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A Console Table to Complete Your Home

Cynthia — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:02:40 +0000

Transform your home with a beautiful console table in your sitting room. Nothings adds quite as much sophistication and glamour as an ornate and well designed side table. Perfect as a functional table which will make place for all your accessories and decorative items, this is a purchase you are never going to regret. There are so many different styles and varieties in this genre that you are going to have a really hard time choosing! In fact, you should probably get more than one for different rooms- the living room, the bedroom, the entrance hallway and so on!

A console table can be made of different materials like wood, glass, metals, and even stone. The types of wood include maple, oak, birch, cherry, mahogany, walnut, ash and many others. While hardwood typically provides an extremely classy and elegant look, it can be expensive. You can go for wood finish tables – metallic or molded tables with wood veneer. These are relatively less expensive. Usually such a table is about 4 feet high with the top about 2 feet wide and 2 feet in length. But sizes can be customized to fit your requirements.

There are also console tables suited for different purposes like media consoles, wine consoles, and curio consoles and so on. A lovely and traditional wine console made of solid walnut wood will be perfect for your living room where you can store and display your treasured wines and drinks. And a glass and pewter finish modern media console table with a number of shelves will be the ideal place for TV, gaming units and media player. It will be extremely functional and look absolutely gorgeous as well. Thinking about getting one of these for every room, are you? Well, no one can blame you!

The glass and metal media console costs about $ 200 while the hardwood wine console can cost in excess of $ 400. A beautiful ash wood and mahogany inlay table, perfect for keeping next to your luxurious sofa, will cost $ 600 but a metal frame table with cherry veneer and tempered glass top can be bought for $ 180. So while selecting a console table, keep in mind the décor of your home, the space you have to spare for the table and of course, the size of your wallet! All these will define your buy.

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The Need For a Console Table

Alberto — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:14:19 +0000

The layout of décor in different rooms determines the way a home looks. Every home needs to incorporate furniture that complements the interiors of an area. A piece of furniture that can’t be avoided in a home is a console table. Available in a variety of aesthetic shapes and sizes, this type of table is used in homes to accentuate the interiors in a room. Although these tables are conventionally placed near the living area, a lot of compact tables with exquisitely carved designs on the woodwork are being used to adorn different rooms. The sleek designs of these tables add a detailed perspective to a room. The dynamic presence of these tables enhances the layout of a room.

A lot of people use a console table to keep keys, pens, glares, and other small accessories. Most times these accessories lie scattered all over the table and resemble litter in plush surroundings. Too many accessories on these tables can make the room look haphazard and shabby. It is an absolute necessity to adorn the table with minimal accessories to highlight its mesmerizing shape and structure. These tables blend with different styles of décor. The various designs and shapes of these tables gel beautifully in homes with, traditional, contemporary and futuristic styled décor.

A console table is a supreme piece of furniture that complements the interiors in a room. A lot of individuals choose console tables with slender gazelle like legs that blend beautifully with sleek designs of lampshades, plasmas and music systems. A console table looks beautiful with the presence of detailed lighting in a room. A lot of compact console tables with glass tops are becoming popular because of their sleek designs. These tables add the quaint little charm that every home requires, and can be used for multiple purposes, making them indispensible.

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Where Should You Place Your Console Tables?

Cynthia — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:10:02 +0000

Twin Console Tables

Console tables combine style, elegance and functionality and have been in existence for several centuries. They have a rich history –according them the status of collectors’ items –and have metamorphosed from the earlier two-legged version to the present day four-legged tables.

These tables make any room where they are found look elegant. There’s this air of classiness they bring to any room they are placed in the home. Additionally, they are very good as storage facilities since they usually come equipped with shelves, cabinets and drawers. Of course, you already know this which is why you’ve already bought or on the verge of buying your own console table.

A quick advice for those who are about to purchase their own console tables: be sure to get one that will last you well, serving its purpose. Getting this is a function of considering several factors such as: what is your taste? What are your needs? What is your budget? What will blend in with your home décor…? I love these tables and can continue talking about them, but hey I don’t want to lose the focus of this particular console table article!

Now that you’ve gotten your table, the pertinent question is: where should I place it? This is a rather relevant question as it ultimately determines the overall usefulness of your console table, whatever the reason for which you got it. This is a question that should be considered before going to shop for the table. The following will help you determine where to place your console table:

How much space do you have? This will determine the available space that can be spared for your console table and ultimately, the size of the table to go for. If your home is small, you probably will not need a large table and vice versa. Knowing this will help you decide where you can fit in your table.

