Strategies for Decorating Coffee Tables

Try these 10 simple strategies for arranging coffee table accessories to fit your -- and your room's -- style. Then see how our readers used these tips in their homes!

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Hide CaptionShow CaptionBuilt-in cubbies turn this coffee table into a horizontal display case. Photo by nep.

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By Leah Hennen

Whether your coffee table's a catchall or the centerpiece of your living room, it's one piece of furniture that can be as versatile as its owner. "It's important to just try different things," says Mary Carol Garrity, author of Feather Your Nest: It's All in the Details and the owner of Nell Hill's furnishings and accessories emporium in Atchison, Kan. "If the arrangement's not right, keep moving things around until it is." Ready to redo your bland — and possibly cluttered — coffee table? Here are surprising strategies and expert advice that will help you to create a gorgeous "tablescape."