Accessories for Coffee Tables

If you want your coffee tables to look vibrant year-round, why not invest in a few fabulous accessories?

If you buy a beautiful coffee table, it will look good no matter what you put on it. But accessories are a great way of transforming your living space and keeping your room vibrant and seasonal, whatever time of year it is. If you love putting bowls, vases and pots on your coffee table, fill them with seasonal delights to help add texture and life to a room. In the summer time, a simple vase with colourful, bright flowers on your coffee table will instantly cheer up any room. Use a vase and type of flower that suits the design of your coffee table. For instance, an earthy, traditional wooden coffee table would suit a natural pot vase with wild garden flowers and herbs. Elegant glass coffee tables can take designer, structural vases with orchids or lilies. Keep flowers in your room throughout spring too, but switch to daffodils and bluebells for earthy spring tones. Autumn is a great time to bring in pine cones and autumnal colours – create a display in a beautiful earthenware bowl – add acorns and dried flowers. Or for a simple, effective impact – an unusual piece of driftwood works as a standalone sculpture. Winter should embrace Christmas colours and smells – pine and cinnamon candles can fill a room with nostalgia. Create colour schemes such as red and silver with natural pines dipped in silver paint and red glitter.

The accessories on your coffee table can help create the atmosphere you want in your home, as you embrace the seasons. Here are a few more simple accessory ideas to keep your coffee tables vibrant and ever-changing:

• Books! Coffee table books and glossy magazines are born for showing off coffee tables.

• Chess sets or Scrabble boards are great on coffee tables if you are hosting a dinner party – a great way to entertain your guests!

• If your coffee table isn’t big enough to take a vase of flowers, nothing is as simple and thoughtful as a single flower in a small vase – for charm, quirk and beauty.

• Coasters are important if you want to protect coffee tables from heat or water rings; why not swap the coasters every few months to match your moods – you can find quirky, contemporary clear coasters filled with goldfish and frogs or opt for traditional, floral coasters depending on the vibe you want.

• Whatever accessories you choose for coffee tables, make sure they are a true reflection of your tastes and personality.

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