Forgotten End Table | TheaterFire

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No_Dependent_8346@reddit

I still have a slight twist and lump on my little toe from one of those bastards.

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Thomisawesome@reddit

Our parents bought cheap "classic" furniture like this, and all we did was use it as GI Joe's base or a cage for He-Man.

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After_Preference_885@reddit

I have that table with an ashtray on it 😂

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Ag1980ag@reddit

And an empty can of Meisterbrau, also used as an ashtray. Anyone’s parents have these in the fake wood plastic version? Dark, dark plastic, of course?

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sed2017@reddit

And the old school alarm clock someone else posted today…

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TurbulentPromise4812@reddit

Ooh and a pair of pliers to change the channel

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

I was going to say I can smell cigarettes already.

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CaptShrek13@reddit

You know they came into that store together....

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Nadathug@reddit

My sister had a great mid century pair of these and gave them to me when she moved. They had glass pieces on both levels to protect the wood.

My ex wife didn’t like the way the glass looked and took them off. She immediately ruined them by placing drinks on them.

Divorced her, not over the tables. But I left them too.

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MuttDawg509@reddit

I have that exact table in my man cave lol.

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cenimsaj@reddit

Oh, wow - I feel like everyone I knew had that table. I'm surprised I don't see them at thrift stores more often, actually.

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Specialist_Ad9073@reddit

A lot of them either were laminated and haven’t held up, or are expensive as heck now and in higher end vintage stores.

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Coakis@reddit

Yeah the good ones fall into the mid century modern aesthetic and were at least a few years ago collectable.

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_jjkase@reddit

I went to 2 different thrift stores in the last couple weeks, and they both had a pair of these
That might say more about the backwards lost-in-time area I live in

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Raekin17@reddit

I used to set up our cheap nativity under the top shelf, so it was it's own ready-to-go stable

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numb3r5ev3n@reddit

Haha, my bedside table is one of these with the top table part removed. You can see where it was ripped off. I got it at a garage sale for $5.

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smokythejoker@reddit

I believe that is a “telephone table”. A piece of furniture designed for a device no one uses anymore for a purpose that is no longer relevant. Lovely!

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peanuts_steinbeck@reddit

Yes my grandparents kept their rotary phone on it.

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I found one of these at a church sale. I think it was free. Me, ~11 years old, a budding packet bordering on hoarder dragged it home along with some glass tumblers that my parents actually kept for years.

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throwingwater14@reddit

My bestie has like 3 of these. Loves the mid century modern whatever aesthetic this is. lol

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NoTrashInMyTrailer@reddit

I have one od these still. It was my nightstand forever. Now it's in the garage.

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Him_8@reddit

I have the exact one. It just broke.

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LemurCat04@reddit

I threw like three of these out when I purged hand-me-down furniture last year.

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Accomplished_Pen980@reddit

That lamp looks odd... oh no

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Podwitchers@reddit

Where’s the little candy bowl too filled with those candies wrapped like strawberries, and maybe some dinner mints mixed in?

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billyjack669@reddit

At night, that table moves inexplicably nearer to the green shag rug and old console phono/stereo near the dressing room of the thrift store.

They share stories of their previous lives, bathing in the the electric glow of a faux fireplace/space heater with an unplugged rain lamp leaning nearby.

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ccduke@reddit

I have like 3 of them lol

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Dry_Mastodon7574@reddit

I just bought a pair of these at a thrift shop.

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free-toe-pie@reddit

I actually like the two tears. Not gonna lie.

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Kitchen-Fisherman280@reddit

That's my nightstand!

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KilgoreTrout1111@reddit

Same here. Exact same one that's in the pic. 😂

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bell83@reddit

I split my eyebrow open on one of these in the 80s lol

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Finnyfish@reddit

Ours had a hole in the top section that held a removable glass ashtray!

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

I hated these damn things even as a kid.

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Rynkevin@reddit

Funny everyone I knew had this table, but some how we did not have one in our house

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nugruve2814@reddit

Weren't as many products on the market as today, so if you're a smaller manufacturer or a big box store, you're more likely to have the stuff that works most consistently (best sellers)

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True_Prize4868@reddit

Ohhh my mommaw (southwest Va) had these exact ones! She had so many good mid-century pieces.

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Jub_Jub710@reddit

Never grew up with one of these, but I bought one because I love the look and they're so useful. I'm also obsessed with mid-century barcarts even though I only drink sporadically

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heresmytwopence@reddit

My grandparents had one of these, but I think it had a darker drain. They put the nut dish on it around the holidays.

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djsynrgy@reddit

There are two of these in the main/front/living area of my in-law's family cottage (aka 'a lake-front building with a roof; not necessarily a house.' It's part of the culture in Ontario, which is effectively covered with freshwater lakes.)

The aesthetic goes further with the room's dark wood-paneled walls, and various other details that have remained unchanged for approximately 30 years.

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anonymoususer98545@reddit

My maternal grandparents, of course, had a whole bunch of this era/style of tables. i fought to get all of them because i 1) adored my grandparents, 2) i knew i would use them, and 3) i just absolutely love the style and function of these tables (Need a random drawer? Here it is! Recessed space? We got that!) Proud to say that they are all in active use and in great shape in my house still. My Grandpa would be super happy 🥰

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