[kasarah]

Hey,


I'm looking to get a coffee table which has a surface that pulls up and towards you as you sit on the couch. I'd like it so I can eat dinner or put a wireless keyboard/mouse for 50-inch gaming goodness.


Does anyone have a table like this in their theatre? Does it work well for you?


What do you call these kinds of tables? I tried an ebay/google search, and haven't found anything yet (although I haven't tried too hard yet).


Thanks in advance,

Bill

 

[mhe4]

I have one in my living room (which is also my default HT area). It is great for dinner and stuff...beats TV trays.


My wife, who bought the thing, says it was called a "cocktail table with lifting lid".


G'luck.

 

[wdcoy]

When we bought our new couches in February, the store had one of these tables. We would have purchased on if it came in oak. All our furniture including the entertainment center is oak. I think the price was around $400.


Don

 

[kasarah]

Ah,


Well, this beast seems to be one of those products that defy description.


It's the "coffee-table-with-the-lifty-thingee"...


It's strange, but google just won't give me many choices when I enter that...


B.

 

[Pres-Sean]

My wife and I picked up the table in the link when we began furnishing our new home. It ran us about $500, and we were able to find some decent end tables to compliment it from the same manufacturer (Riverside Furniture). We then stepped up and bought "the real thing" solid oak dining room table, chairs, and china cabinet/hutch from Kimball. Color matches perfectly with Kimball's mission line of furniture, and we think the styling is good if you plan to keep it for 5+ years. I know we will. The top is a veneer laminate, but the table is sturdy and the legs and other parts are pure unadulterated oak. A nice comprimise in cost/quality.




Now can someone point me to a nice matching table for the new Plasma I have? (preferrably something that can hold the AV equipment)

 

[twopatels]

"SCHNADIG" HAD ONE IN A MAPLE WOOD THAT I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS AGO

 

[mhe4]

Try searching Goggle for "cocktail table lift" and you'll get several options to start from.

 

[JSDDS]

Kasarah,


is this the kind of table you're talking about?

http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/showdet...catid=50&DID=6


I've been thinking about building one of these for a while now. If you're handy with woodworking, I've seen several of this type of coffee table over the past few years.



JSDDS

 

[wdcoy]

JSDDS


Thanks so much for the link. I just ordered the plans and mechanism. As I stated in my earlier post, we liked this type of table but it was not available in oak. I do have some experience in woodworking and my wife is aways asking me to build something.


Now I just need to figure out how to motorize it and control it with my MX-500. Maybe that's a little to much!!


Don

 

[JSDDS]

Don,


My pleasure in providing the link! I don't think motorizing the lift mechanism and making it IR controllable is too much. Infact, I think it's just right being a hometheater junkie myself. When you figure it all out and have constructed the table, post some pics. I'll do the same if I decide to build one.


JSDDS

 

[kevinrum]

This place http://www.ashleyfurniture.com has several, they are under occasional tables and they have lifting and non-lifting for several of their styles. I have one made by this company and I like it a lot

 

[MovingTarget]

Anyone seen one in black?

 

[Doktor_Ssyko]

MovingTarget,

You can paint virtually anything black. I wouldn't look at color only construction and design.