Center of Attention: Top Coffee Tables for Your Living Space

Who says a small piece of furniture does not necessarily make a small decision! Glass or wood? Modular, asymmetrical, or round? The coffee table is an essential piece of furniture in the living room for storing magazines and making a meal tray.
The coffee table is this essential element in the living room, just like the sofa. In addition to contributing fully to determining the atmosphere of the room, this furniture must meet many parameters. Available in several different models, shapes, and sizes, this element has not finished developing to offer an ever more functional design with strong decorative power.

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Minimalistic design
The simple, minimalistic design is ideal for small spaces like dorm rooms and small apartments. It looks good the black oak wood grain pairs well with any style and decor. Keep your snacks, remotes, and electronics on the tabletop to have everything you need for a night within reach. It can also be used as a nightstand table next to my bed. You can keep your essentials close by with the Ameriwood Home Parsons Coffee Table. You can use it for a fun basic furniture item.
Sturdy
it is made of PVC laminated hollow core. Lightweight but The table top can hold up to 50 lbs. Legs are evenly distributed and no wobble will be found.

Water-resistant
As this table comes with a water-resistant finish, you can easily clean spills by wiping them with a damp cloth. This will keep this Coffee Table looking great for years to come.

Assembly easy
This table ship flat to you. It requires minimal assembly. You just have to attach the 4 legs. The legs need to be screwed and it is ready! The Key is not to screw them in too tight.

Assembled dimensions: 17.5″H x 39″W x 19″D

Are you thinking of getting a coffee table but worried about the limited space? Don’t worry! This lift-top coffee table is your best solution to fully utilize your space.

Lift-top design
This nesting table comes with a lift top. You can adjust it to a comfortable height and can use a laptop, for writing and dining while you’re sitting on the sofa. The heavy-duty metal mechanism ensures smooth and easy operation.
This is a fantastic nesting table for people in small apartments who need a place to eat without having room for a kitchen table. The look of this nesting table is nice. It is decently sturdy. It folds up into a large TV tray. You can enjoy your breakfast in the morning.

Solid table construction
This solid table is constructed with CARB P2-compliant MDF.  The finishing is done with a water-resistant veneer. Selected materials give this table a solid construction. If you can assemble it correctly, the coffee table does not wobble.
 It holds up to 35kg/77lb in total, strong and sturdy enough for your everyday use.

Storage option
There is a large storage space under the tabletop. You can keep your daily used items handy and clean.
It’s measurement is  L86xW39xD10.6cm /L33.9xW15.4xD4.2’’

Multi-functional
The hidden storage compartment beneath the top keeps your everyday items like laptops, remote controllers, and game controllers handy and dirt-free. The open shelf is spacious enough to store books, blankets, and knick-knacks.
The table is practical for small spaces like small apartments, dorms, and dens. This piece is not just a nesting table; it also serves perfectly as a temporary dining table or a computer desk with an elevated floating tabletop.

Hassle-free assembly
The table comes with all the necessary hardware and an illustrated instruction manual to help you set up this lift-top coffee table quickly and without difficulties.

Compact Design
The simple design of this furniture will add a bit of flair to the house! The size is ok. It is not too large but also not too small for your living room. This coffee table is suitable for small spaces. It is designed to meet your need to fit in your space. It looks expensive but fits your budget.  The finish is gorgeous, nice, and dark, and it gives a nice finished feeling to my room. It can hold up well.

Quality Material
The main material of this table is medium-density composite wood. It comes from recycled materials from rubber trees. All the materials are manufactured in Malaysia. Compliance with the Green rules of production is maintained. You will not feel any unwanted smells. It ensures durability and stability.

Storage
You would especially like the shape of it and the small shelf underneath which adds extra storage. If you are looking for a table that can store small items such as remotes, a few books, magazines, or something similar, this table is perfect. You can also use this to serve some snacks and a beverage.

