A coffee table, also called a cocktail table, is a style of long, low table which is designed to be placed in front of a sofa, to support beverages (hence the name), magazines, feet, books (especially coffee table books), and other small items to be used while sitting, such as coasters.
low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served
(Coffee Tables) While any small and low table can be, and is, called a coffee table, the term is applied particularly to the sets of three or four tables made from about 1790; of which the latter were called 'quartetto tables'.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around"
wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
Pass and go around (something) so as to move on in a changed direction
Alter (a number) to one less exact but more convenient for calculations
Give a round shape to
furnish with glass; "glass the windows"
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
A hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime, and sometimes other ingredients and cooling rapidly. It is used to make windows, drinking containers, and other articles
A thing made from, or partly from, glass, in particular
Any similar substance that has solidified from a molten state without crystallizing
a container for holding liquids while drinking
154/365: Iridescent Starfish
Project 365
Thursday • June 3, 2010
I almost didn't get a photo for the day yesterday, but as I was dusting off a round coffee table and polishing my digital frame, I noticed how nicely it was reflecting everything. I laid the frame down on its back and placed one of my treasured keepsakes on the glass and came up with this image.
This crystal glass starfish was made by a California company and is from the “Inner Glow Collection.” Each piece is individually hand-cast using a process adapted from a casting method originally developed by the ancient Egyptians to make gold jewelry. This crystal glass has unique optical properties. It is dichroic glass (meaning two colors); and is created with a Laser Optic coating. This coating produces an exclusive daylight iridescent glowing. Holding it up in ordinary room light, it actually appears to glow! This glass produces the most exquisite blue and green hues. The yellow light on the background is from a lamp and the plum and beige tones are reflected from the lamp shade.
This was a Christmas gift from Rachel & Jackie. In 2006, we spent Christmas in San Diego (the town of their birth). They picked this up for me at Seaport Village. Naturally, it has a prominent position on my desk!!
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Day 16 : I was on the floor, the coffee table is glass, our coasters are glass and flickr uploaded this the wrong way round for some reason.
What it actually says:
6. Hung-over
Hung-over, Adj.Suffering from near death like state, often catatonic and always with a pounding headache. Unbalanced with no sense of humour. Needs total silence and another drink!