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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Hebe Hatton

I don't have room for a coffee table in my small living room – so I asked designers for the best coffee table alternatives to try

Three living rooms with coffee table alternatives.

A coffee table is a bit like the kitchen island, it's seen as the center of the room, the piece in which all other furniture sits around. It's an essential right? But what if you don't have the space for one, or it simply doesn't work with the layout you want to create for your living room. Well fear not, there are plenty of alternatives that can replace the coffee table in your space.

I know all too well the struggle with not being able to make a coffee table work in your living room. While in the title of this piece, I have already mentioned that my living room is small, that's not the only issue holding me back from adding in a coffee table. Because the room also has to double as a dining room, and it's semi-open plan with the kitchen too, so it's not really the dimensions holding me back, but more the effect that adding a bulky piece of furniture to the center of my open plan space would do for flow, both physically and visually.

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