23 best coffee tables to upgrade your living room, from minimalist marble to glass-top & wood

A stylish coffee table is the focal point of any living room, and one of the easiest ways to set the tone for the space in which you relax. Perhaps the first piece of furniture your guests will see when they enter your home, the best coffee tables can inject luxury into your interior scheme at the same time as providing an invaluable space to store coffee table books, board games and your TV remote. And display ~that~ dried flower arrangement.

Whether you’re after a marble coffee table, glass coffee table or a set of nesting coffee tables, we’ve handpicked a selection of modern, stylish coffee tables from our favourite furniture stores (think: Cox & Cox, Anthropologie, Soho Home and John Lewis). Consider your living room elevated.

What coffee table is best? At a glance:

1. Best coffee table with storage: Clarendon Storage Coffee Table, £750, Cox & Cox
2. Best lift-top coffee table: Fulton Lift Up Coffee Table, £249, Dunelm
3. Best wooden coffee table: Roma Coffee Table, £362, Urban Outfitters
4. Best round coffee table: Iggy Green & Gold Metal Coffee Table, £145, Oliver Bonas
5. Best nesting coffee table: Calders Nesting Coffee Tables, £449, Swoon
6. Best glass coffee table: Donahue Frame Coffee Table, £106.99, Wayfair
7. Best marble coffee table: Leavenworth Petite Marble Coffee Table, £458, Anthropologie
8. Best metal coffee table: Kingham Coffee Table, £395, The White Company

Clarendon Storage Coffee Table

Fulton Lift Up Coffee Table

Wendall Veneer Coffee Table

How to find the best coffee table for your living space

Before you get carried away and add a two-meter side table to your virtual cart, get your measuring tape out and understand exactly how much space you have to work with. Designers advise that a coffee table should be roughly two-thirds the length of your sofa, so start with that as a guide. To give you a helping hand, we’ve outlined the dimensions of each of our coffee table picks below, so you can double check at a glance.

Then, consider what kind of table will work for your lifestyle – a glass coffee table may look uber chic on screen, but if you have a two-year-old toddler, it’s probably not a good idea. If you like to work from your sofa, a lift-top coffee table (or ottoman coffee table, as they’re sometimes otherwise referred to) may come in handy. You can lift a second discrete level to act as a DIY desk.

Finally, consider your budget. The John Lewis & Partners ANYDAY range is a great place to head if you don’t have much money to spend. Their coffee tables are design-led and contemporary, yet very purse-friendly. Case in point: £89 round coffee table which is sleek, lightweight, easy to wipe clean and made from sturdy MDF and bamboo – one of the most renewable, durable and readily available raw materials in the world.

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