Do you have a coffee table?

**Sara Noel** · 05-11-2002, 05:46 PM

If so what is on your coffee table?

We have a large square coffee table. We currently have nothing on it. Having a toddler in our house means nothing on coffee table except maybe a few toys. *LOL* I cover it with a cheap vinyl tablecloth during the day, so his toys don't scratch it up.

Sara

**wife228** · 05-11-2002, 06:37 PM

mine has all my lighthouse collectibles on it and occasionally a cat or two.

**crdurham** · 05-11-2002, 06:51 PM

We have a living room and a den...no coffee table in either one, our den is our hangout room, got a sectional sofa that has a pull down table in one of the chairs, our living room is being furnished a piece of furniture at a time....we got the couch and love seat...probably get a coffee table when I go back to work...

**justGina** · 05-11-2002, 07:33 PM

We have a cherry, oval-shaped Queen Anne coffee table, but I took it out 'cause without out it the living room looks bigger.

**Bevv** · 05-11-2002, 07:41 PM

right now on the coffe table we have

assorted mail for husband to take care of

bird seed bags (2)
bird food container (1)
bird feeding dishes (3)
a couple of magazines
a stack of coupons inserts destined for military overseas (expired)
an AM/FM radio
a couple of nail clippers
a towel
some bird medicine
and that is what I see from my computer chair
(Can you say CLUTTERED??))

**KathiS** · 05-11-2002, 07:44 PM

We have a huge, oblong, oak and glass coffee table in the living room. It's great cause I can put some of my wooden box collection under it. I put the one I found "At the roadside mall" in front of the couch in the family room. Have left it empty because the girls like to play games on it.

**Jerseygirl** · 05-11-2002, 09:01 PM

No coffee table-room is too small, couch is too big.

**justGina** · 05-11-2002, 09:49 PM

Oh, forgot to add.

When the coffee table's in the living room, it's covered with library books, magazines, newspapers and breakfast cereal.

**milach** · 05-14-2002, 10:49 AM

We don't anymore. When we had one, it was all scratched up and was a catch all for all the junk in the living room. The only thing I miss about it is that it had a drawer where I kept all the remotes and TV guides in. Other than that- good riddance!

Laura

**PrairieRose** · 05-14-2002, 11:06 AM

We have a large, wood with glass triangles in the corners one. It's about 15 yrs. old, oak color stain. On it are a couple of decorative bird houses, some gardening books stacked, a candle, 2 small ceramic birds, and a small bush of greenery with berries on it. Under it there is a shelf and it's covered with neat piles of books. Did I forget to mention there's also a fair amount of dust on that table as well?

**sixfreds** · 05-14-2002, 02:14 PM

I took out the coffe table about a 2 years ago..

With the triplets there just wasn't enough room for the table and all the toys and kids...
Someday I hope to have it back...

Eileen

**Michelle** · 05-14-2002, 02:18 PM

We have one, but it's formal, and our living room isn't, so for now it's in storage. I got tired of tripping over it anyway, and you are right--it was just another vertical surface to pile junk on

Chelle

PennyPinchinPam · 05-14-2002, 04:46 PM

We haven't had a coffee table for 7 years. I refused to have one when our ds was born in '95. I could just see him falling into it and cracking his head open.

Plus I couldn't walk around the darn thing w/out giving myself a bruise.

LOL!! I agree with some of the others, it becomes a catch all for clutter. I haven't missed it one bit and my shins are thankful.

**QuilterMom** · 05-14-2002, 06:15 PM

We have both a family room and a living room and neither has a coffee table. I would love to have one sort of like my neighbor has........... it's a big square that the top lifts up like a trunk and it has tons of storage space. We do our homeschool lessons in the family room so a coffee table like that would be great to store all of our materials in.

**seadream** · 05-14-2002, 08:00 PM

We have a huge one, (I swear this thing is as big as a kitchen table only shorter to the ground)

On it we have some books with a plant on top of them, some old wooden spools, a candle and some coasters. That is usualy where you will find the remore also.