Best Living Room Tables for 2018

Furniture shopping can be tiring and tedious. It’s often hard to find the right pieces for your space, and in the motif that your home interior design embraces. The best and most versatile pieces of furniture to buy are ones that are multi-purpose such as the living room table.   One can use a living room table to display pictures, display decor, be used to hold drinks, be used to display books and magazines.  As you can see with the options you have, making the right choice of the best living room tables for your space is essential to your design.

The living room is one of the busiest rooms in the home. It’s important that your furniture and style is functional, as well as stylish. If you have a big family, or often have guests over you might want to consider a large living room or coffee table. It can provide extra storage,  offer a place for you or your guests to rest your beverages.  The functionality is great, and they’re also becoming a style trademark for living room in your home.

If you’re going to commit to buying an expensive piece of furniture, you should absolutely love it. Buying the right piece, can potentially leave you with having the furniture for years and years to come if a quality piece is chosen. Look for a furniture piece that serves different functions.  You will then be able to utilize it often, and appreciate its value constantly. Ultimately, you want to make sure you find a quality product, at a great price, and you can’t go wrong. So check go through our reviews of the best living room tables for 2018.  If you don’t have time to read the entire site, we want you to know that our pick for best living room\coffee table is the Niangua Furniture Live Edge Rustic Coffee Table.

Our top 3 picks for The Best Living room tables for 2018

The best living room tables for 2018 runners up

 Niangua Furniture Live Edge Rustic Coffee Table

This coffee table is the standout from all our living room tables that we reviewed in 2018.  Not only is this coffee table gorgeous it’s shelf adds both function and refinement.  The Hickory shelf can both be easily inserted or removed to add a lot more storage or functional space.  The attention to detail by the craftsman of this table will make you want to gasp as you open the box.

Here is a little bit of how each table is made.  Each table is unique as Hickory slabs are cut from the Ozark forests of Missouri to give each living room table a different unique look. From the time the tree is cut the wood requires special handling. The wood is processed and then is Kiln dried before the Ozark craftsmen start their work.  The thickness of the slabs begins at about 2 inches and the craftsman carve their way to around 1 ¾ inches thick.  The craftsman also leave the live edge of the slab leaving a natural and elegant piece of furniture for you to enjoy for a long time.

The legs of the table or made from ¾ inch cooper pipe that are torched together with ½ inch diagonal cooper struts. The copper fittings are then secured with cotter pins through the cooper pipe and fittings creating an solid and easy to assemble base to your beautiful living room table.

The Niangua Furniture Live Edge Rustic Coffee Table in our opinion would make a great piece to almost any home.  Especially if your home décor is one of the following: country, industrial, coastal, and even mid-century.    With color variations, the grain striations, and knots you are guaranteed a unique and special piece of furniture all your own.

This living room table is solid and sturdy piece of furniture as it weighs just under 75 lbs.  We also think this coffee table is a perfect combination of rustic and contemporary with it’s hand treated wood table top and complementing cooper pipe legs.  You are sure to make your friends and family give plenty of compliments on your new coffee table.

PROS:

• Hard to find better price point for a real slab table
• Unique as each slab of wood is different
• Handcrafted
• Bottom shelf for added storage or space
• Live edge on Hickory slabs
• Solid and sturdy
• Very easy to assemble

CONS:

• Some customers received bends or dents in the cooper legs due to shipping
• Can run out of stock quickly and sometimes can take a while to come back in stock

Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural Coffee Table

If you are into the rustic look then look no further then this beautiful piece of living room furniture.  This living room table is made of Asian reclaimed wood that wears it’s history proudly and is built to last.  Since this coffee table is made of reclaimed wood no two pieces will be exactly alike.  The variations and imperfections are part of the furniture’s character.

What’s great about this coffee table is that it’s available in three different sizes so you can choose the size that works best in your living space. There are also many other pieces that have the exact same style for easy matching options.  If you love the rustic look on this coffee table then you can easily find matching pieces to complete your living room furniture collection.  Here are some of the matching pieces we found that could give you a versatile, long lasting collection

• Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural Media Console
• Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural Bench
• Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural Round End Table
• Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural 2 Shelf End Table

The Rustic Natural Finish on this coffee table provides a warm, yet elegant home feeling.  This living room table features exquisite workmanship of solid reclaimed wood tops with metal legs that should last for years to come.  Also comes with a bottom shelf to add more storage or functional space.  We can comfortably say that this table is a neat, efficient, versatile and sturdy piece of furniture that will help organize any space small or large.

So if you are looking for a rustic imperfect coffee table then this is the one!  The Alaterre Sonoma Rustic Natural Coffee Table is a solid table with a ton of character. It is perfect for a modern house by bringing a touch of urban farm house appeal. The Knots, cracks and variations in the reclaimed wood are all a part of the history of this beautiful living room table.  With it’s reclaimed wood top and shelf (with intentional imperfections) combined with black semi-gloss finish square metal frame you are sure to love this table for many years to come.

PROS:

• Heavy should be long lasting quality piece of furniture
• Each piece has it’s own unique look
• Comes in 3 different sizes (27”, 42”, 48”)
• Has matching pieces to easily complete your living room look
• Provide tools needed to assemble

CONS:

• Since reclaimed wood is used the top can be not completely flush
• Since reclaimed wood is used boards can be uneven
• Can be smell that lasts for several hours after opening the box