Coffee Table Site

Ah the humble coffee table. The centre piece of so many living rooms, dens, lounges and bars. You see the coffee table exudes a brilliance other pieces of furniture do not. Whilst many modern living spaces now point all of their furniture at the television, conversations, increasingly meals and other merry moments will revolve around the coffee table. They come in all shapes and sizes, as do the rooms they sit in. Modern apartments might house glass coffee tables whilst the older house may house oak coffee tables. They could be round, black, with a lift top, modern, wooden or any number of variations. When you think about it, they truly are a special piece of furniture that can really make a different to how your room looks and functions.

The fascinating thing about coffee tables is the amount of creativity they inspire in furniture designers, and it is with this focus on deisgn, a love of coffee and generally sitting around putting my feet up that has lead me to set up this site. Coffee Tables Site is a website dedicated to the design geniuses who sweat over a blank piece of paper, a cup of coffee in their favorite mug and a design inspiration from any number of places.

So don’t be a square, grab a cup of your favourite coffee (mine’s a cappuccino in the morning, an espresso when I need waking or a macchiato if I’m feeling frisky) and take a look around my coffee table site, you won’t be disappointed as their as certainly plenty of amazing designs to feast your coffee fueled brain on.

Perhaps you are in the market for a new coffee table to fit your new house, or maybe your table has seen better days and it is something that you want to replace. There is plenty of design inspiration here, just take a look around. Or if you are a furniture designer looking for inspiration we hope you are inspired, or maybe you’d like to send us a photo of your latest creation. Just head on over to our contact form and drops us a line, we’ll gladly feature your design.

Coffee tables everywhere and nowhere to put your feet? If you buy a good coffee table I’m sure you’ll find that it is strong enough to put your feet up on. There are even coffee tables with built in footrests, storage etc.

You can get coffee tables made out of all sorts of different materials. From wood to metal to plastic to glass, you name it and they make coffee tables out of it. You can even get stitched leather finished coffee tables if that is something you are going for.

For centuries wood has been used to make furniture in our homes and one of the grandest and most hardwearing types of wood that is used is that of the oak tree. Oak Coffee tables are heavy and hardwearing and the natural contours and warm of wood makes for an excellent piece of furniture.

Many coffee tables that you can buy which appear wooden today are actually made out of MDF or a similar material. This is usually a load of wood chipboard covered in a wood effect laminate. Whilst this can get the desired effect in many settlings, there is no excuse really, apart from cost, for not opting for solid wood furniture. This means getting a coffee table made from wood that has been crafted by a skilled craftsman rather than glues together by a machine. You will also find that this type of coffee table will be more pleasing to the eye.

Oak Coffee Table and Sustainability
Whenever you buy any wooden product, including down to toilet paper, you should make sure that it is from a sustainable source. Oak is not a threatened wood species, but you should look for a reputable company that displays credentials that they source their raw material from sustainable forests. This means that for each tree that is chopped down to make some nice furniture one or usually more trees are planted. This keeps the cycle going and ensures that the much needed trees for the air quality and future sustainability are kept in a cycle.

Oak is a magnificent wood to have a coffee table made out of and you will find that you are left with a stunning piece of furniture that will look great at the centre of your room if you opt for an oak coffee table.