Coffe Tables Today - By: brandonowp

Veranda magazine published an article in their September 2011 issue entitled “The World of Coffee Tables – A Guide To Our Favorite Finds.” The article explains the coffee table's ability to help define a room and gives a lovely overview of various coffee table styles available from some of the top designers in the country. For those who may have missed the article, we hope you'll find our response helpful and informative. Because coffee tables are such a lively centerpiece of any room they occupy, the process of selecting the perfect one to compliment your room, décor, and style can be a daunting task. The important point to remember is that style can be a relative term; selecting fabrics, colors, and themes of which you are fond, regardless of their “stylish status,” is essential.
Environmentally friendly minded consumers may enjoy the recycled materials used by companies such as Palecek. This distinguished company creates products which are largely plantation grown and use abundant, quickly renewable materials such as rattan, abaca, and seagrass which are more earth-friendly. Palecek also relies on water-based finishes for their paintable furniture, which in turn makes them safer for families as well as the environment. Palecek's Brighton coffee table, featured in Veranda, makes quite an impression with its stainless steel legs and wood plank top.
Lovers of stainless steel products may find themselves enthralled with the product line of Inox New York from John Lyle. This twenty-six year veteran has an extensive history working in bronze and steel and creates extraordinary pieces such as the reflective Dirac coffee table featured in the Veranda coffee table article. Inox New York specializes in highly polished stainless steel celebrated for its chic silhouette, flawless craftsmanship, and use of luxury materials.
If your style is reminiscent of old Hollywood with its timeless designs, classical forms, and modern sensibility, perhaps the designs of California native Madeline Stuart are right for you. Her Honore coffee table featured in Veranda accentuates both bronze and glass with an elegant French trim. Stuart's company not only emphasizes timeless elegance and design but focuses on architectural restoration and remodeling as well.
Other coffee table styles to be explored for your home are rope formation techniques, such as those available through Christian Astuguevieille, salvaged hardwoods, resembling those one might find through Restoration Hardware, and cast stone with rustic effects such as those available through Formations. The themes, designs, and styles possible with these products, and others like them, are practically endless. One thing is for sure: the best of taste will be displayed in your home when the centerpiece, the coffee table, is the perfect architectural accent for all to see.

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