Unique Alternatives to Coffee Tables

You spend most of your time on a sofa while in the living room. The sofa is the most noticeable piece of furniture that is seen when one enters the room. What you put in front of it really matters. Whether you use it for functional or decorative purposes, you need to blend it well with your sofa. A wrong choice could bring a disproportion to the room. In most cases, a coffee table would be an excellent choice.

A coffee table is what you use to rest your legs, put a few magazines or your drinks and snacks while you rest. Depending on your style, you will find a wide array of unique alternatives to coffee tables that would suit you. They come in a variety of sizes, shapes, types (wood, glass, metal, natural, painted), and height. The size of the room should be used as a guide when settling on the size of the coffee table. For example, a small room would look fabulous with a small rounded glass top coffee table. On the same note, this choice would look weird in a large room.

Almost every home has a coffee table. In most cases, they are bought from the stores when they are ready made. If you like to break away from the norm, you can be a little creative with an ornamental piece of wrought iron fence, a piece of glass, a gate and so on. Using them for the top part of the coffee table, you could use a wooden frame to act as a base. Alternatively, you could use large pots or interesting sculptures to hold whichever piece you decide to use. You need to make sure the stand you use is properly positioned as well as firm and long lasting.

To give the living room an artistic look and feel, you could use a large traditional African drum carefully placed in front of your sofa. These drums are mostly hand crafted and are made of raw leather. You can actually see that it is an animal’s hide that is covering the drum. This is a perfect piece that can act as a coffee table for those who love adventure or have antiques in their living rooms. You can find these drum in various furniture or music stores including online stores. On the other hand, if you have very little space in your living room and the sofa seems to take up all the space, then it is better to keep it simple. You can use a nicely decorated oval shaped mat.