The coffee table is an important piece of furniture in the living room : we welcome our friends, and often lunch or snack around it. The coffee table‘s uses are different, depending on your life style.

However, choosing your coffee table always depend on two standards: its features and its balance with the living room.

Its features:

The coffee table often finds its place between the TV unit and the sofa. We entertain and spend family quality time around it. There are more and more electronic devices in our living room. Game console, TV accessories and our magazine need to be put away. The coffee table might be this place, if you choose it like a storage unit. Give advantage to coffee tables with drawers, rack or niche.

Its balance with the living room :

Unless you’re buying your coffee table and your living room furniture at the same time, you’ll have to make the effort of choosing a table which match with the room’s atmosphere.

As a starter, measure your sofa’s height. Then, you’ll know how high your coffee table must be. If you have a sofa with a corner prefer a rectangular coffee table. For a huge living room do not hesitate to make the choice of an impressive coffee table, with an obvious style. It will enhance your leaving room’s decoration and chosen trend.

An oak coffee table will easily fit in your decoration. Oak’s color is very natural and neutral ; it’s the perfect choice if you can’t pick a color for your table. If you add an oak side table to your living will give it more harmony.

Once you bought your coffee table, brighten up your living room with carpets and some cushion. Maybe you can add some little sculpture or a design paperweight on the coffee table.

You are now ready to welcome your friends around your new coffee table.