Cheap Coffee Table Ideas

A coffee table is often the centerpiece of a living room. It usually anchors the entire room by providing a place for the rest of the furniture to be centered around. Because of this, coffee tables are often expensive. When you're looking for a new coffee table, you may be discouraged when you see the price tags. However, you can find ways to get a coffee table on the cheap, whether it's from using materials you already have or being creative about some garage sale finds.

Glass Topped Table

With a thick piece of beveled glass, you can find many ways to make a cheap coffee table. You may want to use a large piece of driftwood that has been sanded so that it will lay flat on the floor and provide a solid anchor for the glass top. Or you could use pieces of log as the legs for a more rustic look. For the book lover, why not stack antique books that you've picked up at garage and estate sales and lay the piece of glass across them? Remember to buy a few rubber stoppers to secure the glass to whatever you decide to use as the base. You can change and customise the base as often as you like to change the look and feel of the room.

Crate Table

When you are out looking in antique shops ans specialty stores, you may come across old crates, some with advertisements or company names on them. These can make interesting coffee tables. Depending on the size, you can buy two or three, or just one if it is large and rectangular. Take it home and put a coat of varnish on it to seal the great writing on the sides, and then use it as a coffee table. One is easy to place, but you could put two or three together to create a large coffee table, This is a great idea if you are into antiques and your home already has an eclectic flair to it.

Toy Trunk Table

Do you kids have a toy trunk that they don't use or that could be repurposed? A brightly colored toy trunk is an ideal coffee table when it's refinished. The advantage of using an old toy trunk as a coffee table is that it's a great place to store things like magazines, remotes and even toys that you allow in the living room. Repainting a toy trunk is cheap to do, and it can add storage to a cramped living space.