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None of my furniture is that precious, but some guests don't feel comfortable with "aw, we got it off the curb, just set your glass on it" so I've got some Flor tile samples that I offer to people who are so-scrupled.

My roommate has a metal coffee table that gets permanent rings when a wet drink is set on it for too long, so I used old bar cardboard coasters for a while. I finally found a few sets of great coasters at a second-run store, and bought them and use them whenever I'm in the living room, or if I have a bottle of wine at dinner (keeps the drips from ruining my tablecloths).

I don't see how a household operates without coasters, unless all the furniture is lucite. Do the people with no coasters only drink beverages at mealtime?

Even lucite will scratch without a coaster.

We use them all the time. It's a hassle but oh well.

My roommate and I don't care about our cheap Ikea Lack coffee table (no dining table), but I do use a coaster on my desk in my room because it has a glass top.

My stainless steel coasters from CB2 show waterspots.

We don't use coasters...but I do keep a nice patterned napkin on my computer desk for my hot coffee. I guess that counts.

The living room coffee table is an old painted trunk--I doubt I could even get the kids to use coasters!

I have been searching for good coasters for weeks now and discovered there are way too many kitchy "themed" ones on the market. Luckily, I just found a set of 12 simple square cork coasters at Ikea.

I ordered a few 3Form samples that I am now using as coasters.

Furniture is meant to be used...it adds to the "patina".
No coasters in this house...I have them, they just never get used.

I love coasters, and wouldn't want to ruin my furniture any more than my cat already does...

I've had these (Eames chairs) coasters for a few years... They are too nice for everyday, so I use simple plain cork ones from Ikea.

i've got really pretty black damask rubber coasters, so i love using them!

I just got some felt samples from the peace industry rug folks because I'm thinking of getting rug from them. they are the best coasters ever. thick gorgeous rich colored felt. fab.

Yep, because my coffee table will get a water ring if a glass sits on it for about 1 second. Not very attractive!

I have some old wood tables that I inherited. People are hesitant to put their glasses on them so I have coasters out all of the time. It seems to make people more comfortable about putting their glasses down.
For the winter I put out wooden ones I got at the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Buffalo and for the summer I use ones that look like postcards.

I just bought these awesome wood grain print coasters from Moderndose! The knit print ones are too cute too!

http://www.moderndose.com/index.php?cPath=24_68

I guess I'd be one of those guests who'd be scared to put a drink on a coaster-less table...

We use the Ikea cork ones too. I love the prettier ones - glass, silver, etc. - but I've always just assumed they wouldn't work too well, what with not absorbing the moisture. I'd always be worried about the condensation running right off onto the table. Does that not happen?

I use an eclectic mix of square wooden ones picked up in Bali. Some have mother of pearl inlaid and othes have cinammon swirls embedded into them - smell great!

Can't live without them! (And incidentally I use the Eames ones shown above)

I put coasters on my Christmas list. There are some great ideas here - hope Santa is reading!

I also use the cork coaster from IKEA that others mentioned. I have several sets of fancier ones (metal, glass, ceramic), but I prefer the cork as it is absorbent.

I always use coasters. I have several sets, including beautiful felt backed slate squares, whick look lovely on my mahogany cocktail table.

I quilt and for Christmas presents I'm making little quilted coasters with cocktail printed fabrics.

My furniture is so, well, crappy, really, that coasters would be ridiculous. The particle-board coffee table I painted with high-gloss black paint and covered with a cloth to make it bearable? Please, set your drink right down. But I'm about to move into a new place, and there's crazy talk of an actual coffee table and end table - the grown-up type, made from wood. So I will finally get to use my coasters, a set made by a local artist with the image of a famous Cambridge sign "Live Poultry - Fresh Killed."

I had the Eames ones as well and I found they were always coming up with the glass, most coasters do...so I bought the cork Ikea ones.

we got some for our wedding, they're frosted glass and then have a clear part in the center and a slot on the bottom so you can insert pictures, or color swatches, or whatever you want. they look pretty nice and the fact that you can customize them a bit is nice. came with a little holder and all. we just have a cheap ikea lack coffee table and we still use them on that. No sense in ruining something, even if it doesn't cost much.

Aaargh! My pet hate. I loathe coasters and the nazis who use them. I have started to see a few cool sets recently, but in the main they're fugly.

So far in my life, I have preferred furniture that needs no coasters. I prefer furniture I can stand on too.