| A sofa table by any other name is still a sofa | | | | First, if you don't have a bar, your sofa table can |
| table, but it can be given the opportunity to do a | | | | fill in when guests start to arrive. Just pull the |
| number of different jobs. | | | | table out from the wall, and get ready to serve. |
| While you may not have known it, versatility is | | | | Since sofa tables are longer than normal tables, |
| sofa table's middle name. Sure, you may only be | | | | they make great bar surfaces, with plenty of |
| able to think of the traditional use for one, sitting | | | | space for bottles, cups, ice, serving and even a |
| behind the sofa in the living room, but there are a | | | | tip jar. |
| number of other places in your home one can be | | | | If you have the bar covered, but also have a lot |
| put to work. | | | | of hungry people, you can turn thie furnishing into |
| First, let's stay in the living room, but that sofa | | | | a buffet. In this case you would leave it up |
| table that had been living behind the sofa, and a | | | | against the wall, toss a table cloth over it, and it's |
| place to set a lamp or some flowers, is now going | | | | going to offer up a lot of space for putting |
| to take on a much more important job. It's about | | | | appetizers, desserts, or even parts of the main |
| to become the new entertainment center. When | | | | meal. Since the table is long, you will even have |
| you get a new flat screen television, or a few | | | | the space to put plates at one end of the table |
| stereo components, why should you have to | | | | and food next to it, so it's one stop shopping. |
| change out all your furniture that already works | | | | Yet another way to give sofa tables new life is to |
| with the living space. You shouldn't. Instead, if you | | | | make them a replacement for the console table |
| have a sofa table with a shelf or two, and a | | | | that just can't keep up with the workload. Often |
| drawer, you have a new entertainment table | | | | this happens in the front hallway of the home. It |
| waiting to happen. You can either put the | | | | has always been there as a way to greet you |
| television on top, and the other components down | | | | when you come in, and give you a place to put |
| below or you can wall mount the television and | | | | your keys, but with a larger family there are a lot |
| put the components on the tabletop. Use the | | | | of things to keep handy, and you just need more |
| drawer to put away various extras like remotes | | | | space these days. Sofa tables offer that space. |
| and cords or wires you may need. | | | | You can even put dividers in the drawers to |
| Entertain a lot? There are a few ways they can | | | | make sure everyone has a space for their keys |
| take on new jobs that will help make your | | | | and other small items. |
| entertaining a little easier. | | | | |