The Ouija Board Coffee Table & Rug Is Probably Haunted

Because why not invite spirits into your home to haunt the everliving hell out of you and your family? This Ouija board coffee table and rug concept turns an ordinary living room into a séance waiting to happen. A living room is no place for the deceased!

Designer Dave Delisle first shared the idea on his Dave’s Geeky Ideas blog in October 2013. The rug becomes an enormous spirit board, while the coffee table takes the place of its planchette—the pointer you normally slide around to spell out messages. Delisle envisioned a wooden table with a glass inset and wheels underneath. Perfect for moving between letters. Less perfect when it starts moving on its own.

There’s one important detail: Delisle’s original design was a concept, not a photograph of a finished furniture set. After people started asking how to get one, he directed interested readers to Tom Spina Designs for a custom quote. In 2016, Wicked Horror reported an estimated price of about $2,000 for a made-to-order set. That’s a historical estimate, not a confirmed current price or an off-the-shelf product listing.

These guys clearly do not understand that ghosts and furniture are things that should not be mixed. What happens when you ask the spirits where the TV remote went and your entire coffee table rolls toward the hallway? No thanks.

I did a Ouija board once, and we went into the backyard and set it up on a trampoline. You know, like normal people? Unfortunately, I think when we summoned Nicole’s gramma, she ended up haunting that thing. I was never comfortable jumping on it after that. At least a trampoline stays outside. This thing would be waiting in the living room every morning, spelling out “GOODBYE” before you’ve even had coffee.