If you're going to devote precious real estate in your living area to a coffee or side table, make sure it does double duty as added storage. By having a drawer or shelf in the tables that surround your seating, you're more likely to have a clutter free living room. Keeping the drawers organized, well, that's another matter completely. More

Designer Riley Mcferrin has found a way to marry modern design with natural elements. With a background in fine art, Mcferrin's early paintings were inspired by architecture, design and nature. Along the way he started making more three dimensional designs which would eventually lead to Hinterland, his British Columbia-based design studio. More

Dollhouse/Coffee Table in One
• $653
• Qubis Haus

Kids play in the living room all the time so why not have a coffee table that doubles as a modern dollhouse? The sliding panels can be removed down the line when your kids have outgrown it (unless you'd like to keep it going).

If you are looking to add color to your home in a major way, and painting is not an option or not your style, a bright and colorful coffee or side table makes a real statement. More

When I decorated my latest apartment, I had the hardest time finding a coffee table that worked for the small space and the dimensions of my low-height modern sofa. I remember wishing I could just make it myself. I ended up with one that I didn't love and three years later I'm in search for something a little more unique. Enter Etsy. More

This clever coffee table by Belgian designer Raphael Charles is the mysterious shape shifter of the furniture world: a modular table that joins together not by stacking or connecting, but by the force of a magnetic field. More

TRON: Legacy was one of those movies where the visuals far outshined the narrative, and it seems the followup to the 80's classic has sparked quite a bit of inspiration amongst fans looking to emulate the futuristic neon-infused set design. Here's an example made from 5 meters of $70 RGB LED lights and a custom table top... More

Need a punch of color in your space? Wanna have interiors that better fit the changing seasons (or your changing moods)? There are plenty of ways to bring in bursts of new color into your home, and one fun way is by buying or DIYing a colorful coffee table or end table! We gathered some of our favorite inspiration for you. More

Isamu Noguchi once said: "Everything is sculpture, any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture." Nowhere is this more apparent than in his Noguchi Coffee Table, which takes the idea of a table, breaks it down into its barest components, and then re-imagines and re-energizes it. More

If you're looking for classic furniture that's all about form and function, Herman Miller takes the cake. Designers like Ray and Charles Eames and George Nelson helped define the mid century modern classics we love. New designers are pushing the envelope, continuing to build the brand that has evolved over the past century.

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