Glass Coffee Table
by Elena
Glass Coffee Tables were once a luxury reserved for the wealthy. As furniture manufacturing has evolved, however, this furniture of clear elegance has become affordable, popular and much more diverse.
When considering a glass coffee table for your home, remember that your home’s appearance reflects the attitude and sensibility of your family and your life. How you choose to furnish your humble (or not so humble) abode can shape the way guests feel during their visits with you.
The beauty of glass coffee tables is that they manage to be functional and practical while also conveying a sense of class and refinement. The sparkling, shapely glass of a round glass coffee table or an oval glass coffee table instantly enhances the panache of your decór, yet most glass coffee tables also provide flexible functionality with durable, easy-to-clean maintenance.
Are Glass Coffee Tables Right For You?
Don’t just develop a crush on a certain glass coffee table and buy it. Be certain such a furnishing fits with your home and existing furnishings. Is your home packed with traditional materials like wood and rustic details? If so, a glass table may not fit this traditional style.
However, if your home features more modern features like open spaces and clean, simple lines, then a lovely glass coffee table might be fit just right.
Detail pieces such coffee tables should complement the design of the area around them. It should rest nicely along the sofa and not break the flow of the room. You should also consider the color, tone and style of the house or apartment itself.
Glass Coffee Table
While contemporary glass coffee tables often work great among more contemporary decor, they can also work well with a traditional setting if you’re careful which specific design you choose. A square glass coffee table with wooden or rustic iron details can still fit a traditional room in some cases.
Caring For Your Glass Coffee Table
Once you have your precious new table home, you need to understand how to properly care for your sparkling new furnishing.
One great advantage of glass coffee tables over wood coffee tables is that small accidents aren’t as potentially disastrous. It’s easy and quick to wipe clean your glass table top after an innocent little spill.
However, you should take some precautions as well. Your new glass coffee table is, after all, glass. Be wary of how you scoot around items upon its surface, such as plant pots or lamps. An innocent little repositioning could result in a devastating scratch. Sometimes, like on a trendy black glass coffee table, scratches won’t be very apparent. Other times, however, they can almost ruin the whole furnishing.
Likewise, be sure to use a non-abrasive cleaner with a non-abrasive cloth when wiping your clear coffee table down. Most standard cleaners are abrasive these days, so be deliberate in your choice of cleaning solution. I recommend a simple solution of two or three tablespoons of ammonia with a quart of water. Wipe the table dry when your done.
Another precaution here is that some glass cleaners may do damage to the rest of the coffee table if it features a wooden frame. Again, be deliberate and be careful and you’ll be fine.
Glass Coffee Table Form and Function
I suggest you consider the durability and longevity of a glass coffee table design before you buy it. Even the most beautiful piece of furniture may lose its luster if it simply doesn’t last or if it becomes an inconvenience to your day-to-day living. While your new coffee table can complete your room’s look, it must also provide function.
Over the arc of time, a living room table with a shape and size broad enough to handle magazines, coffee table books, remote controls and still have plenty of room to comfortably set a couple of drinks will easily justify and reward your choosing it.
I hope this helps you understand how and why a glass coffee table might be just what you need to complete a look for your living room or family room. Don’t jump at the first pretty one you find, but don’t hesitate to work it into your decor either.