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Game Tables have Come A Long Way
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By Kingston Y. amadan
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When I was young, my family had a game table in our basementthat my siblings and I all enjoyed. We played chess and checkersjust about every night to amuse ourselves and I can still recallmany fond memories of conversations we had while seated aroundthat table. My mother would always want us to play upstairswhere she could keep a better eye on us, but that would havemeant bringing the game table upstairs as well. Unfortunately,that wasn't a possibility. You see, our game table was perfectfor games, but horrible as a piece of furniture. Ugly doesn'tbegin to describe the aesthetics of our table. It wasn't that itonce looked good and years of use had worn it unevenly. In fact,because we loved the table so much, we took great care of it.This table was never attractive to begin with, as gaming was itsprimary function. Luckily, things have changed.
I recently decided to buy a game table for my young brood. I waspleasantly surprised to find several gaming tables that were aselegant as even the nicest pieces in our home but that stillretained a high level of functionality as a gaming device. Frommarble topped game tables to wood and veneer tables that hid thegame board, the choices were almost endless. I found so manythat I liked that I had a legitimately hard time choosing. Wehave four antique Moller chairs in Danish modern design that Iwanted to use with the table, so that enabled me to narrow itdown to a few choices. I have always liked the look of pedestaltables, so that further narrowed the field to two at the onlinefurniture dealer I ended up buying from. I still couldn'tdecide, so I called in the experts (my children), and theyunanimously voted between the two I had chosen. My wife and Iare thrilled because we now have a beautiful piece of furniturethat looks perfect in our family room and also helps keep thefamily together in one place. Our house doesn't have a basement,though we wouldn't even think of putting our game table anywherebut where it is even if we did.
I wonder what my mom would think of that.
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