How to Decorate With Occasional Tables & Throws

Occasional tables and throws can add a great deal to your dcor. Throws will warm up a room and occasional tables will add a welcoming ambiance for your family and guests and also serve as a great place for them to put their drinks and snacks. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

Pulling Together Your Room

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First pick out the occasional tables that you want to use around the room. For decorating purposes, do not go with traditional and bland tables. Do something with flare that will still provide the tabletop space that you will need.

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Pick out a few giant ceramic planters that are whimsical and colorful and use their colors for a foundation when choosing the rest of the dcor. Have a piece of tempered or Plexiglas cut to be the tabletop for them. The glass should extend beyond the rim of the planter by at least eight inches. You can go up to a foot with a piece of sturdy glass if you want the extra table space.

Stick tack putty in small pieces around the rim before lightly pressing the glass onto the planter rim. Roll the putty into neat pea-size pieces. The glass is transparent, so you do not want to use too much and have it look messy. This will assure the glass will stay in place. These pieces of ceramic art work well for occasional tables.

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Make an occasional table out of old suitcases that are stacked three to four high. Make sure they are the sturdy boxed type; you want them solid with no give to them at all. Have a piece of glass cut for a table top that goes beyond the top suitcase by about four inches. Apply tack putty to anchor the glass. Place the tack putty on the underside corners of the suitcases to keep them from sliding. This decorating idea will not only recycle old suitcases, but it will lend a look of nostalgia to your room.

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Use throws that pick up the colors in your occasional tables and to pull the room together. Along with placing the throw blankets along the back and arms of your furniture, use them as decorative items by folding them and storing them in a stack on a bookcase. Toss around some matching throw pillows to complete your look.

Drape a colorful throw over an occasional table that has seen too many occasions, as a quick way to spruce it up. This works well for a sturdy little table that you still want to use, but have no time to refinish.