Posts tagged: coffee-table


The Coffee Table Turns Into a Dining Table

By DIY Maven

Go from this:

 

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February 13, 2009
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DIYable Coffee Table Bookshelf

By DIY Maven

The inspiration for Matt Carr's ingenious biblioteca bookshelf came from two found vintage coffee tables which he reconfigured into a bookshelf. His very cool 44 x 37 x 11" creation will set you back $725, but I'm thinking if you have or come across some unwanted coffee tables (a note for your next Good Will shopping trip) you could get handy with a saw and make one of your own. Maybe use some dowels to hold the feet to the table below and add » READ MORE

December 08, 2008
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Turning a Pallet into a Coffee Table

By DIY Maven

Do you feel bad for discarded pallets? I do. Such waste! Such potential! Like this coffee table for example, which is a mere shadow of its former dump heap self. Esprit Cabane explains the procedure, which includes using mortar to fill the gaps between the slats. Via.

November 11, 2008
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Noguchi Style Table, With Books!

By lilybee

I spotted this Coffee Table at an open house this afternoon.created on: 10/11/08

It has that Noguchi Table vibe but would cost considerably less than $1,299. I like the quirky humour that uses coffee table books as, well, coffee table books.

The staging company who did the house just stacked up books that the homeowner already had then jammed the tempered glass on top. I'm not completely convinced by the dead cow rug (I like my dead cow lightly seasoned and c » READ MORE

October 11, 2008
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Interactive LED Coffee Table

By DIY Maven

The top of The Wave coffee table is outfitted with LEDs that are activated when they see motion. ‘Using a network of 32 active and passive near-infrared optical sensors and a clever fully analog circuit design, the light patterns sweep outwards from your motion with perfect fades, glowing stronger the closer the movement is, rippling across a pool of 480 super-bright white LEDs. It works in full sunlight or total darkness.’ Each table is custom m » READ MORE

February 13, 2008
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Fish Tank Coffee Table.

By Chrisjob


 
Have a look at this excellent coffee-table shaped aquarium from Clear-Seal. Each coffee table comes with a "toughened glass top" with polished, rounded edges for safety, a light diffuser, a progressive filter system. In your choice of finishes: Dark Oak, Light Oak, Limed Oak, Medium Oak, Yew, Mahogany or Mirrored glass, and in several size.
 
But, with the tips offered by these guys, one could surely come up with a DIY version customized to fit » READ MORE
June 26, 2007
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Spice up a boring coffee table

By Affinity

Hi all! :) had this coffee table for almost a year now and was bored of the look. this is just something simple i did to redecorate the boring old table of mine.  designed and cut some paper to place it under my coffee table glass. its just a small, easy to do and cheap DIY to give the table a new look:)

 

 

May 30, 2007
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