Safety features
A rounded corner reduces the risk of injury.
Product Dimension
21.6 (D) x 35.5 (W) x 15.7 (H) inches

Assembly easy
Assembly is easy and takes 5-10 minutes.
The simple design of this furniture will add a bit of flair to the house! The size is ok. It is not too large but also not too small for your living room.

Lift Top Design
Sometimes the height of the coffee table is not enough when you want to take something from Sofa. This lift-top coffee table comes with an extended top that lifts which gives you an extra work surface.  Simple and modern appearance perfectly not only matches your room style and décor but is also ideal for working. It serves both as a dining and extra storage in the living room or office. A high-quality lift top mechanism enables the tabletop to be lifted or lowered effortlessly and noiselessly.

Storage 
It comes with plenty of hidden storage spaces beneath the tabletop. This    
 compartment is helpful for you to store your often-used items like laptops, chess, and remote controllers. It is also useful to keep them away from dirt.

Removable Shelf
 The table comes with a side drawer. The side drawer is designed with a removable shelf which provides you with extra space for CDs, magazines, and game controllers.

Water Resistance
The table is constructed with a water-resistant particle board and durable metal springs. You can use it for years. 

Easy To assemble
Easy to assemble with the help of the instructions and tools.

Glamorous look
This glamorous table comes with a tempered glass top and a glass shelf. It is designed with geometric shapes which gives it a  Hollywood Regency appeal and overall glam look. Handcrafted blackened bronze is applied to the steel frame. It easily fits into any room.

Sturdy construction
This table is sturdy and the quality is high. The bolts that hold the assembly together are cleverly concealed. The tempered glass is extremely thick and durable. The table is sturdy and the weight capacity of the tabletop is 40 lbs.

Storage
It can function as storage as the lower shelf is stylishly raised to offer additional shelf space.

Whether it’s on the occasion of a move or simply a desire for a change, you want to buy a new coffee table. And this new decoration desire, which seemed so easy to satisfy, has become a real chore.
So to find the coffee table that will never leave your sofa, follow our decorative tips, which are easy to apply and effective.
The first criterion that motivates the choice of a coffee table for your living room is its aesthetic aspect. Its shape, material, and finishes are essential elements.

What shape for my coffee table?
For the size of the coffee table, you have many options – round, oval, square, rectangular, triangular, or indefinite shape.  The decision of choosing the right option depends on your decoration, and especially on the other furniture that surrounds it. It’s not just a matter of taste. Your chosen shape has its advantages and disadvantages. Apart from a matter of taste, the shape of the nesting table serves particular criteria.

Round coffee table
Round and oval coffee shapes go well with the limited spaces. They are easier to work around. When you have small children at home, round and oval shapes are more suitable. These nesting table shapes are safer as the chances of getting caught in the corner are less on a circle. They can also easily be circumvented. It is also ideal for daybeds or non-rectangular rugs. If you have a small living room and you want a round coffee table, consider nesting round tables, a modular space saver!
The round nesting tables are surrounded by several pieces of furniture: a sofa and many armchairs for example are better suited to large living rooms where it will take place in the center. Some round tables contain storage spaces integrated into the base; others play with their top by adding compartments and drawers for a playful decoration.
If you put it on a thin base, the round or oval nesting table can be very light. It can be very robust and imposing when its base matches the rounded shape of its top.

Square coffee table
Nesting tables in the living room can also be square. If you also use it for dining, working, or drawing, it is suitable for a large number of people. This form allows more conviviality because the people placed around are each at an equal distance from the center of the table. If you use this furniture to take your meals, work, or draw, the square nesting table is suitable for a large number of spaces; you just have to adapt the size to the surface. Perceived as robust, giving character to the living room, the square shape is not welcome in small interiors, for fear of weighing down the decoration too much and not circulating properly around it. Practical, the square-shaped furniture is often accompanied by a second tray in the lower part to store books and newspapers.

