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Versatile Console Tables and Table Lamps for Your Home

By roxcylewis on Jan 9, 2012 |Home Improvement

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When you begin decorating your home, you usually focus on getting the main furniture right like the choice and placement of sofas, beds, and dining tables. However, to add distinction, convenience, and a uniquely cozy ambiance to your home, you need to look at the smaller details and accents in your home décor. Here are some ideas to use accents like console tables and table lamps to enhance your décor.

Console tables are a very versatile furniture item. You can keep them in the living room and use them as coffee tables. You can also use them for serving appetizers to your guests while entertaining. These tables can be placed in the corners of the kitchen, dining room, or living room and used as sideboards. When placed as a sideboard in the kitchen or dining room, a console table can be used to place your bottles and jars for immediate retrieval. Console tables kept in the corners of the living room can be a space to display artwork or treasured antiques. You can also stack a few magazines and books or create a warm and attractive nook by placing a grouping of candles or an attractive vase filled with fresh flowers on the console table.

Console tables can also be placed in the doorway or entryway of your home. When placed here, the table can be conveniently used for depositing your keys, magazines, handbags or mail. Console tables may be made up of wood, or metal in a variety of shapes like round, oval, rectangular, or square. The demilune console table, which is either a half circle or a stylized half circle, complements traditional décor wonderfully well.

Table lamps are as versatile as entryway tables. They can be placed in the corner of the living room, bedroom, or dining room. Make sure the table lamp you select has the shade at eye level. This prevents the glare from the lamp from hitting the eye. Also, select a lamp that goes well with your main lighting system and your home décor. Beautiful table lamps can be placed on your entryway table to add elegance and style to your foyer while providing extra lighting.

By adding small details to your home décor, you can create a space that is truly original and striking.

Author Profile: Roxcy Lewis is a certified interior designer and runs his own interior decoration consultancy. Roxcy especially loves decorating a home in wooden furniture and believes that nothing gives a home as warm and cozy a touch as all-wood furniture and decor.
Roxcy loves reading up on new design ideas, and has a special interest in space saving techniques. Here he writes about how to enhance your console tables and table lamps.

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