Do You Have A Coffee Table?

We use an old wooden trunk as a coffee table. I don't keep anything on it, and I like it that way best. I like using it as a place for the kids to play or colour, for putting drinks and snacks on when we're watching TV.

kids toys and empty snack wrappers

We don't have anything decorative on ours

We got rid of ours. For us it was an unnecessary piece of furniture. We never have food or drinks in the living room and so we don't need a table to put things on.

I have a large vintage wardrobe trunk in my living room and a really cool old wooded table in the family room. I think it was originally a work bench before being cut down to coffee table height. The patina and nicks and scratch marks give it so much character.

On the living room trunk I have these very large glass and metal candle holders that I bought while up in Yosemite at the Ahwahnee lodge gift shop. I had been seeing them in the hallways and bathrooms around the lodge and was thrilled to find them for sale in the gift shop. I fill the bottom open space with various seasonal bits. Right now it has moss that I gathered from a mountain parking lot where some downed tree branches were temporarily stacked.

Since my nieces's daughter is in the family room so much, I removed everything from that surface before she knocked it off and broke it. All that is on there now is a thick old wooden box filled with magazines and books.

I have a lot of one-of-a-kind old rustic pieces mixed in with my leather furniture. My family room is my Yosemite tribute room

I usually have three things on my tables with one of them shiny or glass. A neighbor was an interior designer and set up all my surfaces like that. I change things out but try to keep to her basic instructions.

We have three. An antique flat topped steamer trunk, a vintage children's school desk (double so it's long) and a vintage walnut children's table. I keep a runner on one, but the others are empty. I like to put my feet up.

Yes we do and it is one of my most favorite pieces of furniture in my house. It belonged to my grandparents, it is a round wooden coffee table with claw feet. I keep coasters and a book about Formula 1 racing on top. Usually my magazines end up there too but I clean them off for company.

We have large square foot stall in between the 2 facing sofas and that is sometimes used for things other than feet. I also have a small chrome round table which goes beside the arm of one sofa.

We have a large one in front of the loveseat(where I usually sit). Right now it has a quilted runner a stack of magazines that I need to get rid of and a spray water bottle. I spray the dogs when they act crazy when they see the animals in the yard...squirrels, bunnies, groundhogs during the day and the possums, raccoons, deer and skunks at night.

I do. I have 3 flower shaped plates/plates (That I found in the Spring decor section at Hobby Lobby) with candles sitting in each one.

No, I have a reclining sofa and loveseat in the family room so a coffee table would have been in the way. It felt strange at first not having one until I realized that all my previous ones were nothing but junk collectors.  

We don't have one. I think it is just a place to collect dust.

Although....when we have game night, folks have to put their drinks on the floor or just hold them. That is the only time I notice.

No, I don't have a coffee table - my living room is fairly small and I feel it is more open without one.  Plus, (in my case) it was just an area to collect things (magazines, mail, etc).

We have a faux leather storage ottoman in both the living room and the family room. We don't keep anything on them but they are super nice to put our feet on when we are relaxing.

We have an oval wood and glass coffee table that matches our end tables. It is currently in the basement buried under a pile of our grandson's toys.

It got sent to the basement because it has, along with the glass top, an oval shaped lower shelf. Our mini-doxie walks around on the shelf and our beagles stand on the glass top. I really should put it in a garage sale.

In addition, we now have a recliner-style couch, plus the doxie can't get on the couch by herself, so I bought a small ottoman for her to use.