| Coffee tables can be customized to reflect your | | | | height. |
| changing needs or to give an update to any room in | | | | If the do-it-yourself route is unappealing to you, |
| your home. If you've decided to change the ones | | | | consider approaching a craftsman to design and build |
| you have, but don't know where to start, here are a | | | | you one-of-a-kind coffee tables. You can select the |
| few ideas to get you going. | | | | type of material you'd like it to be constructed from, |
| Perhaps the easiest change you can make to | | | | the size, the shape, and the finish. It may be a more |
| customize your coffee tables is to give them a new | | | | expensive alternative to customizing one, but you will |
| display or focus. Has it defaulted to the area that | | | | be pleased with your original piece of furniture that is |
| collects all of the household junk that has no other | | | | not just a place to set your cup of coffee but also a |
| space? Clean it off and start fresh. Use it to proudly | | | | piece of art that you can show off always. |
| display your collectables or unique home | | | | Of course, customized coffee tables don't need to |
| décor accessories. Try not to use more than | | | | be coffee tables at all - be creative and use different |
| one third of the coffee table's area for a display. And | | | | pieces of furniture to mimic them. Place a funky |
| remember, anything that you can imagine can be | | | | piece of fabric that matches your décor or a |
| used as the centerpiece! | | | | shallow bamboo tray over an old trunk. You could |
| Maybe you've realized your coffee tables are old, out | | | | also cluster three smaller end tables together to |
| of date, and seen better days. An economical option | | | | serve as your coffee table. If they are of varying |
| for customizing it is to give it a makeover. Sand any | | | | heights, this will add to the uniqueness. Another |
| rough areas on the top and the legs. Give it a fresh | | | | option is to consider a small chest of drawers to |
| coat of varnish. Alternatively, for an entirely different | | | | serve as your coffee table. This is a functional choice, |
| look, give it a new coat of paint. | | | | as the drawers will allow you to store things such as |
| You could also keep an eye out for coffee tables at | | | | candles, magazines, or other items. Just make sure |
| yard sales, fleas markets, and second-hand stores. | | | | the height and size of the chest is suitable for the |
| Keep in mind the shape and style of them, as you | | | | size of your room. |
| can always cover any blemishes or unattractive | | | | Customizing your coffee tables need not be a |
| colors with a paint color of your choice. You could | | | | difficult process. By using your imagination, you can |
| also consider shortening or lengthening the legs of | | | | end up with an attractive and pleasing customized |
| your bargain coffee table to make it just the right | | | | coffee table. |