A coffee table is one of the most important design elements in your living room or patio. When choosing the perfect complement to your design vision, a coffee table’s style and shape aren’t the only factors to look at. Materials like metal and glass can give spaces a jaw-dropping twist. How does a metal coffee table take your favorite style to the next level?
1. An Attention-Grabbing Focal Point
Coffee tables are one of the main focal points in a room — a defining element of your design. Isn’t it time for a table that acts like it?
Wood coffee tables are beautiful, but they tend to fade into the background. With metal surfaces, you grab attention immediately. Instead of using the coffee table as a supporting cast member, make it the star of your space.
2. Expressive Identity
Metal coffee tables come in all shapes, sizes, and designs. They elevate nearly any design style:
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Minimalist and contemporary
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Industrial chic and coffee house
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Bohemian
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Hollywood glam
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Art deco
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Vintage, mid-century modern, and retro
With copper, stainless steel, or brass, your vision for the space is lightning clear. Your home can be as luxurious or rustic as you want.
3. Strength-to-Weight Ratio and Durability
One of the biggest advantages of coffee tables with metal frames is how strong they are. Wood frames can be just as solid, but they need to use thick beams, adding significantly to the furniture’s weight.
Metal furniture is firm but relatively lightweight, supporting heavy stone tabletops without problems. If you’re someone who likes to periodically rearrange your living room layout to freshen up the ambience, you’ll be happy to have a metal coffee table.
At World CopperSmith, we pride ourselves on the exceptional quality of all our furniture. Whether you choose a metal or wood coffee table, you can expect it to last ages.
4. Scratch Resistance
Wood furniture is vulnerable to deep scratches if you have pets, and getting rid of the marks isn’t easy. On the other hand, metal coffee tables are known for their scratch-resistance and resilience.
Not surprisingly, metal coffee tables are popular for families with small children and pets. As long as you avoid deliberate metal-on-metal contact or abrasive cleaning tools, you can enjoy smooth and shiny surfaces that stay beautiful for decades.
5. Simple Care Requirements
Taking care of metal coffee tables is usually much easier than with other materials. Wood can require periodically applying nourishing oils or polishes, but metals like stainless steel often only need a quick wipe-down.
Having a stainless steel table can also give you peace of mind if someone accidentally spills a drink. Instead of panicking about sugary drinks, you can quickly soak up the spill with a paper towel or microfiber towel, use a simple stainless steel cleaning product to get rid of the residue, and go on with your evening like nothing happened.
Even specialized copper tables are relatively simple to keep clean. A lint-free cloth is the only thing you need most of the time. You need to avoid any harsh cleaners, but a little soap and water are just fine.
6. Design Versatility
A coffee table with a metal frame offers more creative flexibility than traditional wood tables. Customization options give you even more design freedom:
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Height: Who said coffee tables need to be low-to-the-ground affairs? Embrace height and make your living room centerpiece stand out.
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Thickness: Some styles look best with thick tabletops, and others shine with sleek surfaces. You can order metal, wood, or stone tabletops in 1-inch to 2-inch thicknesses.
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Colors and finishes: In addition to polished, matte, and hammered metal surfaces, you can select luxury coatings, textured finishes, and attention-grabbing color accents.
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Length and shape: Build your ideal deck arrangement by creating an uncommonly long coffee table or multiple smaller tables with rectangular, oval, and round tops.
Metal accents allow for intricate details and precise contours. Don’t get us wrong — we love the warmth of a natural wood coffee table, too, but there are things you can do with metal that wood can’t match.
7. Limitless Integration Possibilities
A metal coffee table is a jack of all trades. It’s the Carey Grant or Tom Hanks of interior design — No matter where you put it, it works. Wood and glass are usually opposites, but with the help of metal accents, anything is possible.
Metal coffee tables can incorporate:
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Stone, from marble to granite
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Wood, including reclaimed wood and exotic woods
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Glass
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Concrete
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Steel, copper, bronze, and other distinctive metals
Metal is a universal unifier when it comes to decor. From vintage legs to hammered metal tops, the sky is the limit.
8. Long-Term Weather Resistance
Metal coffee tables do require periodic care to stand up to the sun, oxidization, rain, and snow, but they have innate moisture resistance. Mold and mildew aren’t a problem.
You also never have to worry about metal warping or splitting because of cold weather. For this reason, metal patio furniture is an excellent choice for families living in cooler climates.
9. Unique Soul
Similar to the way a beloved leather sectional develops a one-of-a-kind patina over time, metal furniture also becomes more attractive with age. Metal patinas give interior and exterior furniture a beautiful personality:
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Copper: Powdery greens and jade-like colors
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Iron and steel: Reds and oranges
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Bronze: Browns and golden hues
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Brass: Dark browns and greens
Of course, it’s your choice whether to allow the patina to develop naturally, maintain the metal’s original glow, buy a coffee table that already has a foundry patina, or apply a specialized varnish or acid sulfate treatment to lock in and protect patinas from the elements.
Whatever you choose, you can be sure of one thing: Every metal patina is 100% unique, like a fingerprint. Instead of selecting a run-of-the-mill coffee table, enjoy your own snapshot of history.
Find Your Perfect Metal Coffee Table
We can talk all day about the practical and functional benefits of coffee tables with metal accents, but the most powerful reason to choose them is how distinctive they are. Once you fall in love with the look and feel of metal furniture, there’s no resisting the pull. Request a quote for a custom metal coffee table that fits your design vision perfectly.