topic Re: Coffee Table Books & Displays in Home

Coffee Table Books & Displays

lolakimono — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:56:43 GMT

Do you coffee table books in your house?

If so, how do you display them?

Here are some ideas of what others do.

Re: Coffee Table Books & Displays

Nightowlz — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:00:23 GMT

Too much clutter for me. I don't have a coffee table as I don't want it in the middle of the living room floor. It's not pratical for us it's just in the way.

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DREAMON — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:04:01 GMT

I have 2 large distressed white wood trays on top of my 2 upholstered ottomans..,,one has current magazines and the other has one or two books. Currently there is a Rock Legend Art book in the tray. Twas the Night Before Christmas was just put away.

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GenXmuse — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:12:46 GMT

Nah. It’s clutter and I doubt anyone would look at them.

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RedTop — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:21:22 GMT

I do not own coffee table books.

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Snicks1 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:26:50 GMT

I have a couple, they are travel books, one on Greece and I can't remember the other one, maybe Italy. As you probably can guess, I don't have them out, as like others have said, it's kind of clutter.

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NickNack — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:26:50 GMT

I do have coffee table books. I have three on my coffee table and three on the table in my entrance. I don't understand having the spine of the books facing the wall as in two of the books in the third picture. I've seen that look before, and it makes no sense to me.

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Trix — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:39:02 GMT

Anyone remember the episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer was hoping to create a coffee table book. How times have changed. I suppose as more print material goes digital, coffee table books are heading in the same direction as cds, dvds, etc. The only book I still own which can be considered a coffee table is Bobbi Brown's Living Beauty, but it's not displayed. I only keep it because it has some still useful makeup tips in it.

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shoptilyadropagain — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:53:15 GMT

I really like the fourth picture (tall black shelving unit).

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OKPrincess — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:07:38 GMT

I like the clear trunk "table". We got a coffee table this summer and it's main use is to keep the cats off the floor. On any given day one or both are stretched out on it. That's why I don't have anything set out on it. Lol

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151949 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:12:36 GMT

I have a few "coffee table" art books I'd like to display but I think it requires more than just the few I own to look nice. To do a really interesting display you need at least 10.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:16:52 GMT

Oh, no. That was something my grandmother and mother might have done. For me, they would just be dust catchers.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:35:25 GMT

I do not! I love the look, and tried it in the past, but for some reason it is just not for me. I do like how it looks though!

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spot555 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:35:59 GMT

I think these displays are usually just for someone's eye appeal (not mine). I don't like clutter, or needless things like books that collect dust. I have a beautiful cocktail table in my family room, & i keep a few books on the bottom. But these are books I use regularly, like gardening topics. Even that BUGS me! Dust bunnies love to hide down there.

I'd never display books to impress guests....that would be silly. My friends would not be impressed, lol.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 19:47:15 GMT

Hope the person that owns the clear chest doesn't have a cat or a dog slobbering and snotting it up!

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riley1 — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:17:27 GMT

I do not own any coffee table books. While I think the look is nice in someone else's home, it isn't a look for me.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:41:00 GMT

I put them on the coffee table. Hmm, may have to rethink that.

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mimilucy — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:42:15 GMT

I absolutely LUV books of any size and yes I unashamedly have coffee table books. They are beautiful and the photographs on many of the plates are magnificent. I prefer looking at them to scrolling through an i phone. And because they take up so much room they wind up on coffee tables. My bookshelves cannot hold them all. I have art on all of my walls; I don't mind books on my tables. (Are the supposed to be hidden?) LOL

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Mominohio — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:21:29 GMT

I love books, but for the most part, not on the coffee table, regardless of how pretty the cover may be.

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Oznell — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 01:04:28 GMT

This thread is so up my alley! I have quite a few big colorful, relatively thin books which would readily be labeled "coffee table". I use books in decorating all the time. But am always rotating them around to different locations to prevent boredom.

They make great "stands" for lanterns, candles or whatever decor you have out. Currently have on coffee table a large, 'coffee table' book on the celebrated interior designer Albert Hadley. On top of that, a slightly smaller book on Anne Boleyn with a beautiful portrait of her on the cover. The background of the book jacket is deep claret, which sort of coordinates with the kind of 'oxblood" book jacket of the Albert Hadley book. Usually not this obsessive, but they looked so good together!

On top of that, I have a chunky ribbed mercury glass trinket jar. But at other times, would have a lantern or possibly a carved wooden box. It all depends on mood.

A select few small, neat stacks of books, or upright books caught between vintage bookends, are a decorating staple. They contribute so much warmth to a room. But they can't be messy or random, or you start getting a feeling of "too much". I must have airiness above all!