18 Of The Most Unique Table Designs You Will Ever See

Most tables are made of wood and just plain boring despite the fact that we spend a lot of time on them, whether it be from eating, working, or playing on them. So why not spice them up a little bit. These people decided to do just that. After this, you might want to get yourself a cool table as well.

1. Although most tables are made from wood, this one is made of a complete tree. 

2.This more art than table. 

3.Wow, I didn’t wood can be fused to metal like that. 

4. Inject some spark into your coffee table. 

5. This is just as a good as a unicorn!

6. I have no words for this.

7. You can have an  airplane engine as a your table.  

8. Talk about relaxing. 

9.Why not bring some nature into your formal dining room. 

10. or bring some chocolate. 

11. This is another piece of artwork. 

12. Just be careful not to knock it over. 

13. Now you’ll always feel like you’re at the beach. 

14. Just make sure you stay on your own side of the river. 

15. This is too pretty to eat on top of. 

16. This is like a science experiment. 

17.Have a picnic indoors. 

18. This petrified wood table is simply beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

 

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You fell in love. Bought a house together. Broke up. Now what?

You fell in love. Bought a house together. Broke up. Now
what?
Falling in love and buying a home together sounds great, but if problems arise, it becomes expensive to
sort it all out. Here’s why:
Pascale Vaudrin and her boyfriend, Glenn Caron decided to buy a home together in the City of Clarence-
Rockland, just east of Ottawa, Ontario. They took title as joint tenants, meaning that if one passed away,
the property would automatically go to the other.
In January of 2014, the parties separated and Pascale moved out of the home and wanted to sell it.
Glenn continued to live there and would not agree to the sale of the home. Pascale then brought a court
application for Partition, meaning that she was asking the judge to order that Glenn leave the home,
that the home be sold and that she be paid back everything that she contributed to the purchase,
including carrying costs. She had a lawyer represent her.
Glenn did not have a lawyer and represented himself in court. This is never a good idea. He wanted an
adjournment as he wanted time to prove all of the money that he had contributed to the home, but in
general he said he was not against the idea of selling the home. He would also need time to move out.
Glenn also wanted to use the services of a local For Sale by Owner Company, called Grapevine, while
Pascale wanted to use a traditional real estate agent, Richard Chartier of Coldwell Banker in Ottawa.
In a decision dated August 19, 2014, Master Calem Macleod of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
ordered that Glenn leave the home by November 30, 2014 and that the property be listed for sale for
the price of $415,000 with Richard Chartier, instead of Grapevine.
In choosing the agent, the judge stated that the agent as well qualified and noted that if they used the
Grapevine company, this would be more of a “do it yourself service” which would require a lot more
involvement and co-operation of both Glenn and Pascale. He stated that the listing should not be for
longer than 60 days. Once the property was sold, he ordered that an accounting be done so both
Pascale and Glenn received what they each contributed to the property.
Many times clients ask if there is anything they can do if they have taken title as joint tenants with their
spouse and now are not getting along. The good news is that you can break a joint tenancy, without
much expense, by just transferring your share in the property to yourself. This is what Pascale did before
going to court with Glenn. Ask your lawyer for assistance to make this happen.
I often have clients call me complaining that they want to sell their home but their partner or spouse is
refusing. If it is a matrimonial home, it doesn’t even matter if your spouse is not on title; they can still
prevent the spouse on title from selling if they do not agree. This is true even if they paid no money for
the house in the first place. In most cases, if there is no agreement signed beforehand, it will take an
expensive court proceeding to either remove someone from the home, or get an order forcing the sale
to occur.
It is best to consider having a contract with your partner signed at the time you buy a home that sets out
clearly what will happen if the relationship breaks down. It will save you expensive court proceedings
later.
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Josh Renouf's cool coffee machine/alarm clock

The Barisieur

The Barisieur is an alarm clock and coffee brewer. It eases the user into the day with the subtle movement of stainless steel ballbearings that boil the water through induction heating, accompanied by the smell of freshly brewed coffee. It encourages a ritual before going to sleep, signalling to the body and mind that it is time to unwind and relax. Living slow even when times are fast.

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The Sexiest Staircases in the World

Although our experiences with staircases are fleeting by design, there is still pressure to make them beautiful. Because they're seen from multiple rooms and different levels, there's a lot of room for a great architect to play with scale and structure. And boy, do they deliver. This is gratuitous, unabashed stair porn, and no, we're not sorry.
Click through to view more photos from the architects behind these stunning homes, stores, libraries and museums.

Waves of Wood: This U-Shaped staircase in a Mubai apartment, from Fabio Correa of Mexican Studio Arquitectura en Movimiento, is crafted from walnut and metal.
La Maison Unique: A creative solution to an unusual space in Longchamp's glovbal flagship store in SoHo, New York, designed by Heatherwick Studio.

Book/Stair Case: A multi-functional bookcase and staircase in one, from Veronika and Sebastian's Rental Apartment in London, designed by Levitate Architects. See their full house tour here.

Art Meets Architecture: This sculptural staircase sits in the Art Gallery of Ontario and was designed by Frank Gehry. Part of a redevelopment plan called Transformation AGO, it was constructed in 2004.

Slippery Slope: A staircase and slide in one makes getting around easy in the home of London architect Alex Michaelis of firm Michaelis Boyd. He designed the playful staircase in their new home at the request of his young children.

Seeing Red: The Livraria Lello & Irmão Bookstore in Porto, Portugal, is well known for the intricate red staircase that descends through the center of the store, one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal.

Cutting Corners: A narrow passage between the ground floor and attic inspired this diagonal-step staircase crafted from stacked boxes of pine, designed by Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF Architects in Stockholm, Sweden.

Work and Playground: Stairs (and a rope swing!) in the Didden Village of Rotterdam, Netherlands, a playful private family home for the Didden clan designed by MVRDV in 2006.

Rippling Ribbon: This delicate floating staircase, designed by HSH Architects, was constructed from 10mm-thick sheet metal for a private home in Liben, Prague, in the Czech Republic.

Spiral Stairs: This modern and dramatic take on rounded stairs was designed by arctitects from the firm gh3 for a home on Russell Hill Road in Toronto.


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Man Builds Home for $11,000 Using Local Found Materials

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Kayaking instructor and boatbuilder Brian Schulz embarked on an ambitious construction project that took him about a year and a half to complete. The end result is a beautiful home in the woods that cost only $11,000! Inspired by Japanese architecture, the Japanese Forest House (as Schulz aptly refers to it) includes both a rustic western and traditional eastern appeal.
Located in the woods of Cape Falcon, Oregon, the home offers all the basic amenities one would expect from a living space. What separates it from other homes is the architect's design choices (given its location), the structure's sustainability, and the locally sourced materials that went into its construction.
It all began one day when Schulz found a brass sink at a local recycle center and immediately started fantasizing about building a home around the object. He wound up fulfilling his dream on an affordable budget by carefully salvaging materials for construction and items to adorn the house. He also did a fair bit of traveling and meeting people who offered anything from handmade paper lanterns to allowing him to actually haul trees from their property.
Schulz says, "With deep enough pockets a person might be able to duplicate such a structure by writing a large check to a talented builder, but that would risk missing the point entirely… Whether or not one believes that turning a log from beside the house into the house itself imbues it with some mystical qualities, it is undeniable that the pursuit of local materials connects more deeply to your landscapes, your neighbors,  and yourself. The simple act of searching adds richness to our lives. To reiterate:  You meet people, you discover new places, you have adventures, you learn things, AND, you come home with beams, windows,  doors, and shingles."








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