Choose a coffee table with some storage and, since it appears this is going to be a high traffic room, choose one that is round or at least has rounded corners and legs that are beneath the table rather than a trip hazard.

30 x 50 x 19 / Antique Silver Finish with gold tint.

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Here’s one idea: https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/sand-stable-ura-tufted-ottoman-w000446823.html

Lightweight, easy to move around, also takes up minimal visual space with open design.

I love all of these ideas for different reasons!

suezbell: The ottoman idea has always appealed to me due to comfort, but I didn't like the visual heft of it... and I love round ottomans, but that shape doesn't seem to fit well there. Maybe I should be looking at ovals, but that's a tough shape for an ottoman.

I love the idea of a lightweight tufted-top bench! Don't know why I hadn't thought of it, but very cool - and we would probably want to move them around in that room, so the lightness would be a great benefit. Trays would fit on top for use as tables, and we could put our feet up on them when using the daybed as a sofa. Here's a quick photoshop - what do you ladies think? I'm amazed at how inexpensive they are, to boot; thanks for the idea, freedomplace1!

The glass table is very pretty here I think, I just don't know how practical it will be... and I am so in love with that marble table, but again, I think it might end up being too heavy and impractical in that space. Bummer, because I really do love the look, everdebz!

Glad you like it! Very versatile piece. I love the style. Sort of Industrial Chic; but can be used in any number of design/style setups. Your room is beautiful by the way. You have great taste! .

Maybe a silvery tray. :)

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Or to pick up on your gold:

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I think I would do a lightweight rattan-wicker storage bench for a coffee table.

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I would move the floor lamp to the other side of the desk.

These are useful, and come in various sizes and colors. You can just remove them when guests are coming to use the bed, but they will make it more comfortable to watch TV.

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If the artwork doesn’t have sentimental value, I would look to replace it with something more boho. You can probably easily find something to replace the inner image if you like the frame, but an appropriately sized framed piece wouldn’t be expensive

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and you could think about adding a zebra skin rug or other faux hide for under the coffee table.

Something else I would consider is plug-in sconces on each side of the day bed.

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Amber or some other color or clear chair might be nice for the desk, to catch the light during the day and make the room feel a bit more spacious otherwise.

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I also like the idea of something rounded offering storage. Below is a round metal coffee table with a lift off lid offering storage (World Market). Don't know your budget or the dimensions you need.

Thank you all for the thoughts so far!!

ital mover: I hear you on the art, but dad painted the one that's in the frame now - so until we find a better spot for it, it'll have to go here. He's never painted anything other than birds and nature! :)

The smoke grey chair is an original Kartell that hubby had to have when they first came out, and we both like the way it works with the antique desk... so while I agree that a lighter color may lighten up the room, I'm okay with the way that looks.

And I love your sconces idea - these are actually what I considered as well, but then when I photoshopped them, I felt they looked too heavy on the wall? Maybe I was wrong, I'll post an image here - you tell me what you think of them. The gooseneck floor lamp is only on that side because we read more in bed than at that desk, and there is no other task lighting in the room right now.

I also loved the idea of a cowhide under the coffee table, and another one of those things I photoshopped and nixed. Here, take a look and see what you think, please.

tartanmeup: Love the idea of this, but not sure how bulky it'll be to move around. Should head over to my local Pottery Barn to check it out for heft. Here's how that looks...

Thank you all so much for your feedback! :)

Definitely keep your father’s painting!

On my tiny screen your Kartell chair looked like a wood or metal chair, so I agree not to change it.

You might eventually spot plug in sconces with a smaller profile if you like the idea.

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IKEA has a lot as I recall. Do some google searches for ”hardwire plug in sconces”

Agree the cowhide is not right. zebra or cheetah faux skin might — but maybe not. Once you get a coffee table in there you’ll know better. For guests, scatter rugs are always a bit problematic.

I love mixing pieces as well and sugest looking for a more unique piece. Rattan is very portable being so light and it suits so many designs from Victorian to modern and everything in between.

I love this one for all of these reasons.

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I think that sconces may give a cluttered, busy feel once you add your art. A floor lamp would be a good choice, to provide good light for reading, so perhaps consider something larger and more unique.

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Ps: With the painting, a rich green velvet cover for the daybed mattress might be great, or a floral with a black background?

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Greetings from someone who has an office/guestroom/TV room!

And ours is about 10X10 so yours is huge to me.

