Apartment foo-nishing

[gomestar]



in other words -- equivalent to two of those chairs?

:foo:

 

[sugarbutch]

That's a heavy kitchen island! But it's also spread out over maybe 30 square feet, and the table over only 8 square feet. I'd be concerned about the floor's ability to hold that up.

I don't know exactly why a countertop with a mitered edge on supports and a table with a mitered edge on supports would require more weight per square foot.

I thought you were advocating a block of marble for the coffee table...

 

[PhilKenSebben]

Chiming in...making it is not a terrible idea. I Have made number of my own furniture pieces. Few warnings about MDF. I find it chips easily during assembly,don't cut it indoors, that crap is terrible to inhale, and painting it can be bit touchy if you are looking for a mirror finish. that being said, you can make a nice piece if you are handy for sub 200$

 

[lefty]



No way. No way did your wife say "shall"

You know I don't get your Myron Cohen-like humour. So I'll just answer this one straight.

Yes.

lefty

 

[Trompe le Monde]



Growing up my "rich" friend had wall to wall shag in most of their split level ranch house. I can remember his two sisters caring for the shag every Saturday.

You must've grown up in the South.

 

[Hayward]

My coffee table is an old military rack mount transit case made from aluminum. I keep putting off having it blasted and polished so it goes better with my Eames chairs.

Philosophy as a discipline is dead. The most relevant philosophers now made their mark outside of academia.

 

[StephenHero]

My coffee table doubles as my floor.

 

[Piobaire]



You must've grown up in the South.

I did. Just not the South you're referring to.

 

[Medwed]



What's wrong with lumber yards? I own two lumber yards.

The good ones don't sell MDF.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thanks for all the congrats, no attendees from SF, at least non that self identified.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

The thought of foo building a coffee table is an interesting one.

 

[Numbernine]

Seems like a guy who would have an old stick laying around

 

[flirtkakat]

I like this thread.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]



Seems like a guy who would have an old stick laying around

Pretty sure that the 'surfboard' table was not meant in the literal context.

 

[NorCal]



What's wrong with lumber yards? I own two lumber yards.

I notice you don't spend a lot of time in them.