5 Tips to Style Your Coffee Table Like a Professional Stager

A coffee table is often the centrepiece of a living room. While it can be a landing space for remote controls and miscellaneous magazines, it’s also a place where your style can come to life. A stack of books, floral arrangement, tray, bowl or unexpected object can turn your coffee table into an art installation!

Check out our top 5 tips on styling a coffee table like a professional stager below.

1. Start with a Green

A little greenery goes a long way. Start with an interesting plant or floral arrangement to make your coffee table feel more organic and less staged. Larger sculptural succulents or branches, like eucalyptus or cherry blossoms, are great to anchor larger coffee tables.

2. Stack Your Books

Go the minimalistic route and display a small collection of your favourite coffee table books. This can feel especially impactful if you have a bold coffee table, or if your books are colour-coded and carry a specific theme.

3. Look High and Low

When all items are at the same eye level, nothing gets noticed. To create a more eye-catching vignette, vary the height and scale of your coffee table's decorative objects, as seen above.

4. Organize with Trays

Use trays and boxes to keep all your essentials organized. This could include remotes, matchboxes for your candles, coasters, or any other small items you like to keep handy on your coffee table, but that might feel out of place on their own.

5. Use Unexpected Objects

Do you have family memories or souvenirs you want to display? While we tend to save those types of objects for bookcases or console tables, these unexpected objects can actually have more impact on a coffee table, where people congregate!