The Console Table
Our living room has a fireplace that our family likes to spend time watching. Part of that requires our couch to be in the right place to view it. We also recently made the decision to purchase a projector to show movies on the wall above the fireplace, which is another reason our couch needs to be oriented to face it. When re-arranging the living room, it was agreed that a console table behind the couch would be very useful, and would help eliminate the need for a coffee table. So, I designed a console table to fit our needs and more importantly, fit our couch. Our couch is only a few years old and wouldn't be changed for a long time, so I was confident that whatever table I make to fit this couch will be used for many years. One requirement we had was to integrate outlets for lamps and for phone charging cables. For a long time, we had thought of placing those outlets on the top of the table (I had seen many other designs for console tables with this placement). I decided shortly...