Rectangular coffee table
 The rectangular shape is the most common shape in interiors. These forms are preferred for spacious living rooms, to be able to connect the different seats, armchairs, and sofas, but also if you are a fan of feet on the table (yes, the longer the furniture, the more you will fit in it).
It is well suited to living rooms with a large corner sofa or a living room with two sofas facing each other. The rectangular shape is also the model best suited to narrow living rooms, designed all in length. It is therefore the model that best fits all surfaces and all configurations. So, If you want to move freely around the room, you should choose a narrow, but long nesting table, so that it remains useful and functional. In the case of a relatively small room, you should choose a discreet and thin base, avoiding outward-facing feet to avoid tripping. Well-chosen, and consistent with the style of your decoration, it can become a decorative asset, even an essential piece of your living room. If you want to give a design aspect to your living room, you can opt for more original shapes, triangular or hexagonal.

What material for my coffee table?
Choosing this or that material for the coffee table in your living room is first and foremost a matter of taste. The material of the furniture matches the style chosen for the room. It is therefore advisable to choose the material according to its interior and according to its way of life, thinking about the practical and functional side, and the maintenance of the coffee table.  But each also brings specific features.

Wooden coffee table
A wooden nesting table, with its natural side, brings warmth to the living room. Wood, a timeless material, also guarantees solidity and good aging. It adapts to many styles of decoration, from the Nordic universe to the most design. The only disadvantage of wood is its maintenance; however, a piece of furniture in the living room must be protected against water or any other type of stains.
Wood is a natural material, that immediately brings warmth and authenticity to a room. It is the easiest material to combine, it goes with all styles: Scandinavian, bohemian, country, rustic, industrial, vintage, contemporary,
 If you want a wooden nesting table, check if you have other wooden elements in the living room (a sofa with a wooden base or wooden decorative items.  If you already have wooden furniture in your living room, be careful not to mix too many different types of wood in the room. Otherwise, you will not be able to maintain a harmonious living room. If you want a wooden nesting table, check if you have other wooden elements in the living room (a sofa with a wooden base or wooden decorative items.  If you already have wooden furniture in your living room, be careful not to mix too many different types of wood in the room. Otherwise, you will not be able to maintain a harmonious living room.
Be careful, wood does not like hot dishes: therefore impractical for those who plan to eat there.

Laminated Coffee table
If you are looking for a coffee table for the living room, resistant and easy to maintain, you can choose a laminated one. To put it simply, it is particles of wood covered with a layer of plastic, which can be white, colored, or printed “wood effect”.  It is, therefore, less chic, but also less expensive. This material exists in a large multitude of colors and can also present effects on wood, stone, etc.
This is the main material of most furniture sold on the market. And above all, it’s super resistant and easy to maintain: if you have children who scribble on the tables, a husband who regularly spills his glass of wine (him again), or a cat that scratches where it shouldn’t not: it is ideal.

Plastic coffee table
Plastic is also a material widely used for nesting tables in the living room. Those are in tune with the times and not very fragile, the plastic furniture has the advantage of being available in a wide range of colors to adapt to all universes. Plastic also allows the furniture to adopt simple or original shapes (from square to wavy to sinusoidal, circular, or rectangular) to revisit the decoration and bring a little freshness to the living room. Atypical, the plastic furniture is just as light to move around as you wish without any difficulty. Light, resistant, and easy to move, plastic furniture is ideal in small rooms and when you have young children.  They are to be preferred for small spaces, studios, and also with young children to avoid any danger with the corners. In addition, they bring joy and freshness with their very wide range of colors. Plastic coffee table
Plastic is also a material widely used for nesting tables in the living room. Those are in tune with the times and not very fragile, the plastic furniture has the advantage of being available in a wide range of colors to adapt to all universes. Plastic also allows the furniture to adopt simple or original shapes (from square to wavy to sinusoidal, circular, or rectangular) to revisit the decoration and bring a little freshness to the living room. Atypical, the plastic furniture is just as light to move around as you wish without any difficulty. Light, resistant, and easy to move, plastic furniture is ideal in small rooms and when you have young children.  They are to be preferred for small spaces, studios, and also with young children to avoid any danger with the corners. In addition, they bring joy and freshness with their very wide range of colors.

