Table beer fridge raises the bar
Do you still get up to get cold beers from the fridge? That’s so 2017.
Massey builder Tama Nio-Aporo has created an outdoor table with its own built-in fridge and it truly is a lazy person’s summer dream come true.
Nio-Aporo had an old sink lying around and decided to use it as the “centrepiece” for a new outdoor table.
The result (once you fill it with the appropriate amount of ice) is a sort of “table-fridge combo” perfect for outdoor gatherings.
Nio-Aporo named it the “Cant-beF***ed 3000” probably because he wasn’t expecting many people to notice it. Except he posted about it on Facebook and now people have — and plenty of them want one.
“It’s one of those incredibly simple strokes of genius you can’t fault,” he told the Herald.
“I mean, could you do the same thing with your current table and a plastic tub full of ice? Sure, but it wouldn’t look the same.”
Nio-Aporo is a builder so the job wasn’t too difficult for him. “I had all the tools already,” he said, adding the table took him about a day and a half to make. “A lot my mates really enjoy it, it’s pretty handy having it for BBQs and parties around our place. “Having a table set up like this really adds a good vibe to the occasion.”
Nio-Aporo has had so many people asking about his table that he is now taking custom orders ahead of summer.
The tables sell for between $950 and $1200, depending on size, including the wooden benches.
“What separates these bad boys from the park benches you buy from your average outdoor furniture store is their sexy and most innovative design,” he says on his newly created business page.
“With a built-in sink (or two) these tables really separate the men from the boys.”