We’ve talked before about what you can do without a dedicated dining room, but what about going without a dedicated dining table? In many modern homes, there simply isn’t room for a dining table both in terms of space and functionality. For instance, this spring I’m using my dining table to start my garden indoors. […]
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Nesting Coffee Tables: A Stylish Solution For Small Space Living
02
Sep
Sep
When you’re decorating a small living room, it seems obvious that you should choose furniture that’s on the small side and have less of it. But while it’s important to scale your furniture to the size of the room, sometimes having more individual pieces can actually help save space. Nesting coffee tables are a great […]
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Storage-Smart Coffee Tables To Make The Most Of Your Living Room
28
Aug
Aug
Coffee tables are the centerpiece of almost every living room, but despite their prominent positioning (and near-ubiquity), they aren’t always the most useful – or stylish – pieces of furniture. The good news is, your coffee table can be more than a remote-rest and clutter-catcher. Especially if you’re working with a small space, or short […]
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Bringing the Past to Life with Glass-Top Petrified Wood Tables
26
May
May
It might seem like a rare, idle luxury to have real fossils decorating your home, but petrified wood is both a charming callback to simpler (okay, prehistoric) times and a fun, functional material for furniture. Petrified wood tables make great statement pieces for any living or dining room, and these days you don’t have to […]
28
Apr
Apr
Entertaining at home can feel like a drag if you keep to the same look every time someone comes over. While some may move furniture around to freshen the living room up, another option to augment the space with specific pieces just for guests. Cocktail tables were created to do just that. This cousin of […]
30
Jun
Jun
Most of the furniture you buy for a living room, you buy for the long-term. Big ticket items like your sofa set and seating, and workhorses like your TV stand or bookshelves serve two functions: to get the job done, and to look neutral enough that they won’t make your living space feel dated a few […]
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Multi-Function Coffee Tables To Streamline A Modern Living Room
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Apr
Apr
It’s no secret that I love multi-functional furniture. From sleeper sofas to storage beds and everything in between, my small-space-loving heart soars when I find a great piece of furniture that really earns its keep. Nesting tables, ladder chairs, garden stools – you name it, if it does more than one thing well, I love […]
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Five Pieces Of Furniture That Will Help You Entertain In A Small Space
09
Feb
Feb
Everyone likes to have friends over once in a while – even people who aren’t every-weekend entertainers. But entertaining guests gets a lot more complicated the less space you have; if you don’t have a formal dining room, a big open kitchen, or even much space at all beyond your ordinary living areas, there isn’t […]
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Vintage Factory Carts Double As Trendy Coffee Tables
29
Jul
Jul
Though almost all living rooms have one, coffee tables aren’t often used as a visual focal point. On the one hand, this is a very strange thing, since coffee tables occupy primo real estate: they’re placed literally right in the center of the room. At the same time, though, coffee tables fall firmly in the […]
09
Mar
Mar
Rustic, reclaimed wood has become a very trendy material in home design, from floors and wall accents to furniture and everything in between. But it’s rare to be able to showcase wood in its natural form – even heavily weathered wood still bears a stamp of human craftsmanship as it was once cut and sanded […]
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