Awesome Tables

Martina and Hansi from Nerdforge have filled their space with fantastic, custom-made geek art. Since they needed a new coffee table, they couldn’t just run out to IKEA and buy one. Instead, they created this amazing work of art – a wood table with an incredibly detailed scene of a library underneath its glass top and CNC-carved wooden books on its sides.

This smartly designed furniture transforms from a home office workstation into a dining table. With its lid open, it has room for mounting two 27″ monitors and a spacious work surface. It also has hidden storage, a power strip, and a Bluetooth speaker. Close its lid, and it becomes a 64.5″ x 24″ dining table. Buy a pair for partner desks and a table for six.

This unique game table combines two party games. Tiburon’s Cornholepong table transforms from a beer pong table to a pair of cornhole boards in minutes. Its sections attach with magnets and have built-in LED lights, removable cutouts, folding legs, and kickstands. Tiburon is also releasing a premium Beer Die table. Sign up now for a launch day discount.

SkyArt makes unique furniture and home decor that incorporate aircraft parts. Their Mono Rocket Coffee Table features a combustion chamber from an Airbus A320 jet airliner. It has a tempered glass top with a custom wood and metal structure. The table measures 55cm (21.6″) wide and (20.8″) high, so it’s more of a side table than a coffee table, though.

Bring the fun of bowling to your living room with the Duckling Pin, a coffee table that conceals a 1/2-scale duckpin bowling lane. Remove its drawers to reveal its pins and roll out its carpet “alley.” Its most clever trick? Its lift-up top works as a pinsetting machine for its tethered wooden pins. You can order a fully-assembled table or DIY plans on Kickstarter.

The latest creation from irreverent coffee table artist Kamber Carroll. The PB&J Sandwich Table is a foam table that’s been textured and painted to look like a realistic half of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich. It even has PB&J legs as well as matching coasters. If you have the cash, keep an eye on his store to snag this unique art piece.

We love the look of those wood tables that incorporate epoxy to create a river effect. Burls Art thought it would be cool to try filling those gaps with copper instead of resin. As you’ll see from the video, it’s not as simple as pouring molten copper into the wood. The heat would set it on fire. Instead, he had to create molds from the wood and then cast copper in those.

Too lazy to get up and grab that beer? How about some furniture that can bring it to you? Game developer and maker Giliam de Carpentier created a coffee table that can walk around his living room, carrying drinks and snacks to whoever summons it. His 12-legged Carpentopod takes inspiration from Theo Jansen’s amazing Strandbeest walking sculptures.

At just 13 lb., the Sidekick table from Worx weighs less and packs up smaller than other folding workbenches. Its 24″ x 24″ ABS work surface sits atop sturdy steel legs and has a 300 lb. weight capacity. It comes with four clamp dogs for holding materials in place and a pair of connectors that let you join multiple Worx benches and tables together.

This lightweight camping accessory lets you set up a sturdy metal table anywhere there’s dirt. Thanks to its single center stake, it’ll stand up straight, even on rutted terrain. It’s big enough to hold a camp stove, has cupholder cutouts, and a side hanger/shelf. Its fabric-carrying pouch converts to an accessory bag that hangs underneath.

Like the rest of their products, Hoek’s bestselling home office desk can be assembled and disassembled within minutes, no tools needed. Hoek has a patented snap-lock system where the laminated wood surfaces are attached to plastic components that you simply snap together. It’s so easy that you can pack the desk regularly to save space.

Cam of Blacktail Studio challenged himself to make a table with an irregular shape. He ended up being inspired by the shape and finish of electric guitars. After many hours of obsessively testing colors, filling in holes, sanding, and even more sanding, he came up with this beautiful standing desk. The best part? Cam is giving it away.

Just because you’re outdoors doesn’t mean you have to keep your stuff on the ground. This lightweight, portable table provides a heavy-duty ripstop nylon tabletop, set atop a folding aluminum structure. Four built-in cupholder baskets ensure your drinks won’t tip over.

Michigan-based Mitten State Woodworks makes slim console tables that are meant to sit between a wall and a couch or sofa. Pick from a variety of depths and even more length and height options. You can choose a solid surface or ones that come with one or two power outlets. It’s sealed with a polyurethane coat and stained in your choice of color.

Woodworker Neil Paskin recently made a bunch of beautiful patterned wood veneers. After making a small box that incorporated them, he ramped up the challenge by building a tabletop covered with the patterns. Neil estimates that the pattern has 55,000 individual slivers of wood in it. It looks like a laborious process, but the finished table looks fantastic.

Mike from Modustrial Maker got his hands on some Mexican Logwood stumps and decided to use them to make a coffee table. After cutting the wood into even lengths, he set them into an epoxy bath. A cross-section of each tree can be seen through the tabletop while the stumps provide support. It took a lot of effort, but the end result is worth it.