Folding Table
2012
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I designed and built this folding table to allow a small room to be transformed quickly, from study into guest bedroom. Papers, sketchpads, envelopes, pens and other gubbins are tucked away in a series of colourful cubby holes within a fitted cabinet on the wall. The tabletop folds down to form a sealed box.
![Table and Chair](_images/FoldingTable01.jpg)
![Table](_images/FoldingTable05.jpg)
![Table Closed](_images/FoldingTable02.jpg)
The table folds in to make room for a sofa bed that folds out in it’s place. The table legs are on quick release fittings, uncoupling easily to fold the table up and down.
![Housing Cables](_images/FoldingTable03.jpg)
Cables can be routed behind the back panel of the cabinet, keeping them tidy when the table is both open or folded up.
![Colours Inside](_images/FoldingTable04.jpg)
![Table Details](_images/FoldingTable06.jpg)
Making
![Table Sketch](_images/FoldingTable07.jpg)
Early sketch of the table in-situ
![Marking Out Cubby Holes](_images/FoldingTable08.jpg)
Marking out the cubby holes
![Spray Painting](_images/FoldingTable09.jpg)
Makeshift spray booth
![Constructing the Cabinet](_images/FoldingTable10.jpg)
Constructing the cabinet
![Almost Done](_images/FoldingTable11.jpg)
Ready to be lacquered