The Functional, Stylish Surface Your Space Is Missing
People, I find, are far more apt to find value in, and procure, little cabinets and drawer units and so on. A measly accent table, on the other hand, receives short regard in comparison.
Having been raised in a society that teaches us to fault the lack of space rather than to emphasize the importance of streamlining belongings and priorities, maybe these people believe that to spend money and squander square footage on an entity that doesn’t provide storage is to commit some kind of domestic crime.
A side table doesn’t provide any kind of significant storage space. So while they’re small, they seem ill-fit for small spaces.
But you know? Sometimes–oftentimes–a side table is exactly what’s needed.
Why? Well firstly, side tables provide you with a surface–a small one. Placed at the end of a sofa, by a reading chair, next to a bed, in any entry, an accent table gives just the right amount of surface space to accomodate such things as a glass of water, a couple of books, a lovely tray meant to house wallets and keys, and, this is key: nothing more. Do you know the power of limited space to banish clutter?
Accent tables also have this way of finishing off a space, of making it feel complete–intuitive, even. Their decorative quality forces you to sit up and fly right–you wouldn’t dare leave your old crumbled up receipts and three-week-old cookie crumbs on one of these, trust me.
Not to mention, side tables and entertaining were practically invented for each other.
Side tables–an opportunity for display, a surface to set the essentials, and no place at all to collect the crap. (I totally should have gone into advertising, huh?)
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on December 19, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Just found your blog and I’m quite enjoying it!
Disagree though regarding teensy end tables that offer little to no storage. I
have a pair I use as nightatnds- inherited from Grandma- still stylish after 70? + years, but space wasters in a small bedroom. Next move they will be sold and replaced with small chests of drawers that can not only surface a lamp & a glass of water, but hold items that would go in a dresser, desk in a larger room.I have mostly lived in small spaces, and have a low tolerance for clutter. Small pieces of furniture that don’t hold/store much tend to look like clutter to me. “It’s cute, but…” (Not all that useful)
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Just found your blog and I’m quite enjoying it!
Disagree though regarding teensy end tables that offer little to no storage. I
have a pair I use as nightatnds- inherited from Grandma- still stylish after 70? + years, but space wasters in a small bedroom. Next move they will be sold and replaced with small chests of drawers that can not only surface a lamp & a glass of water, but hold items that would go in a dresser, desk in a larger room.
I have mostly lived in small spaces, and have a low tolerance for clutter. Small pieces of furniture that don’t hold/store much tend to look like clutter to me. “It’s cute, but…” (Not all that useful)