A few weekends ago at the Antiques Garage, I bought two regency tables to use as a pair of coffee tables, so of course I have styling on the brain. Coffee tables are a front-and-center place to display your personal items–favorite art books, meaningful trinkets–but you also want to keep it a little functional. Shamefully, some of our dinners are eaten off our current (tiny) coffee table, so I can’t really justify doing some flamboyant tablescaping with objets (omit the C when you’re feeling fancy), when some days, I need to clear the table for Chinese!
So here are the basics: a few pretty books, a really nice candle to burn whenever you want the day to feel a little special, coasters (good ones!), and a tray or dish for the random stuff that surfaces. Or if you’re an heiress, your ruby collection.
