Almost everyone has a coffee table. It is a great place to put magazines and to
serve drinks with a coaster. You can kick up your feet after a busy day or
display art. I think that it is
essential to have in your family room or living room. Growing up we had
multiple coffee tables. We had them in
both the living room and family room. My
most interesting coffee table would have to be when I was married. My ex and I
had a large speaker as our coffee table.
It was actually a working speaker that was hooked up to the tv and stereo. It was pretty cool. I didn’t really mind that
it was a speaker. It worked as a coffee table and we didn’t have to put things
on the floor to spill them. It wasn’t my
idea.
When you are shopping for the perfect coffee table you have all kinds
of options. They come in every color and shape so how do you know what your
perfect coffee table is? There are so many things to consider.
Size is important. If you have a huge coffee table and a
small space or couch a large coffee table will become an eyesore or something
you will constantly bump in to. Ever hit your leg on a coffee table? It hurts
so much.
You also have to think about if you have kids what would be
the safest option for you. Although
glass coffee tables are pretty, having that much glass around a small child
around who probably jumps off the couch or does tricks over the arm of the
couch is probably going to get hurt.
Another thing to consider is shape. What shape would you
like? I know I have seen coffee tables in the shape of yin-yangs, hearts, and
square ones, circle ones any shape you want. You could even have it custom made
if you wanted. If you have a sectional your best bet would be a round one so it
fits in the area.
You also need to decide what color you would like. What is
your favorite color? What color is your paint? What color is your other
furniture? All things you would want to
think about.
Style is important.
Do you want traditional, Mission, Chic or something else? You can find whatever style you want even if
it is different. I personally like
mission style. My furniture was all mission style for a while. I know that is an upgrade from a speaker.
The last thing you need to decide is if you want it to be multipurpose.
Do you want drawers? Do you want built in features like a server? My coffee
table has drawers and baskets. It’s great for storing tv guides, recipes,
remotes and office supplies. Now if Noah would stop getting in it and taking
envelopes and tape out that would be great.
I hope I gave you some great pointers and things to consider
while shopping for a coffee table.
