You can’t turn digital into a coffee table! Score one for old VCR tapes. Luisa Montealegre used 92 of ‘em to create this conversation piece. Be kind…and don’t put your feet on it.
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We’ve seen retro NES controller coffee tables in the past, but this may very well be first PlayStation version.
Take the “all seeing eye”, an iPod and a taste for unusual home decor, and you’ll have yourself this concept “Horus” coffee table designed by Stephane Thivend. The 132 lb table is made from “colored, ultra-high performance concrete” and includes an iPod/iPhone dock, two integrated amplified speakers and LEDs to provide lighting effects. Check out additional photos of “Horus” after the break.
Wood reclaimed from the Northland College gym in Ashland Wisconsin has been turned into coffee tables, mirrors, frames, shelves and wall hooks. For the last 50 years, supple young college students have been sweating on this very floor—and now you are putting your coffee on it.
It’s either gross or a turn-on, depending on how messed up you are.
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Cats—they probably don’t give a damn about you until it’s time for Fancy Feast, but you still go and buy a coffee table with an integrated cat hammock. They really have quite a racket going.
A sled as a coffee table in your living room is going to leave tracks on your carpet, so why not get this set that includes a snow white carpet with sled marks already built into it? That small detail will give an outdoor feel to your living room, though it may also give kids the idea that dragging it around the living room is perfectly okay.
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If every waking second of your life is spent listening to rockabilly music, driving hot rods and covering everything you own with flames and pairs of dice, you are the perfect candidate for this engine coffee table, designed specifically to get people like you to part with $2,900. With it’s carburator and brass knuckle center piece and soft black leather covering adorned with tattoos, this is one coffee table you can bring home without feeling like a huge pussy.
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I’m sure this is what the manufacturer of Continental radial engines had in mind when they designed and built these in the 30′s. Rather than powering an antique aircraft, this “pristinely restored ” engine is now available as a limited edition coffee table and conversation piece for your home, office or hangar with a nicely polished splined propeller shaft as your centerpiece. A limited edition stripped down Jacobs radial engine is also available with exposed pistons and crankshaft. A photo is available after the break.
Chances are you will never own an actual Bugatti or Rolls-Royce, so you may have to settle for some Hot Wheels and/or one of these unique grille-themed coffee tables. You could probably make one for yourself with a black mask and a crowbar—but I strongly advise against it. Additional images are available after the break.
With the damage caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the news lately, there is no better time to talk about how important it is to be prepared for a natural disaster. First-aid kits and flashlights are no brainers, but what about a coffee table that doubles as a lifeboat? It seems like a great idea in a flood—except that the “Nautical Dory” doesn’t look like it could handle more than a 50 pound payload.
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