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Glass Coffee Table: The Adventure of a Lifetime

Nothing is as inspiring as a coffee table. You can make the coffee table the centerpiece of the room, or a boon to be covered up with an old sheet. I think in my life, I have had both types of coffee tables and believe me when I say that they both serve their purposes. My first coffee table was an old spool that had been cut in half. To this day, I still have that old spool in my home. It isn't the centerpiece of my living room or even my den, but my children enjoy a coffee table that is older than even I am. I have refinished and fixed it so much that I am not sure how much of that coffee table is the original table. My centerpiece when my children were born was the glass coffee table.

Anyone who has seen a glass coffee table can understand why it is so beautiful. I think that because it looks a little fragile, that people have a soft spot for that glass. It is easy to care for, that is the truth. They are so easy to clean. Usually, a glass coffee table is pretty sturdy and does not break with average day to day usage. Of course, I did say "average"; my family is by far not average.

When my oldest child was about five years old, there was a Super Bowl. I am not sure who was playing who, but as happens in my house, things got loud and they got wild. I think I have cleaned up food fights that were neater and cleaner than Super Bowl Sunday. Anyway, there was a touchdown and a few of the guys decided to get up and smack into each other. I think when I was a teen this was called some kind of weird grunge dance, but the name is eluding me at this point. They all started doing this smacking of bellies.

If you knew my husband, you would understand why he had the advantage. Before long there was an "I am bigger than you" belly bopping contest going on. I tried to tell them that my husband had an unfair advantage, but after a couple times it was safer for me to just vanish. Never did I think that my beautiful glass coffee table was in any danger. Of course, no one would think about damage furniture at a Super Bowl party, right?

They got increasingly louder and louder until finally I heard bodies flying. Next thing I knew, I head an enormous crash and then complete silence. I was sure someone was dead. I ran into the room and I had six, rather large grown men look at me and lower their heads in unison like a child caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I wish I had a picture of that complete look of guilt. I gave them this look and they moved slowly and low and behold, my shatterproof glass coffee table was in about a zillion pieces.

Needless to say, after a lot of cleaning, the Super Bowl did indeed go on. They did get rowdy and loud again. The next day I was "rewarded" with the most beautiful, antique mission style coffee table I had ever seen. All was forgiven. Every Super Bowl Sunday though I bring out an old plastic coffee table I have bought just for that day. The only other ramification I have seen since that fateful Sunday was in my oldest son. It took me a few years to get him to quit belly bopping every wall in my home.