One thing not really mentioned in this thread is the "guest" portion, room for them, room for their stuff, consideration, etc.

Would it be prudent to have a trunk of some type with storage available?

Our tiny guest room is heavily used, we often have the kids and their friends, one on the daybed and 2 on a blow up bed on the floor, etc.

They don't mind a bit, lol!

Or maybe this room isn't heavily used as a guest room?

No cowhide or other rug on top of the carpet. I would use either an upholstered bench for the coffee table, or a low trunk of some sort that you can store bedding inside. If you choose the storage option you can keep a pad in it to use when propping your feet up. I would not add sconces. Use a lamp on an end table next to the daybed instead, so it's easy to turn on and off and is more functional for reading. You could put an art lamp over the painting.

Maybe we could see the upholstery pattern on the chair ?

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comes in grey and also 'ivory white'

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Can the desk be moved to a wall where that cherish at Now ? Excuse my crazy phone

There are sconce people, and there are not sconce people.

I actually switch both ways. If I were putting sconces in that room I would put them over the tables, not within the sofa frame, but I would do sconces with swing arms or articulating arms.

But you need to hang your art first to see what makes sense from there...

Your room is very nice!

With gold pillows, etc. I like italmover's amber chairs.

Maureen: Those lamps are fabulous! I agree, once everything else is settled, I'll want to find a pretty statement lamp. And I like the idea of a rattan bench because it'll be light, but hubby is not a fan of anything rattan. He says it reminds him too much of his grandmother's Florida home (insert eyeroll here). Here's a photoshop of that bench in the room... I personally think it's very pretty, but trying to work with everyone's tastes... =-/

ital mover: I actually loved the idea of green on the daybed, but the chair has navy accents...and I wasn't sure how to make the green work with the navy. There's actually a green sheet under that white blanket because that was my first idea! But when I covered it with white, the room looked better. Maybe I just need a better texture, not sure.

Janie Gibbs-BRING SOPHIE BACK: So happy we're not the only ones with such a multi-purpose room! :) We actually do have out of state guests stay there every couple of months... part of the reason we need the bench to be portable, is because we're thinking of getting a trundle for it, as my niece and her two small kids would then be able to comfortably stay there. Obviously the trundle would need room to move out, and with the TV there, the coffee table would have very limited space and would need to go.

With something like a trunk, I'm worried there won't be a way to move it out of the room - and then there'll be no way to expand the daybed. I'll be moving a small dresser up to the right side of the daybed, and that'll provide a "nightstand" of sorts. I was thinking I'd put a lamp on that table as well. There's a closet behind the chair they can use, too... so overall, it should be a reasonably comfortable room for guests.

Most frequently, however, this is a room for the hubby and I to spend time away from our elderly parents for whom we care, and just watch some television late night when they're relaxing on the lower level. I do many of my client video meetings from here as well, so it does serve as an office often.

calidesign: I agree with your thoughts on the rugs at this point, things seem to look heavy over that carpeting (which we've been meaning to replace with hardwood anyway). And I have been thinking of an art spotlight over the painting once that's up, that may serve as a cool little ambience light - but we'd have to make sure there's a way to switch it off at night, for when guests are sleeping there. Most of my art lighting has to be unplugged to be shut off, which wouldn't work here. And yes to the lamp on a table! Once that little dresser is set to the side of the daybed, that's what will go on top of it. :)

everdebz: I do like those amber chairs, I agree! But since we're keeping the grey Kartell, this seems to be the best spot for it. I don't know if I want the entire room enveloped in gold anyway. And here are some closeups of the chair - it has a navy/ivory/bone/silver pattern on it...

happyleg: The table really does work best where it is, mainly for two reasons: 1 - I like being able to look out onto the driveway when working at it, and 2 - when we pull the curtains closed in the evening, it's nice to not see the work desk, and to still have the chair where we can watch tv from it. :)

Thanks for all of your feedback, everyone!

Almost forgot to share this room I came across last night, and love... really tempts me to look into mirrored coffee tables, but again, I wouldn't be able to then easily move them, which makes the whole thing a bummer. :(

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Here's a fav of mine for storage. Since you have all the antiques, you might like the variation on this that has a marble looking top. Although it doesn't pop up for a table or desk, it has brass on it to work with your other brass items..

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Another idea

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Mirrored tables look fab in pics. Perhaps not the most practical choice in real life.

