Console Tables The Perfect Marriage Of Storage And Style
Standing in the hall holding linens or welcoming guests in the entry way, console tables have long been part of a homes dcor. Sometimes cluttered, but always useful their popularity is vastly increasing, since being add to living room dcor. Designed to be placed against a wall they are now being placed against the backs of sofas as well. So not only can you stash the days mail on one as you come in the door you can also serve wine on one in the comfort of your living room. If it has drawers your wine key and coasters will be close at hand.
Once just decorative, console tables now have a greater purpose; storing and displaying your favorite things. So, welcome guests with a bouquet of bright booms and have a paper and pen waiting handily in a drawer to leave a note. Add interest in the hall with a picture of your trip to France that reminds you of the luxuriousness of good bedding as you pull out fresh linens from the drawers below. Serve some peanuts in the living room alongside an elephant lamp as you search for your Dumbo DVD behind the artfully embellished lower door. Or get creative and use some...