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How to find the perfect coffee table to complete your living room
Before colour or style, a coffee table is chosen according to the life that happens around it: how many people walk past, what gets set down on it, the size of the sofa it sits in front of. A living room where two children do their homework does not have the same needs as a condo where friends come over on Saturday night, and the right table is simply the one that keeps pace with the room.
The living room you live in
In a room used every day, the table first has to let people through. Leave enough space to walk past without turning sideways, while staying close enough to reach your cup from the sofa. Where people pass often, choose a rounded shape with no corners in the way, like the Luigi by Colibri, made by hand. If things tend to pile up, pick a table that stores them: its drawer, or the lower shelf of the Winslet by Charles David, keeps the top clear. And if the floor sometimes needs clearing, casters like those on the Winslet let you move it with one hand. As for height, a table at seat height, or just below, stays the most practical.
Winslet coffee table by Charles David
The living room for entertaining
When the room is mainly for having people over, the size of the table matters more than anything. In front of a large sectional, aim for a generous top covering roughly two thirds of the sofa's length, so everyone can set down a glass without leaning: the Bali by Charles David, with its black ceramic top on a gold metal base, is a good example. In a condo it is the opposite. Every centimetre counts, and a light tone visually lightens the room, like the bleached solid mango wood of the Bilanka. Finally, match the material to what is already there: a wooden table softens a very mineral living room, while a ceramic top gives character to a room full of wood.
Bilanka coffee table by Charles David
A few measurements before you visit Casavogue
Before coming to the store, take a few minutes to note the length of your sofa, the height of its seat and the free space in front of it. They are simple details, but they let the team at Casavogue in Montreal point you straight to the tables that will naturally find their place in your home, among models in wood, ceramic, glass and metal.