The coolest coffee tables made from reclaimed automotive sheetmetal you'll see today
Nine Stories Furniture auto sheet metal tables - Click above for an image gallery
This whole cash-for-clunkers global movement is sure to result in a lot more dead iron in salvage yards, but that may not be such a horrible thing if that trend gives birth to more neat stuff like this. The folks over at Nine Stories Furniture Co. have taken to building furnishings built from reclaimed metalwork, including the Elsie tables seen here built from at least 70% reclaimed automotive sheet metal (apparently roof panels are the easiest to make use of).
According to its website, Nine Stories developed the concept back in 1994 when they came up with the idea for a liquor cabinet based on the same materials, but they've only recently returned to the technique for this series. Starting at over $1,800, the small art-quality tables from this Brooklyn Navy Yard collective are hardly cheap, but if nothing else, they may give shadetree mechanics some inspiration.
Gallery: Nine Stories Furniture tables
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
crawford.kirk 6:16PM (5/19/2009)
Remember when people crushed there old car into a cube and used it for an end table.
It is called recycling.
W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico
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artandcolour 6:32PM (5/19/2009)
actually, in this case, the genre is called "art from found objects' and the results are beautiful, really well designed, and apparently, well executed, although i'd have to see one in person to really discern if they were well done. i'm willing to bet they are though, since the designs are so well thought out. i think they're spectacular. $1800 is not a lot for a piece like that. i've seen really crappy 'early american' knock-offs go for more than these original art pieces.
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13enS 6:50PM (5/19/2009)
I'll take the turquoise table if its made from 60's Pontiacs.
RIP Chief, Tiger, and Goats.
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tekd 7:11PM (5/19/2009)
Those tables look pretty damned cool, although I'm not entirely enthused about the $1800 price tag. Still, might be a cool DIY project!
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cdwrx 12:20AM (5/20/2009)
The sheet metal aspect is cool, but the frame and connectors are amazing. It actually looks better upside down.
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Greyson 1:20PM (5/20/2009)
I've been looking at purchasing products from a local artist which does the same work.
http://joelhester.com/
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