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[Jeannine Lander]

Adrink table is a small piece of accent furniture you should not only know about but use in your home. They are stylish, diminutive, and add a dose of sophistication to a room as well as very practical! Here is a decorating guide for the useful, darling, and decorative drink table and a collection of 18 favorites.

Drink tables are just what they sound like. They are little tables, also called martini tables or cocktail tables. These charming yet elegant accent tables are just big enough to hold a drink or something small. They are modest in stature, usually no more than twenty inches high, and often smaller. This makes them perfect to put next to an accent chair or sofa.

Drink Tables are most often used in a living room or family room where people gather to socialize or relax. They are small enough to tuck between furniture. Or to add at the end of a chair, loveseat, or sofa that does not have a coffee table or end table near.

Drink tables are so versatile they can be used in the bedroom next to a bed or in the bathroom near a tub. Think of drink tables as side tables that are the perfect size to go anywhere you need to put something small on. From a dining room, to a stair landing, and a foyer, little drink tables will enhance your style and the beauty of your living space.

Just like any table, drink tables can be made from metal like brass or brushed nickel and from other materials like marble, acrylic, wicker, glass, wood, or combinations. This makes them easy to work with the look, feel, and style of any room.

The Tabletop: The top of a drink table can vary in shape. The most popular shape is round. It can have a border around the edge or be borderfree. However, drink tables with square, rectangle, oval, and tops with irregular shapes are popular too.

The Base: The three most popular bases on a drink table have four legs, a pedestal base, or a C-shaped leg that tucks under a sofa or chair. There are also three-leg drink tables and garden stool drink tables that are drum-shaped.

Drink tables come in various sizes. Because they are small and work as a table to set a drink down on, they usually sit at or slightly below the arm of a sofa or chair. They are often between fifteen and twenty-one inches tall and can vary in diameter.

A drink table is a reasonably priced, attractive, and multifunctional piece of furniture to make part of your decor. Cheers to finding the ideal drink table that perfectly complements your taste and lifestyle!

I thought I was the only one that is crazy about these small tables! I have three in my house. My favorite one is a small wicker table in my sunroom. I like the suggestions you gave of items to place on a drink table.

Thanks, Yvonne, for your informative post! I think I might need to get at least two of these for our living room. I have never thought about this until I read your post. These little tables are great. I really like the oblong table you have by your sofa!

This past weekend was highly productive. Between cleaning out/organizing this one closet I had been eying for some time now, buying a new car and finally "scaping" my new coffee table, I am feeling very accomplished on this Monday morning. For today's post, I wanted to share some of the latest updates to our new coffee table. As you may recall from this post, we purchased a new coffee table to better fit the scale of our living space and provide guests with a little more leg room when gathered around our coffee table. Opting to go with a glass/metal coffee table was a must for lightening up the space, especially since the perimeter of our room is a sea of dark wood. When I came across the Claremont Coffee Table, I was absolutely over the moon! In addition to being the ideal color, shape and size, this coffee table also came with an antique mirrored lower shelf. New look and additional storage had me totally smitten.

While everything about this coffee table is exactly what I was looking for, it did present one challenge - my traditional coffee table tray of decor didn't translate to this new table. In addition, I was now tasked with designing 2 levels.

For the top layer, I decided to keep it simple with a pretty vase that I have currently filled with a mix of fresh white roses and gladiolas. This minimalistic approach keeps the table functional and doesn't detract from the lower tier display. Here is a breakdown of what I used to create the lower tier display:

I love to decorate with books, so using coffee table books on this shelf was a no brainer. I decided to go with a set of completely fresh books on this my coffee table, since they would be displayed prominently for everyone to see (unlike my bookshelf where people only see books from a distance). Note- When purchasing coffee table books to stack for display purposes, it is important to make sure that the book dimensions are similar in order to create a cohesive look. Here is a list with links for the coffee table books I selected:

I love the look and texture of a succulent. The pop of green color, paired with the low profile and rustic box makes this a perfect addition to this display shelf. The one thing that I would like to note about succulents is that they require full light to thrive (since they are a member of the cacti family), so I would recommend using a faux succulent (like this one or this one) in a space like your living room where full light might not be an option.

I have said this time and again, set your guests up for success by placing coasters throughout your various sitting/gathering areas. Keeping in mind my mantra and my concept of varying textures, I have opted to stack this set of Bali Coasters. Not only do they provide protection for my coffee table from drink condensation, but I also love the handwoven look of these round coasters (and at a cost of $5.95, how could I resist?!).

Decorative bowls are a great addition to any display space. For this coffee table, I opted to include my large CB2 Brass Pinch bowl to balance out the side opposite my coffee table books and give the space a pop of metallic color. In addition, I included my small Simon Pearce Chaplain bowl in the middle to dress up the space and balance out my more casual accents (succulent and coasters).

A book of matches and/or a lighter is extremely useful to have in every room that contains candles and/or votives. While commercial matchboxes and lighters are not the most aesthetically pleasing, a decorative matchbox cover like the one pictured above or this one, will provide you with the ability to have a practical item on display without junking up the look of your coffee table. I am particularly fond of this matchbox not only because it was a gift from my best friend but also because it ties in perfectly to the orange/coral color in my throw pillows.

Just like designing a bookshelf, creating this display required a great deal of mixing, matching, arranging and re-arranging before I achieved an end result that I was happy with. I would encourage you to thoughtful with the items you choose to include on your coffee table and remember to stay focused on functionality, design and color scheme. Keeping these thoughts in mind will ensure coffee tablescaping success!

Fast forward to 3 years later. ON June 23, 2024 I came home from work and the sobro coffee table was still in working operational condition. I go to sleep. And then the following morning I wake up and find the glass tempered glass top from Mt sobro coffee table in my living room exploded with broken glass debris all over my apartment in the middle of the night. I did purchase a seperate warranty protection plan for the coffee table and glad I did.

I called sobro customer service and asked if leaving the sobro coffee table plugged in 24/7for the refrigerator unit to function would cause this to explode the glass top. The REP said no that should not happen.

4 years ago, I decided to buy this "amazing" and very expensive side table for me to have cold beverages ready and cold. When I was ready to use it, fridge didn't work. Contacted support center and they were not helpful at all. After 4 years later, I regret severely buying this table.

Woke up to SHATTERED GLASS everywhere from the coffee table, it was such a shame because we really enjoyed the table even though the plug and usb ports failed after a few months of purchase. I wish they had an option to upload pictures so I could share what the table looks like. No cause for the glass to even break, just happened in the middle of the night while we were asleep.

What exactly is the difference between a coffee table and a cocktail table? It seems like it all depends on what type of drink you prefer to set on it. I'm on the cocktail table team. Also, for some reason I always think about Kramer (from Seinfeld) and his infamous coffee table book that actually turns into a coffee table.

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