There are already a lot of legs in the room. I'd prefer something that gives a closed look.

I got a coffee table on wheels at IKEA once. It has been discontinued. I like that feature. The wheels are small and incorporated into the design, they don't stand out. I have also used storage trunks for coffee tables, worked great. That's what I would do. I had a steamer style trunk with handles on the ends, easy to move out of the way if you have guests. Also, in my guest room I have some collapse-able trays with stands that I stash when not in use but offer to my guests as little side tables to put stuff on while they are visiting. The trays come off so they can either serve as small tables using the collapse-able stands, or separate trays.

I think that's where my problem lies - I don't know if the room needs more legs (probably not), but portability is important, considering the fact that we'll be needing to add a trundle that'll have to roll out... and there really isn't enough space in that room to move a large piece into.

We actually have this lift top trunk in storage: https://www.hortonsfurniture.com/shop-living-room-furniture/coffee-cocktail-tables/riverside-38703-latitudes-steamer-trunk-lift-top-coffee-table.html

Paid about $1500 some 5 years ago because I really loved it back then, and it is solid as could be, plus has storage. But it weighs about 150 pounds (no kidding), and while it has casters, it's nearly impossible to move. Even with moving it, there'd be nowhere for it to go but out of the room when that trundle is pulled out.

At this point, I'm super tempted to get those light and leggy little ottomans freedomplace1 posted. They're so inexpensive that even if we end up needing something different, we can just toss them in the mudroom are of the garage to use as extra seating when needed there. And in the meantime, I plan on making a trip out to Pottery Barn to see that hammered coffee table in person; if it's light enough, that may work as well (I'd have to be easily lift it and possibly tip it on its side to slide over into the little corner where the gooseneck lamp currently stands).

This feels like one of those "style vs comfort" debates. I love the look of so many pieces, but practicality has to win over when it's such a tight space where portability is essential. But the bigger takeaway here, is that we need a larger home that's better equipped for multi-generational living with lots of visiting family to boot!

It’s all relative. And this fascination with coffee table/storage combo is also a relatively new thing, I think. Of course, it can be useful in some situations. But you have already stated that this room has a closet... Plus you are bringing in a dresser. That should be more than sufficient. And I believe that would be an adequate setup in just about any house of any size.

Personally, the largest house I’ve lived in is the house I grew up in. We had 3 guest bedrooms. It was an 8 bedroom, 5 bathroom house, built-in 1910. Nice place. Six of the bedrooms had their own closet. Two were outfitted with armoires. All of the guest bedrooms had actual closets plus dressers. What more does anyone need in a guest bedroom - in any size of house?

I used my travel trunk for years in bedrooms, storing extra linens inside. Unfortunately I put a hot pan on it accidentally when it was in my living room, and it had to be relegated to a space where I could keep a cushion over it or blanket resting on top after that.

This was what I had, not elegant but there are probably classier ones out there https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/rhino-trunk-and-case-trade-large-rhino-armor-trunk/3270122?skuId=44150327&enginename=google&mcid=PS_googlepla_nonbrand_storage_online&product_id=44150327&adtype=pla&product_channel=online&adpos=&creative=224124676749&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&utm_campaignid=71700000037121782&utm_adgroupid=58700004139985086&targetid=92700035325268467&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5PGFBhC2ARIsAIFIMNcKGdoAvIsAJUhOYSqbMGKJ4NpoIl9WlSSuN-nVq-qeAigpzbsEvUgaAnLjEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I think your Horton's one would look fabulous in that room since it already had a bit of a British Colonial vibe going. However, I get the weight thing. My second storage coffee table was a This End Up solid pine one. Lovely, but heavy as all get out! I was moving a lot when I bought it and finally gave it to a more permanently housed friend to use in their family room as a toy chest. When they moved they tried to give it back, lol!

If I may: I think a transitional table might be best cause of your varying items.

Chair has delicate colors [of course other than blue]....another reason a 'heavy' look to me wouldn't work.

Now will you show the desk set by the window?

This is fun on wheels

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But not if you keep the glass end tables. Have you tried using the end tables in front of the sofa for coffee?

