Factors to Consider in Choosing an Accent Table
Accent Tables are furniture pieces that you can place snugly in a room and use for a variety of purposes. They are the perfect way to accessorize your room without them getting undue focus.
Choosing the right accent table will help it to seamlessly blend in form and function that provides a continuity to the room’s design. This allows proper space management as well as deliver a foundation to the interior decor of the room.
Accent tables come in a wide range of styles, shapes and colours and include everything from contemporary to traditional. You may know them by different names like end tables, side tables, consoles, night stands etc., each offering functional and decorative options of their own.
Aesthetics
When choosing accent tables, keep in mind that their tone and shape, the furniture would serve as a background to your room’s interior decor. It adds depth and contrast to your room, especially if you give your interiors a specific style or theme like wooden or metallic themes.
Suppose a room is decorated with furniture that are boxed like rectangular sofa, windows, bookcases etc. Then adding oval shaped or round accent tables in the room would bring softness in contrast to the sharp edges and provide an interest to the eyes.
Additionally, wood tone would add depth to the decor, so if you are using mostly wooden furniture like chairs and coffee tables, then go for accent tables with a slightly deeper or lighter tone. Accent tables made from reclaimed wood would also give a bit of character to the room and look unique with traditional decor.
Function
When selecting accent tables, consider the use you would put it through. Often the purpose of an accent table depends on the position of the table in the room.
Most accent tables in a bedroom or a living room would be primarily used to hold books, reading light or coffee mugs. They help steer traffic flow or complement the room’s layout without demanding too much of attention to themselves.
Choose accent tables of appropriate sizes and arrange them suitably so that they would not obstruct your walking space. Tables that direct the traffic flow are important as it also helps your guests to navigate across a room without any difficulty.
Shape and Proportion
When shopping for accent tables, get those that would balance out the other furniture pieces in your room. Size matters in this case so if the tables are out of proportion, the room would look oddly out of shape.
If you are placing tables at the end of a hefty sofa, get tables that are stocky so as to complete the set. Small ones get overshadowed by the sofa while large ones would stick out. Likewise, for thin or small-sized furniture, delicate accent tables would balance them out.
When considering the shape, think about how you would want your room to behave. Accent tables of different shapes delivers different characters to the accompanying furniture, so decide on the flow and theme of a room’s décor before placing the tables.
For example, circular tables bring a curvaceous element to the room and encourage movement while square pieces are usually used to connect the furniture together. Triangular tables are ideal to turn a drab corner interesting whereas oval-shaped tables can be used to bring in open-floor spaces.
Accent tables add subtlety and clever functionality to a room. Understand what your room needs and decorate the space cleverly to display your stylish sensibilities.
