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The Mixtape Will Live Forever Through This Retroriffic Coffee Table

Even though the cassette tape is long gone from music store shelves, there’s still enough nostalgia for the old medium that it may never die. From mixtape websites that let you share a handful of songs, to this utterly fantastic giant wooden cassette coffee table.


May 15, 2012
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Building Block Coffee Table: Bored Kids And Hip Decors Unite!

Was there anything worse when you were a kid than visiting someone whose home was completely devoid of toys? An hour of conversation felt like a lifetime of boredom, but this building block coffee table ensures you never put kids through that same torture in your own home.


May 11, 2012
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Double-Ended Shark Coffee Table Oozes Great White Class

Not only is this the perfect living room accessory for putting your feet up while watching Shark Week, but both of those tooth-filled gaping jaws on this shark-themed coffee table look like they’d serve as perfect bottle openers.


November 19, 2011
Cars

If You Crash A Ferrari, You Can Always Turn It Into A Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table

Cut a hole in a box. Put your crashed Ferrari in that box. Make her put that box… in the living room. And that’s the way you do it. Unbelievably, that’s really how you create a Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table.


August 23, 2011
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Star Trek, Klingons And Coffee Tables

What better way to commemorate the Star Trek series than with a Klingon-style coffee table? If you need inspiration, then check out Nick Woodrow’s DIY project. It’s fantastic.


May 6, 2011
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God Took His Bike Chain And Made His Favourite Mortal A Coffee Table

Coffee tables. I’m going to SMASH your coffee table. It deserves to be smashed—it’s pitiful. It sits there, reflecting light, collecting dust, insulting me with its presence. Why? Why? Your coffee table is not a gigantic bicycle chain.


February 1, 2011
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Eat Your Sea Bass On Some Drum ‘N Bass

Small house? Designers Jérôme Spriet and Wolfgang Bregentzer have converged the coffee table with the sound system in the ultimate space-saver. Just connect an audio source to the Acoustable and put your feet up. [DesignBoom via Freshome via BornRich]


December 13, 2010
Gaming

Enormous 10:1 Scale NES Coffee Table Actually Works

There have been NES coffee tables constructed in the past, and there will be NES coffee tables constructed again in the future. For now, however, this playable NES coffee table is the sexiest yet. Plus, (incredibly ambitious) DIY!


December 6, 2010

Magic Carp-Pet Gives You A Virtual Aquarium In Your Living Room

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Always wanted a fish tank but don’t want to have to go through the hassles of cleaning it? You’ll probably love this concept design from ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects, which combines a specially designed carpet with a specially designed coffee table to give the impression that the fish are swimming as you move around the table.


September 6, 2010

Black Hole Coffee Table Devours Personal Wealth

Don’t worry, your coasters and coffee table books will be perfectly safe on this table. About the only thing designer Jon Gilmore’s Nova Black Hole Illuminated Coffee Table can destroy is your wallet.