Table skirts are rarely seen in modern interiors - they are about as granny as things get. But we've found some ideas that skirt the traditional fussy design details and reinvent the concept for our time. Skirting a table is a great way to conceal storage beneath, something us urban dwellers are always trying to achieve!
Piping the material in a contrasting solid creates glamorous contrast while still remaining pretty simple. Fabric trends like ikat, colorblocking, long layers, and animal prints can also lend a contemporary sensibility to table skirt designs. If you're really strapped for storage space or just want to add some softness to a bathroom with a pedestal sink, a custom skirt will do the job in there as well.
FIRST ROW:
1. Domino
2. Little Green Notebook
3. Little Green Notebook
4. Trad Home
5. Lonny
SECOND ROW:
6. Massucco Warner Miller
7. Tom Scheerer
8. Grant K. Gibson
9. The Glam Lamb
10. M&J Trimming
Images: As credited above.
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I don't know why ppl like these. Even when the fabric is interesting and the details are immaculate, they still look sloppy to me.
I'm actually really loving skirted tables lately. You don't see them often in homes. It's probably not that cheap to do, however, since you probably want to have the perfect tailored fit which involves a professional making something custom. I'm not sure how much that would cost. Not a bad way to cover an ugly table.
I love skirted tables...
sellers like Wisteria and ballard designs have some affordable options that look great.
Skirted tables/sinks add elegance! My mother made a skirt for the tiny wall sink in a half bath. It made the room.
Almost all of those images, with the exception of that one ruffled one, feature the same exact design. While the fabrics are a little more modern, I don't think there is anything modern at all about a table skirt. Not saying I hate them, I just don't think they're modern. They can easily look fussy or sloppy.
Not a fan. A skirted table just says "there's a cheap peice of plywood under here" to me. Even skirts for bathroom sinks are hard to pull off, and even then they say "I've got a lot of clutter."
I like the last one, I suppose, but isn't it really just a table cloth?
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If it's done well and makes sense in the room you won't even think about those possibilities.
No... even if it's done well and I imagine the table beneath is nice-looking, I would wonder what weirdo dislikes their table enough to dover it up. If it's just being partial to a particular textile, I think there usually are better ways to incorporate a favored fabric into a room than by covering up an attractive table.
To each their own. I think they're fabulous.
With the furniture-lust ppl tend to exhibit here, I would find it weird. But generally if I am in someone's home, my mentality is not the same as when I'm on AT. But once you're looking at pictures on a screen, the experience is automatically artificial.
Never mind the skirts, the staircase in that first pic is what you should be featuring- it's fabulous!!
Gee whiz-- first table skirts, then todays post about little glass animal knick knacks. Where are the crochet antimacassars?
I love to wear skirts but wouldn't want to dress my table in one.
Another benefit to these is that they're another method of infusing color into a room you aren't able to paint. As a renter, I achieve my color scheme with accessories. I'm not keen on all these, but love #1, 3 & 9.
Sometimes they are because your furniture is ugly. The only little side table that would fit as a bedside table in my room had this ghastly stain on it and was covered in marker. I tossed an Ikea Polarvide throw over it (yellow - my room is full of bright warm colours), and now it not only covers up the ugly side table and the wires running behind it, but it adds a great splash of colour.
I have a skirted desk in my bedroom because I don't currently have space for a desk anywhere else. Instead of leaving my scanner/printer/supplies out in plain view (where they would drive my O.C. tendencies into overdrive), I hide them under the skirt. In my case, it helps keep the room from looking sloppy and jumbled!
Sometimes it's not that your furniture is ugly, it's that you have a piece the right size and shape, but the colour and proportions are off.
When I moved into my recent, somewhat temporary rental, my new living room was much bigger. I needed a larger piece beside the sofa. I had an old kitchen table that fit, but looked like an old kitchen table. I then made a tailored skirt, similar to the ones above, and am very happy with the way it looks. Cheap and easy way to repurpose furniture. Skirted tables provide ample storage, which is great in small spaces.
As an aside, I have to laugh at the people who think this is deceptively covering up bad furniture. How is it different from paint or upholstery really? And even if the skirt is covering up plywood, why is that a problem?
IMHO, it's much better to use plywood and fabric until you can afford better pieces than to buy the super cheap stuff.
#8 is the only one I liked.
Agree with Cheryl555: the staircase and staircase runner in #1 are gorgeous.