Free large table/shelf thingy

[prog.livejournal.com]

Update: Jupiter Mission was a success and The Monolith now has a new owner. Thanks!

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Howdy neighbors,

I am in need of a good home for "The Monolith," a large, heavy table-like object that I'm offering for free to whomever can arrange to haul it away. It has served me well for many years, but it doesn't really fit the apartment I most recently moved to. Perhaps it would fit better where you live!

As the photographs below the cut illustrate, it measures 42" x 42" x 15", with a surface comprising easy-to-clean panels of matte-black laminate. It has a raised base with feet, so it can be used as a low coffee table. It can also be stood up on-end and against a wall for use as a shelf or bar.

Under the laminate it's essentially a solid block of wood, meaning that this table is both indestructible and very heavy. You will need a truck or something appropriately truck-like to haul it away from my Lexington Avenue apartment.

The Monolith was originally one of several made by a friend's dad for a trade show many years ago, and later entered domestic retirement, passing through households until it ended at mine. It's time to pass it along again. It would break my heart to just dump it, so I hope that I can find someone here who'd appreciate its space-age charm.

If you're interested in it (or just have questions about it), drop me a note here or via email. Thanks!

Click the photos to see them full sized:

Comments

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I think it may actually be hollow but made of such dense particleboard that it is as heavy and indestructible as a solid block of lesser wood would be.

[jadelennox]

I'm pretty sure it made our movers cry at one point. Or, I guess, the other one did.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

We're not really helping prog sell this very much. Sorry, prog.

[jadelennox]

good point. I will say that it is a totally awesome table for playing games, fantastic for any board game or card game that needs space, and also you can turn it up on its end and it makes a really nice bar or mantelpiece. It's a wonderful table, and well worth the pain of moving it if it's good for your space.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Nah... stories make the things they're attached to more attractive. Even stories about crying movers.

[jadelennox]

I read this community on the feed at dreamwidth, so I don't see who the original posters of community posts are. But I DID see the pictures, and was very confused by this post at first. :-)

[squirrelitude]

How much does it weigh, out of curiosity?

[cnoocy]

It is liftable by a single person, though it is very awkward.

[elements.livejournal.com]

You could also consider taking to local companies - I'm thinking co-working spaces or hip startups, that kind of thing. It's got enough character to hold down a larger space that might be hard to furnish well and cheaply for a startup type place.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

I want this so badly, but I don't think it'll fit in my car. [cries]