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Vintage Factory Carts Double As Trendy Coffee Tables

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 realm of practical furnishings - they're used for setting down drinks and food, displaying m...

Multi-Function Coffee Tables To Streamline A Modern Living Room

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 it. Some of my personal favorites, though, are actually

Coffee Table 101: Building Your Living Room from the Ground Up

First appearing in its current form during the mid-nineteenth century, the coffee table is nowadays nearly as indispensable to a sitting room as a sofa. Whether or not you actually plan to use yours to hold coffee isn't important--they are trendy, all-purpose surfaces to build a room around. [caption id="attachment_1...

Dress Up Your Living Room With A Decorative Coffee Table

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 years down the road. The real decorating comes when you fill in the gaps, and if you ask me, there's ...

Five Clawed Foot Coffee Tables From Meridian To Dress Up Your Living Room

Furniture with clawed feet, where the bottom of a table's legs taper out into a round, claw-like shape was a style popularized in the 1700's. There are many variations clawed feet can have, and it's a style that has aged well and is sure to remain a timeless piece in your home. For this reason, here are five coffee tables in the clawed...

Perfect Espresso Coffee- How to Make a Great Cup and What to Look for in a Coffee Maker

All coffee is not brewed equal. All coffee is not even drinkable. And good coffee should be more affordable. This is my manifesto. And this post will give you my research. There seems to be no end to coffee and espresso machines, but I'll help you find the right...

The Best Kind Of Daily Grind: How To Pick The Right Coffee Grinder

Whether you have a high-end espresso machine, a $10 French press, or just a good old coffee machine

Hot Water Dispensers - A Dream Come True For Coffee And Tea Drinkers

Breaking news, guys! Okay, maybe just for me - but! I just found something really cool. Whitehaus has a full line of hot water dispensers. No, not like those big Sparklets jugs and not like every other faucet that you can turn to hot - these babies are beautiful, compact faucets that spit out pe...

Make your Coffee Maker Earn its Place in the Kitchen

There are two coffee pots, a French Press, and a thingy that boils water sitting on my counter. They're not mine. I would put a toaster there, and maybe some nice dirty dishes, because I am the only graduate student in North America who doesn't drink coffee. Ever. For any reason. I get that I'm in the minority here, and I'm okay with that. My theory is, if the first thing you want to...

Console Tables: The Must-Have Accent Table For Your Entryway

Entryways are one of the oddest rooms in the home. They're the first things guests see and set the tone for the house as a whole, but are often made of little leftover patches of space carved out or crammed in between the main rooms. That can make for some pretty unusual layouts, and a space that isn't exactly easy to decorate. Console tables are one of my favorite solutions to these problematic s...