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Apartment Therapy is having a survey now.

The topic of the survey is “What’s on Top of Your Coffee Table?”

Well, mine is full of rubbish and stacks of newspaper.

Take it here.

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Imagine the above pictures just transformed to this.

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The Transformist Coffee Table is a transformable coffee table.

This coffee table is manufactured in Italy from veneered dark oak.

A blend of function and style, the Transformist is able to tuck itself when its is not in use to a low coffee table.

Serves both as a dining table and a coffee table.

What are your thoughts about this?

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photo credit: Constanza Volare

It is often said that our home paints our attitudes and style. That means shopping for furniture harder. We often have to choose between elegant, classic or even contemporary.

Coffee Tables

Coffee tables are an important aspect of your living room and you should always go for one that maximize both function and style. I hope this short blog post will be able to set you in the right direction and help you choose the correct one.

Wooden Coffee Table

First, you can choose the basic wood coffee tables. The wooden coffee table is often a beauty. Nowadays, many manufacturers add materials like bamboo to enhance variety.

The de Facto choice for many is actually the metallic legged coffee tables as well as chrome contemporary ones. These choices add natural shine and are great additions to the living room.

Japanese Style Coffee Tables

Alternatively, you can consider the Japanese style coffee table that comes in dark colors. They are often low and exist in many unique modern designs. Marcel Breuer’s classic Breuer Coffee Table is a popular choice. Its simple and clever design with metal legs creates an impact in almost every living room.

Photo from Modern Furniture Classics

Customized Coffee Tables
On the other hand, if you think you are a creative individual, you can create the design of the coffee table yourselves. A little bit of customization creates a great impression for visitors to your home. Of course, exclusivity comes at a higher price tag of 4 figures.

To give you a helping hand, I would suggest you try out the garage sales. In this way, you can get a used coffee table and spend a fair bit more to create a brand new look. However, do take note of the quality of wood before you actually make payment.

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If you are a parent with a baby in the house, I thought you might find this bean bag coffee table useful.

Not only its safe, its comfortable. This beanbag coffee table is also durable and water resistant.

I think its a perfectly safe coffee table that more than suitable for the modern home. The gold and the white 1 both at $179.

Here is another picture.

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I think its a great steal. But I wonder if we can take the cover off and wash it? You know how active babies are?

Beanbag coffee tables? What more can we expect from designers?

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Remember this?

Last week, I did an interview with Lucy Tatam from Melia.

If you haven read the interview, read it here.

Lucy was kind enough to email me the catalogue for her products.

Please download it here.

IF you are serious about dressing your living room with “underwear” and enhance your living room’s “inner beauty”, please visit or download the catalogue for more information.

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