Awesome Tables

Although it’s gaudy externally, this Ciaika coffee table is pretty sweet internally: it’ll store wine bottles, barware, and up to 378 DVDs; it also includes four side doors with hidden spaces.

A quick once over reveals how it’s done, but Rafa Garcia’s Sancal Elipse coffee table does a good job of looking like its top is floating; choose from black or white lacquer.

About as sane as living in a glass house, Teckell’s Foosball tables are primarily made of white, green or transparent glass; sharp consequences aside, they are definitely lookers.

Hurricane’s Force 12 pool table was designed for a world-class yacht racer; it features stainless steel rigging, aluminum plate, teak rails with mahogany trim and 1″ Italian slate.

The Engine Coffee Table is furniture for manly men: it’s wrapped in tattooed leather, inlaid with alligator and stingray skin and topped with a freaking carburetor and brass knuckles.

With stainless steel, aluminum and unbreakable glass, the Lux Minimalist Foosball table is more modern art than game; players can be customized in one of 12 finishes including gold.

With nine finishes including Zebrano and Cognac, Dual’s Consoles & Mixing Desks are targeted towards DJs with an eye for modern design; each can be customized with add-ons.

Get a workout just raising the Push Up Table; true to its name, it requires you do a pushup to elevate it; it’s similar to a clicky pen, except you’ll need a lot more upper body strength.

This Deluxe Stratocaster Coffee Table is a must for fans of the Strat; it’s made in the USA with vintage-tinted hand-selected maple and sports six flush-mounted tuning peg caps.

The iPhone finally gets tactile feedback with this amazing iPhone coffee table by iLounge readers; made with corrugated cardboard, the icons are actually built-in coasters.

There’s no shortage of arcade tables nowadays, but Surface Tension’s Contemporary Arcade Table raises the stakes with a modern design; they’ll even drop in your own gaming rig.

More gear for your ultimate bachelor pad: the Optime Strategies Table is an updated version of the classic face-to-face arcade cabinet; you can also surf the internet and play MP3s with it.

The Solo Lounge Table adds function to the classic coffee table; it’s solar powered, and provides USB, 3-prong and lighter outlets. A bluetooth transmitter sends power info to your PC.

Heckler Design’s OneLessDesk is actually two desks in one; a lower deck can serve as a keyboard tray or secondary desk, but slides away under the upper deck when not in use.

Best paper airplane ever: Irish designer Lorraine Brennan’s Jet Coffee Table is actually made out of 2mm thick steel sheets; the folds double as a place to stash your magazines.

Waste not, want a lot: other than the glass tabletop, Formtank’s 3Fold Desk is created from a single sheet of powder-coated steel. Check out this animation to see how it was made.

Now available: Paul Bichler’s iDesk was created specifically with Apple products in mind, with a clean, minimalist look, cable management features and built-in docking station.

It’s not as lux as the bespoke Opus Football, but the Diamond Plate Foosball table is still extra swank with diamond plate accents and a built-in MP3 player dock with speakers.

The attention to detail on these hand-crafted, glass-topped Alien coffee tables (#1, #2) is stunning: they’re made from car and bike parts, tools, and other scavenged metal pieces.

Carlo Mollino’s classic Cavour Writing Desk was designed in 1949, but its swank cantilevered design and sleek profile are timeless. The 1/2″ thick glass rests on a streamlined oak frame.

Schulte Design’s Kitchen Workstation is a butcher block on one end and a laptop work area on the other. The milk glass panel slides away to reveal power ports and a document tray.

We like West Elm’s Cadman Workstation for its modularity; mix and match three different-sized units. Also slick: powder-coated steel frame and frosted (or silver-toned) glass.

Lee J Rowland is an aerospace engineer who makes really, really cool furniture on the side. His Ripple series of tables are made from chrome plated steel using 3D CNC machining.