How best will it complement your home? This is the overall consideration. The console table you chose, wherever you decide to place it, must add (not detract from) to the decorative ambiance of your home.

Having mentioned these, there are a variety of places where you can place your console table and they include: long and roomy hallways, large empty foyers, spacious living rooms and dining rooms, large closets and a host of other places. Deciding where they fit best is a subject of trying out different arrangements and determining where it looks best.

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Craft Your Own Unique Console Table

Alberto — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:43:41 +0000

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By its very definition – a console table refers to a small table fixed to a wall or designed to be set against a wall – it is evident that crafting your very own console table is a cake-walk. Suitable to be a beginner’s project on account of its easy to follow lines, a console table can turn out to be a dream project. It is a multi-purpose table, available in a variety of shapes, sizes, designs, styles and quality. Fabricated from either wood or glass, its ubiquitous nature lends itself to creative inclinations as no other piece of furnishing does. Simple, yet sophisticated the console table has truly earned its place in every home and heart.

A basic console table has only 9 segments – 4 legs and rails in addition to a top. One can start with a beginner’s toolbox consisting of a healthy mix of portable power tools and hand tools. Besides being easy, the design enables optimum use of everything contained in the woodworking guide. And to top it all, your console table is ready sooner than you think. Just by learning a few basic moves one can hope to be accomplished in the art of creating your very own unique console table. Incredible!!! Not really, until you’ve had a go at it.

A quick sketch to design the shape of the console table – for e.g. legs tall enough to allow one to slip shoes underneath, a low shelf for decorative items and another shelf to hold a few drawers topped with well-sanded untreated wood board. Select wood of correct width and thickness for your console table. Use dowels and a wood drill bit and wood glue to assemble the parts. Cutting the various parts to required length, use a pencil mark to delineate on the uprights where the shelves need to go. A gluing doweling instruction guide to drill holes for the dowels is available.

Squeeze a little glue in the holes of the uprights and insert the dowels. Assemble the uprights by squeezing glue into holed drilled in the shelves. Finally assemble the top board by placing in on top of the uprights. Make sure the console table stands perfectly straight before placing weights. After allowing a standing time of 12 hours, sand all the surfaces and edges of the console table. Order cane drawers or use recycled hardboard drawers and fix them with nail back drawer stops leaving some margin. Choose a finishing say two coats of linseed oil and whoa your console table is ready to use.

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Accessories for your Console table

Alberto — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:57:14 +0000

Console Table

A console table is generally used to place decorative items, knick knacks, picture frames, candles, lamps, ferns etc. Accessorizing your console table can be so much fun and enhance the beauty of any room. A mix and match of accessories in colors that blend with the environs provide a perfect finishing touch. Console tables offer ample storage space taking care of daily paper clutter and lots of other stuff which needs to be stashed in. They help fill up awkward and empty spaces in any room and prove to be a double bonus. Taking care of the clutter and taking care of the beauty at the same time.

Depending upon where they are placed, console table accessories and colors need to match. Generally glass and white accessories are a safe option at all places. For a bright look, try using colors already in use in the room, perhaps of a stronger shade. If the console table is in the foyer, books especially hard bound or coffee table books are powerful styling tools. Books should be stacked up in piles of two or four, with the largest and heaviest at the bottom. Casually strew an hour glass or a candle on top. Adds a touch of class to the console table and leaves a lasting impression on any visitor.

Choose your accessories with care. Begin with an orchid or a tall vase in the center for height. Fill the vase with flowering branches such as Magnolias or Tiger Lilies. Set a lamp/candle behind so that the glow is partially covered by the flowering branches. This arrangement on a console table placed behind a sofa or a love-seat generates a romantic ambiance. Crystal musical instruments or animal’s viz. cygnets in pairs or a triangular formation placed in front grace your console table to perfection.

This contrast in size and shape, light and shade, height and depth permits your console table to yield a profound effect invariably – a masterpiece no less!!!

For the console table located in your bedroom or the study, one needs to layer the knick knacks to the front and some to the back of the table working outward from your highest point. This lends an asymmetrical look and gives the console table movement. Small silvery wicker trays with fragrant candles amidst wreathe or flat dishes with floating candles or flower petals endow a soft look. Keep moving and mixing in new pieces on the console table in different planes and asymmetrical lines to achieve a refined look you’ll simply cherish. Have fun!!!

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