Console Tables Provide Storage and Display Space

The console table, a long rectangular table, with our without cabinets and/or drawers, that is usually placed against a wall, will provide you with a welcome bit of display space. Since they are often employed in areas where wider or heavier pieces of furniture will not suit, they can easily become a focal point in a hallway or entry foyer. Because of their knack for filling up the spaces that nothing else can handle, versatile console tables are enjoying a new surge of popularity in today’s well-furnished homes.

The shape of console tables allows them to fit against a wall and keep enough floor space open so that you can move past them without bumping into them, even in narrow hallways. Their length makes them almost perfect for displaying small collections or holiday-related decorations. I use the one in my entryway for a seasonal display. In the autumn it bears pumpkins and gourds. In the winter, you’ll find a basket of pine’s cones and acorns with a few sprigs of holly and in the spring and summer, I use it for fresh flowers if it is not pressed into duty for a holiday theme.

Console tables can come in classical furniture styles or they can be quite contemporary. Some have drawers and others cabinets. Some have both and a few, Spartan models, have neither. They are usually made of wood, but a few of them more modern ones can be found in metal and glass, or more contemporary materials. There is certainly no shortage of varieties of to pick from when shopping for a console table.

So, with such a variety to choose from, you will doubtless have no trouble finding one to fit in your home. Nor, I suspect, will you ever lack for creative ways to use the space and storage it provides. These charming tables are a great decorative find, and I know yours will give you years of enjoyment.