Super-functional coffee tables? Here are 12 ideas for choosing the one that best meets your needs
When organizing your living room, you certainly must have a coffee table to finish off the furnishings. Coffee tables, aside from being very useful, often also take pride of place in the living room.
Over time, the stylings of coffee tables has changed - ranging from the simplest and most basic, to much more elaborated "works of art". Do you need a coffee table for your living room? Well, check out these 12 suggestions:
1. Antique steamer trunk
This coffee table looks like a trunk from the times when steamers were still cruising the seas. These days, these antique boxes (or replica steamer trunks) are often used with rustic decors. Usually dark in color, these wooden boxes are perfect for serving as a coffee table - and with plenty of storage too.
2. Double extractable tables
Tables like the ones shown here can be slotted under each other (sometimes with as many as three in a stack). They are perfect if you need an extra support surface, or even to serve as mini bookcases for your "to-hand" reading matter.
3. Rustic coffee table
Wood, boxes and wrought iron: what more could you want to create a rustic atmosphere with a coffee table as pride of place? The example shown here not only has very large box-drawers, but also a "false top" for extra storage. And what do you think about the foldable lid?
4. Design and comfort
For something a bit more special, you can go for a designer coffee table like the one shown here. The color contrast alone will make this piece a stunning feature of your living room.
5. A bit of "roundness"
Simple, clean lines, practical: this coffee table is not just a support surface, but a storage container for blankets, books, or anything else you want close to hand.
6. Geometric coffee table
Staggered squares create an interesting form in this coffee table example. With the lids being movable, this not only creates an ever-changing look, but provides storage inside it too.
7. It looks like a UFO...
With shelves, containers, raised surfaces and base LEDs, this example looks like a UFO! Certainly, this type of coffee table will amaze your guests. Turn off the main lights to get the full effect of the table's LEDs.
8. Recycling
Four wooden boxes secured together, a glass top, and that's it. Here is an example of a practical and spacious coffee table that eco-friendly recycling can produce. Simply wonderful!
9. Two in one
This coffee table is actually made up of two, smaller tables that slot into each other. Practical and useful, the two-tone colors of the tables is certainly elegant and striking.
10. Make the most of space
Here's a classic coffee table, but with room for two enormous storage drawers. Now, you'll need to make sure your pets don't treat these spacious drawers as their new beds!
11. Minimalism
No frills in this example. Two drawers are all that is need for this simple, minimalist coffee table. And it's still beautiful, no?
12. Spectacular!
This coffee table rises up to create a double shelf, reveals a storage container and unfolds in a way that three people can sit on the tuck-in cushions. A breath-taking and beautiful piece of furniture indeed!
Now you've seen how many types of coffee table are available, which one will you chose?
