# Pricey Furniture Keep Your Feet of My $42,000 Coffee Table By Design Crack | Published 2008-08-23 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-forty-two-thousand-dollar-coffee-table References: [designcrack](http://designcrack.com/v2/2008/06/14/periodic-table-by-one-and-co-for-council-design-fourty-two-grand-of-pure-luxury/) & [councildesign](http://councildesign.com/) This coffee table looks relatively simple. It's made of several large pieces of hardwood that has been treated with a silver finish. But the San Francisco manufacturer of luxury furniture, [Council Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/united-flags-of-fashion), has really gone far beyond simple. In fact, the technique that makes this simple [silver coffee table](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/through-chrome-reflections) is a proprietary and painstakingly difficult process that makes this table worth all of the $42,000 you would pay to own one. Just think, should I put a down payment on a house? No. Shall I buy a luxury automobile? Maybe. Instead, I'll get a coffee table. This is not likely to be found in [IKEA](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-rdmans-series) any time soon. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 8% | Activity: 54% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Luxury Furniture:** There is opportunity for disruptive innovation in luxury furniture market, particularly around unique and proprietary manufacturing processes. - **High-end Coffee Tables:** Designers can create high-end coffee tables with unique finishes and materials to capture market share in luxury interior design. - **Exclusivity in the Home Decor Market:** There is an opportunity to create exclusive and highly sought-after home decor items for affluent consumers. ### Where This Applies - **Furniture Manufacturing:** Furniture manufacturers can innovate by developing proprietary production techniques or using unique materials to create high-end products that target affluent consumers. - **Luxury Interior Design:** Designers and artisans can cater to a niche market of affluent consumers interested in unique and exclusive high-end interior design pieces. - **Home Decor and Accessories:** By identifying unique materials and design elements, home decor companies can create exclusive and highly sought-after products for luxury consumers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Opulent Timepiece Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/corum-golden-bridge-table.md) - [Luxuriously Modern Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modern-coffee-tables.md) - [Aircraft Door Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-exit-door-table.md) - [Desert-Like 3D-Printed Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dune-coffee-table.md) - [Automatic Smart Coffee tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-coffee-table-black.md) - [Wavy Sculptural Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sculptural-coffee-tables.md) - [Gaming Console Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mario-cart-coffe-table.md) - [Striking Limited-Edition Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/limitededition-coffee-table.md) - [Posh Pastel-Hued Game Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/casablanca-ping-pong-table.md)