Mushroom Table

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A mushroom sat in the corner of the room, looking weird and wonderful. Then you lift the top of the mushroom up, turn it over where the center column stays on the floor and the top drops back onto the column and the underside of the mushroom becomes your solid table. I will look at creating some visuals for this idea and possibly creating a small version for my daughter from wood I've found on a path whilst cycling to work.

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