. Then I gathered all of my materials:

After a few minutes, I ended up with this: 

And here it is in use:

Another awesomely cheap knockoff that looks very similar to the "real thing!"