Metal or steel coffee table
You will rather choose a metal or steel nesting table for the living room if your decor is more industrial. These materials are very easy to maintain and very resistant. Metal is colder, and is often combined with another material (metal table + wood, or metal + glass). By its color, it will either have a rather industrial/loft connotation, or a more chic and elegant spirit (especially with gold and brass).


Stone coffee table
If you prefer to give a chic look to your living room, you can choose a stone nesting table like marble, or a more industrial side with a concrete table. Stone furniture is enough to give character to your room. Beware, however, of the cold side that the stone brings. Perfect for bringing chic with marble, or an industrial side with concrete.

Glass coffee table
Giving an impression of discreetness and lightness to the living room, the glass coffee table is certainly very fragile, but it harmonizes easily with any type of decor thanks to its transparency. For the living room, this is a great classic. It is perfect, especially for small spaces. In addition, this adapts to different styles of decoration, from the most classic to the most contemporary (it all depends on its design and if it is combined with other materials), this model can become the centerpiece of the living room. It also gives a little elegant side, especially if it is associated with metal. On the other hand, it has a small cold side: to be warmed up with the rest of the atmosphere (materials and colors).

 If it is easy to maintain, it has, on the other hand, the main disadvantage of being fragile. Avoid if you have young children.

This type of furniture is preferred in small living rooms so as not to overload the decoration while bringing a certain style. As for its maintenance, more sensitive than wooden furniture, the glass nesting table is cleaned with a cloth and a product for windows.

Others
Game of materials, reconditioning of objects, recovery, and graphic effects, the coffee table allows itself all the originalities with construction site pallets, wooden boxes, LED cubes, or even old barrels.
A coffee table adapted to your lifestyle
The living room is a room dedicated to relaxation and conviviality where you should feel at ease. The living room coffee table must therefore be perfectly adapted to these characteristics, in particular by choosing the right dimensions. The furniture in the living room should not be too large so as not to hinder good circulation in the room. A pull-out nesting table, with its modular elements, is also best suited in small living rooms for maximum space saving. In a living room, it can have different functions depending on lifestyle. It can be a simple side table where to put newspapers, books, or magazines. It can also be used as a dining or aperitif table. In this case, a nesting table with large dimensions is recommended. Even better, a table with lift-tops is the ideal solution. The furniture in the living room can also serve as storage if it is equipped with drawers or a magazine rack. On the other hand, if you regularly move this in the living room, choose a model on wheels, very trendy in an industrial-type decor for example.

What are the uses of the coffee table?
This is one of the important points for choosing your coffee table, whether you have little or a lot of space. Do you often gather your friends around an aperitif dinner in your living room? You will then need a large one if you have the space to accommodate it. For small living rooms, it will be necessary to opt for example nesting tables, which will give you an additional surface when you need it, or for one with a removable top, to obtain an ideal multifunction piece of furniture in a small apartment. If you want this furniture to also serve as a dining table, which may be the case in a studio, for example, bet on a nesting table with a lift-up top, which is ultra-practical. And if you want this furniture to save you storage space, choose a model with two tops, an integrated magazine rack, or storage niches.

The place dedicated to the coffee table in the living room
This should be the starting point of your reflection. What is the maximum space your nesting table can take up in front of your sofa? It is of course necessary to take care to preserve the fluidity of movement in your living room and not to clutter the room with too large a piece of furniture. If your space is limited, you will have to limit yourself to a small one which can still be very practical. For example, you can choose a wheeled model that can easily move around according to your needs and desires. The best will also be to prefer a square or round model. If you are not limited by space, it is up to you to choose a nesting table adapted to the size of the furniture surrounding it, and which will not appear too small, too large, too high, or too low compared to your sofa, bookcase, TV cabinet, etc.

What type of coffee table to choose?
Choosing the style of your living room will help you choose your coffee table. Follower of the nature spirit style, inspired by the Scandinavian style, wood, and neutral colors are in order. For lovers of loft-style industrial design, a nesting table with raw materials  (raw wood, metal, steel, etc.) would be better. For a minimalist and sober decoration, whether classic or contemporary, it is best to go for glass-made furniture.

