No matter if your living room is part of your entertaining space, the family hangout spot, or your own personal secluded retreat, it is the room of every house that sees the most use. And the focal point of every living room, well, it is the coffee table. Sure, you want comfortable seating and a good television or audio setup, but the thing that draws the eye most is the ubiquitous coffee table.
6 Tips for Styling Your Coffee Table
While a stylish coffee table can be beautiful all on its own, giving any table a bit of added pizzazz with simple styling can take a room’s look to the next level. Just like antiques, contemporary, retro, and mid-century designs can all work together with a little bit of forethought when it comes to furniture, your coffee table styling doesn’t have to match anything exactly.
In fact, coffee tables, just like other side tables, are a great way to incorporate small touches or new design elements before committing to a bigger change.
Opting even for minimal styling on a coffee table can help:
- Increase the visual appeal of the room
- Provide balance and contrast within the room’s style
- Help tailor a little more functionality in the space
The important thing with any selections you make is that you like them. The living space you are creating only needs to work for you; it should make you happy and feel at home.
1. Keep It Simple, Keep It Small
When it comes to living rooms, you often don’t have much open horizontal space to set things. And when you relax to watch TV or enjoy a cozy fire in the cooler months, you will still want space at hand for a good book, your drink, or the remotes.
So our first tip encompasses all the others. Keep whatever your styling choice is simple and relatively small. You still want space on the coffee table to be able to use it without feeling like you are going to knock over anything valuable.
2. Incorporate Useful Items
One way to help out with our first tip is to incorporate useful items you want at hand into your styling from the start. If you are a reader, a stack of books is never amiss on a coffee table and is something that can always change as you move on to new literary adventures.
Look for a stylish set of coasters to stack or layout. They will help protect your table surface, and can bring in pops of accent colors based on the rest of the room’s decor.
3. Play with Color and Texture
Mix and match different items within the table styling and based on the rest of the room’s decor. If you are using more than a single focal point, make sure to add variety to your selections. Playing with differences will keep your room from feeling austere, whether it comes from color, texture, style, or height.
And don’t be afraid to change it with the seasons.
- Flowers, seashells, and produce fit right at home throughout spring and summer.
- Pull in the autumn classics with pine cones and multicolored gourds as the weather cools.
- As the holidays round the corner, holly and ivy displays can look absolutely magical, set atop a beautiful glass table.
4. Pull in the Natural World
You can almost never go wrong bringing in the natural world with your decorations. Glass table tops especially let the beauty of the natural world shine, and they can reflect back flowers and leaves like a calm stream or clear lake.
5. Add a Spark of Light
For smaller rooms, these ideas can add even more brightness and life to tight spaces and pair best with a glass table top for an even more dramatic effect.
- Crystal vases and decanters blend in effortlessly with a glass top, but their edges naturally reflect and amplify all light. Crystal is excellent If you are going for an elegant or formal aesthetic. Just make sure when selecting glass to opt for different colors or textures to keep things from running together visually.
- Candles are a tried and true way to decorate any table. Whether it is a single candle or an array of multiple candles, they bring warmth to any space they inhabit. Candles also fit in almost any aesthetic, with their holders being an excellent way to bring in pops of color or differing textures.
- If your room is lacking in the light department, consider an artistic lamp as the decoration if you can find a cordless lamp or lighted centerpiece.
6. Add Some Organization
One thing most coffee tables won’t quite be complete without is the tray. They help keep your useful things organized, protect your table surface, and can be fun decorative items themselves.
Quality Handmade Coffee Tables Just for You
For over 40 years, Johnston Casuals has designed and manufactured handmade metal furniture right here in North Carolina. So if you think you may want the durability of metal in your home or a statement piece, give our selection a look. We have furniture pieces and tables that fit into any room or style, many of which come with an option for glass tops.
Our process involves manufacturing every piece of steel furniture by hand, and we pride ourselves that every piece is as much a piece of art as a functional piece of furniture. Each piece of Johnston Casual furniture is a unique item made to order for our customers.
You can browse our catalog online or visit one of our nationwide furniture dealers. Every piece we build is beautiful and meant to last a lifetime. We ship all over the United States and internationally.
