9 Ways to Decorate a Coffee Table for Christmas
The coffee table is what you look at from the couch all evening, so it’s a good place to put some Christmas. It also has to stay usable: mugs, remotes, feet. Every idea below follows the same three steps: Give it an edge. A tray, a runner, a bowl or a mirror. Without a boundary, objects drift around the table and look like clutter. Give it some height. Something taller than the rest, whether that’s a candle, a lantern or a small tree on a couple of books. Give it light. At least one candle or a few fairy lights. LED is easiest if you have kids, pets or a habit of falling asleep on the sofa. Nine arrangements 1. A tray of candles. A big round tray (on Amazon) with three LED pillars (on Amazon) at different heights, a sprig of faux pine between them and a couple of loose ornaments. In January you lift the tray and the table is back to normal. A wood or brass tray works all year. ...