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10-06-2018 06:41 AM
Usually there are three things on my coffee table (right now I have a ghost, a pumpkin and a Halloween themed candy dish). A candy dish is a must for guests because if I take it away, they ask "where is the candy?"
10-06-2018 07:54 AM
Love all the variety. Those who have posted pictures, thanks also. the light shining through your glass pumpkin, @homedecor1, and onto your autumnal colors so pretty...
10-06-2018 08:40 AM
I decorate my coffee table, sofa tables and fireplace/mantle seasonally......doesn't get boring for me this way.
10-06-2018 08:41 AM
I don't decorate them. I only have an end table. I put a my drinks etc. on it. I don't put a coffee table infront of the seating.
10-06-2018 09:53 AM
@homedecor1 wrote:
What beautiful kitties! They remind me of my sweet cat Frack who was my companion until kittyheaven wanted more. He always knew when I'd be getting ready to travel & would sit in the suitcase -- guess he wanted to come😺
T
Thank you for sharing...
@homedecor1 Years ago when we actually went on vacations, and I had cats, one would get in the suitcase and go to sleep, lol, still miss that angel after decades.
10-06-2018 11:49 AM
I forgot to describe mine, ha. I described part of it in some other thread before, but have tweaked since then.
At one end, I still have the layered trays to give a "silver/gold" two tone effect. A larger, zinc-colored tray with antiqued mirror bottom, and a smaller, vintage Swedish brass tray on top. On them I have one russet ceramic pumpkin, and a few pods, nuts, pine cones scattered. Also two chunky, short "gold" candlesticks holding glass votives with a small votive flameless candle in each.
At the other end of the coffee table, I have my beloved Wedgwood creamware pitcher-- it's the familiar one of theirs that has a raised scene of huntsmen and horses, etc., and a curving hound forms the handle. The creamy color of the jug is almost the same color as the table. Around the base I have a few twisted, grapevine type things...
This is my "fall" look but am already kind of interested in Christmas vignettes, thanks to Valerie, gack.
10-07-2018 12:07 PM - edited 10-07-2018 12:08 PM
I like to look at the displays, but I'm also a minimalist. I don't like layers of things or lots of do-dads displayed on my cocktail table. It has gorgeous inlaid wood with a glass center so it's pretty all by itself.
The only thing I add to it is a statement piece of round pottery with fall leaves displayed inside of it. A friend of mine made the pottery bowl, & it's so beautiful. Add to it a bunch of Fall leaves, & I'm in heaven.
I have animals, so I have to clean/dust A LOT. I don't like layers of things I have to pick up & dust under. I wish I didn't have to dust at all....don't enjoy it!
10-07-2018 12:26 PM
I'm sitting here laughing .... you should see my coffee table! The "scape" is "early clutter." What's really funny is that I straightened it up and this is an improvement over what it looked like last week!
Actually, organized clutter. There's a stack of 7 books at one corner with a stuffed leopard sitting on top. Next corner has another stack of books with a "gold" plate sitting on top. There's also a rather large leather elephant wearing a crocheted saddle blanket, and a wooden statue that my folks bought in Japan ... about 12" tall man carrying something.
Also on table is oriental vase with long wooden afghan crochet hooks rather than flowers. A stack of about a dozen coloring books, to index card boxes and some various other odds and ends. There's some other stuff - but I won't bore you with the details. It's a fairly big coffee table, almost as long as the couch.
My father used to say that my mother and I had a fear empty surfaces .. we stack stuff everywhere! Half my family was/is minimalist. The rest of us were/are "maximumists."
10-07-2018 12:58 PM
I like the sophisticated quirkiness of your arrangements, @ALRATIBA, plus your sense of humor about it all.
And stacks of books, a good deal of the time, are for me a coffee table "essential"-- besides adding warmth, color and interest.
10-07-2018 01:05 PM
@ALRATIBA. You made me smile. Thank you. I can be a "maximist" too. My family was also "half and half" but I'm better than I used to be at clearing off surfaces of miscellaneous stuff. But it is a never ending battle. My home definitely looks "lived in."
Housekeeping is like gardening--there's nothing wrong with weeds or stuff UNTIL they are out of place.
Right now my coffee table is a bit of a mess but it will get cleared before my bedtime. At least I always have a clean kitchen and bathroom. Can't stand chaos in those two rooms, but in the kitchen I'm always looking for ways to be better organized.
aroc3435
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