Camping cot as a coffee table?

What do you think about using a camping "cot" as a coffee table? I think yes - based on these images from Martha Stewart. Beautiful!

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How to

Cot coffee table- search eBay in your local area for "cot" or "Stretcher". Update with a lick of oil-based paint on the metal, timber and fabric parts of the cot. 

 

Both of the cot coffee table examples have been paired with trays, the trays are actually baking trays that have been painted or covered in material and Plexiglas, amazing!  what a great idea to keep everything looking neat and organised.

 

Here is a list of Martha's sources:

Standard Army cot, about $25, ebay.com. 

Bowery Kitchen Supplies trays, $12 each, bowerykitchens.com. 

Fine Paints of Europe semigloss paint, $40 per liter, in E8-37 (cot) and E8-43 (trays), janovic.com for stores. Jasper Van Der Hurd 6-by-9-foot Alhambra carpet, $2,700, vanderhurdstudio.com.

Can you imagine the possibilities with something like this:

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