How to Decorate a Coffee Table With Orbs

Coffee tables not only provide a place for errant books and beverages, they also make a statement. If your coffee table doesn't complement the rest of your dcor, it will look isolated and out of place. Adding organic elements, such as orbs, to your coffee table helps it blend into the space. As long as the decorations blend into the dcor, your coffee table will, too. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Choose your orbs according to your dcor. Formal styles, like Victorian, benefit from clear, rosy pink or frosted glass orbs. Rattan and wooden orbs incorporate well into country and traditional dcors, while a modern room works better with bronze or pewter orbs. An organic, earthy dcor can benefit from any natural material, including stone and colored glass.

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Pick a container for your orbs. Match the material to your dcor, but contrast it with the orbs. Try a ceramic bowl for ceramic orbs or a glass bowl for stone. The shape should also contrast. An oval, rectangular, square or triangular container will help the orbs stand out.

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Pile your orbs in the container. You may choose to stack them in a pyramid for a formal look or pour them into the container and let them fall as they may. Just don't overfill the container. Use as few orbs as possible in the container while still filling it to about 3 inches over the rim.

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Add free-standing orbs around the table. Scatter orbs with flat bottoms over the table around your orb-filled containers. Mix and match sizes, as well, both in the bowl and out. You can arrange the orbs by size for a formal look or mix up sizes for a casual, natural feel.