Whether your living room is small or very spacious, this furniture can be very simple or multifunctional by having drawers, compartments, and additional trays. The nesting table can be a simple side table dedicated to putting your newspapers, books, and magazines, where it fits in a living room furnished only for relaxation. It can also combine several functions, acting as a dining table or a table to receive guests for tea or an aperitif or even a piece of furniture with storage to keep its functionality (for newspapers, books, decoration, cables, remote controls, etc.)

What is the ideal height for a coffee table?
In the living room, the height of a nesting table is essential. We often think that the height of this furniture is standard, like that of a dining room table. Yes but no. In a living room, the height of the different seats can vary greatly, and this will influence the height of our nesting table. The rule of thumb says that a nesting table should be at the same height as the lowest seat in the living room. It will be wedged on the sofa, the flagship element of the living room.

The most common height for this furniture is between 25 and 40 cm. But it is important to adapt it to the height of the different seats in the living room, especially the lowest, so that it is as functional as possible, especially if you often use it to take your meals.
But in a purely decorative spirit, it is more aesthetic and harmonious in this sense, it allows not clutter.

Number of coffee tables
It is not mandatory to restrict yourself to a single nesting table. We always recommend having a second small side table, if only to put down your current book, a small mood lamp, or your glass of wine when you’re a little far from the center of the room’s main table. It’s practical, and visually it creates another cozy little corner, like a reading nook.

You can choose this side table or side table completely different from the nesting table, in another style, another material, another color… And also a little higher, at armrest height for example. To focus on this furniture, we can also see it in the plural: two tables or more, depending on the space you have. It’s perfect for large spaces of course. To be chosen in the same model but different dimensions, or different models but in a harmony of colors for example. It’s up to you to be creative!

Storage capacity
A coffee table is mainly used to sit in a living room, to concentrate conviviality around the same point, to put down your book or your glass of wine (again?!), and possibly your feet in front of the TV. But it can also be used for storage, especially for a stack of magazines, or all those little things that you never really know where to put (remote controls, batteries, take-away menus, spare keys,… mine is a real bag -everything !)

So of course, it is very practical to have a drawer or a shelf under this furniture, but it is better to avoid making it a full-fledged storage unit (I speak knowingly…). Not only because your table risks being very massive and looking like a little block of concrete placed in the middle of your living room, but also because the more space you have to store, the more you store, you accumulate… and you become messy.

Instead, choose a model with a drawer (usually in somewhat rustic wooden tables, it’s even part of their charm), or a double top so you can put a few magazines on it, or use a pretty box to store what’s lying around. But keep in mind that your coffee table is the center of attention in your living room: all eyes are on it when you’re seated around it, so you’ll always have your mess in front of you…and your guests too.

Originality
Think outside the box! You do not find happiness despite all these tips? Well, that’s so much better! Look further than the pages of coffee table catalogs, and invent your own: a large plank of raw wood placed on metal legs, wheels screwed under an old pallet, a composition of wine crates, cut wooden logs at the right height, a bench found at a flea market, a large ottoman, a chest.  As long as there is a flat surface, and you like it, it works!

Accessories
Because a piece of furniture that is not accessorized is a piece of furniture that is not highlighted. The armchair has its carelessly placed plaid, the sofa has its tribe of cushions, and the sideboard has its little decorative trinkets,  your nesting table also deserves a little attention!

It can be 2 or 3 pretty books placed in a pile, a small set of candles, a bouquet of scented flowers, or a beautiful trinket.
If you have several tables: take the opportunity to leave one completely free, for example.

Final Words
The coffee table is an integral part of the decoration. It is hard to imagine the decoration of the living room without this piece of furniture. Choosing this for your living room is not an easy thing as the number of models, colors, materials, and styles is vast. We hope our advice will help you clearly to choose the right one for the living room.