Creative Uses for End Tables

If you think end tables are forfeitable furnishings, you are mistaken. End tables are common furnishings commissioned according to singular appeal, to maintain balance, and provide a useful function. They offer spacious tabletops that hold lamps and exhibit photos, floral arrangements, or valuable displays. End tables with drawers, shelves and cabinets provide storage solutions for small or large rooms.

End tables are the function keys of room decor; without them, the furniture network lacks efficiency and access is limited. End tables might have three legs or four; tables are round, oval, square, rectangular, triangular, octagonal, and heart-shaped. End tables are made of wood, metal, rattan, leather, glass, slate, and tile; there is a combination that is ideal for every room, including porches and patios. Room Management Modern bathrooms are spacious and luxurious, and cabinet-style or curio end tables are perfect for holding clocks and accent lamps and for displaying knick-knacks, perfume bottles or antique hand mirrors; drawer and cabinet storage options reduce clutter.

End tables in bedrooms make the best bedside lamp tables, keeping lighting properly angled for reading. Cabinet and shelf-style end tables neatly hide away novels, journals, crossword puzzles and bedtime necessities. End tables placed next to reading chairs turn bedroom corners into reading nooks. In children's rooms, end tables with storage control clutter.

End tables are the perfect addition to kitchens and dining rooms. End tables can be used as phone and message centers; end tables with drawers and shelves can be used to store placemats, napkins, and tablecloths. Add ambiance to a dining room by placing a plant or lamp on an end table in front of a window. Use a large end table with shelves as a mini bar, or to display and serve appetizers and desserts when company arrives.

End tables can be used in hallways and foyers, as common ground for keys, mail, messages, kid's lunches, pet leashes: anything that is dropped off or picked up on the way in and out of the house. And without question, end tables belong in living rooms to add comfort and balance to casual or formal settings.