Woodworker's Journal 1985-9-1, страница 58

Modular Coffee Table and Bar

A large coffee table can become the visual center point of the living room, if it is well designed and properly executed. Although this contemporary style combination coffee table and bar is unusual, its impressive size, contrasting colors, and modular configuration all work in tandem to establish a striking artistic appearance. The

style may not be everyone's favorite, but it is a project that offers the serious woodworker an opportunity to create a high-quality contemporary piece.

Our intention in offering this project is not so much that you will faithfully duplicate it exactly as we have presented it here, but rather that you utilize the basic carcase construction

techniques to create modules that can then be arranged in the manner or configuration that best suits your needs.

A useful device to help visualize the appearance of the modules in various positions is a scale model. Simply cut a number of small sections of wood to represent the individual boxes, stain them light and dark, and experiment