Small Coffee Tables- Great Ideas For Tight Spaces

For those tight spaces that we call a living room, there is the small coffee table. Or maybe a small coffee table can be used as an end table for your couches. But either way, the smaller you decide to go, the less you will have to pay. It’s obviously cheaper for the manufacturer to make so you pay less, but also if you buy online, shipping charges will be dramatically lower than other larger coffee tables. There are a ton of different styles to choose from. Just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean you have to skimp on style. Check out some of these different kinds that are of the tinier variety.

Small Acrylic Coffee Tables: These types of coffee tables are getting more and more popular, at least recently in the U.S., whereas in other parts of the world, these have been stylish for decades. Italian furniture makers are at the fore front of this medium. Getting a small acrylic coffee table will mean you are paying a lot less when it comes to acrylic tables. Acrylic can get extremely expensive! This is due to the fact that these acrylic coffee tables (and other peices of furniture for that matter) are considered to be more works of art than peices of regular furniture. Get a small coffee table that is acrylic, and you’ll still be paying a pretty penny, and there will be a designer’s name you are basically paying for! However, there are some knock-off brands. What’s the difference? The name. Of course, some would argue otherwise.

Small Coffee Tables With Wood Veneer: Many of the big box retailers and other online retailers will sell a variety of small coffee tables that are nice quality and cheap. This is because these are most likely made with a veneer finish. These will be shipped in many peices (just like any coffee table) and you put them together at your residence. You need to be careful doing this with veneer finishes, though! During construction of the small coffee table, that is often when scratches occur. We’ve all seen those ugly scratches, where the white looking wood shows up beneath the dark veneer fiinish. Since you’re buying small with the veneer finish, the pricing on these are extremely cheap and shipping cost is minimal.

Smaller Slate Coffee Tables: Small coffee tables that are slate are beautiful, unique, rustic, and come in a variety of styles. Slate is a stone that is billions of years old, now found in a lot of coffee tables! The great thing about slate coffee tables is that each one will look completely unique, because no two pieces of slate are the same. Many small coffee table designs make use of the slate material, and you can find a bunch in a lot of big box retail stores. Some can look yellow, while others will look blue, gray, or jet black. Just keep in mind if you are buying one of these small coffee tables online that are slate, the finished product you receive in the mail is always going to look darker, lighter, or more yellow than in the picture.