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Coffee Table

Not many men can convince their wives to sacrifice the coffee table in their shoebox-sized apartment and replace it with a foosball table. But what if the coffee table was the foosball table?

Yes, it's really true. The Offside Football Coffee Table functions as both game and table. A ten-millimeter-thick slab of glass turns the football field into a dome and provides ample space for the drinks of potential participants. The solid oak construction adds a level of class that just might convince your better half to include a bar-room game in front of the Pottery Barn couch. There's even a stool designed in a similar fashion, because everyone loves matching furniture.


At a cost of £1,495, you better hope your wife doesn't stop to figure the currency conversion ($2,330). Before you attempt to sell her on the idea, we recommend a few enhancements. First, the table should rise up to waist height when it's being used for foosball purposes, and then collapse down for its coffee-table function. Playing foosball on your knees or sitting in the couch just doesn't feel right. We're also thinking the glass top should function as a privacy glass. Just flip a switch and the glass goes opaque, hiding the foosball team for more formal dinner parties. Now, how about a pool table...?

2 Comments

Zerin Sakech

That's so cool, to have a table and a foosball game in it. I don't know why we didn't think of this sooner. Too bad about the price. We might have to wait unitl something cheaper comes along. Or maybe someone should try and make one similar. How hard can it be?

That's an awesome idea! Like zerin said, a DIY model would be nice.



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