I didn’t realize the chair had a blue graphic. The white cover on the daybed is fine, but thinking if you take away the white pillows, a kantha-type coverlet might work with both chair and painting

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For a while there was a trend in end tables where there was a taller larger one for the end, and then a smaller one that fit under it that could be pulled out to extend the table or moved into position as a lower table for serving coffee or some task, etc. in front of the seating. My late mother had an end table like that. We love it but never seem to use the little table underneath. We might if it was in a guest room. But I have some hand made what used to be called "tv trays" that my husband did the inlay on, and they have collapse-able stands. We keep them behind the bedroom door and use them if we need low tables by the bed or use the trays if someone is sick and needs food brought to the bedroom.

freedomplace1: The home in which you grew up sounds absolutely fabulous! Between its age (nothing like old homes!), and all of that wonderful space... ah, what I wouldn't give for all those rooms right now... haha! I think you may be right - I don't know what we'd keep in a trunk in this room, really - probably some blankets and things like that, certainly nothing the guests would find necessary, as those items would be put on top of the dresser, in plain view for them to use. I was trying to remember the other day, the first time I saw a trunk used as a coffee table. Trunks have, of course, been around for centuries... but I don't remember them used as living room pieces when I was growing up, so even that is a trend, isn't it? Unless I just haven't spent much time around stylish people!

l pinkmountain: I know just the tables you mean, and those really do work quite well in small spaces. Your home sounds fabulous - between the handmade, and the inherited items. I tend to like those types of things best. And of course we would end up owning the heaviest pieces when we move around a lot, wouldn't we?! Our huge, heavy, Jacobean inherited dining set has traveled the country with us... and that Horton's piece was with us in two places before we ended up in our current home. Of course now that we aren't going anywhere for a while, it's in storage... ha, the irony!

everdebz: Yes, I agree - visually, transitional may work best, and I think the reason that I was looking for a visually lighter piece, is because the navy tones in the room do make it appear heavier.

ital mover: That one is fun, I like the round shape and the fact that it has wheels! The only bummer would be the fact that we wouldn't be able to use it as an ottoman. I know, I know, so much to demand of such a tiny space! I did order the throw, however, it seems perfectly color-matched to the room - will post an update when that comes. Thank you! :)

Yes. My Father was actually in shipping and he had a steamer trunk that he kept important papers in. We never used it as a coffee table.:) Nothing wrong with the idea, and it can be fun and also useful in some situations to use a trunk or some other storage type piece - or a piece specifically designed to serve as coffee table + storage; but the obsession with combining these functions is a little much I think, and not always necessary. It’s ok to have a coffee table that is just a coffee table. In that house we had two coffee tables - one in LR and one in a large upstairs (attic) bedroom/sitting room. Both tables were wood and glass. Unfortunately, the coffee table in LR was responsible for toddlers being carried out via ambulance - on more than one occasion. The glass table was beautiful and very well made - and it never sustained as much as a scratch. But it was really a lethal weapon. I have preached the use of ottomans as coffee tables for years now, on this forum - particularly for folks who have young children afoot. The statistics re: the number of children seriously injured (and worse) every year by glass tables are staggering and heartbreaking. And since I saw this horror happening in front of my own eyes, when I was a child, myself - I am a big advocate for either no coffee table or an ottoman when there are children involved. No hard and or sharp surfaces. And especially not glass. Not for fashion. There is nothing fashionable about babies being carried out in ambulances.

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This has been a fund thread for me as I also have a tiny guest bedroom I combine into an office space. Not really a lot of office work goes on in there, I have an actual home office in another room, but I have a small writing desk in the guest bedroom for short and sweet desk tasks. It's been great for Zoom meetings. In and out. I also have to have the guest room do double duty for a lot of purposes. That's the reason I had a steamer trunk as a coffee table in my younger, more transient days, I lived in tiny apartments, my "guest room" was the futon in my living room, and I moved a lot so at least I didn't have to pack my extra linens and it was light . . . later I lived in an old row house with very little closet space, and I had a lot of linens for three bedrooms, so it helped with storage for that sitting at the end of the bed.

Most of my solid, quality stuff I've inherited from my Mom, but she was also a devotee of solid wood and I spent many childhood days with her driving around the boonies attending old farm auctions. Plus what Mom then inherited from Grandma. Gave me a penchant for using what I had, and also buying stuff that could be worked into a lot of different design approaches. And why my current style is "eclectic" or I guess they call that "English Country Cottage" now . . . or "Curated."

On the flip side, I haven't quite gotten over the need to have a house full of small, light pieces or ones that break down and can be reassembled, because of constant moving . . .