Mission Console Table

During the redecoration of my house, when I finally realized it was a console table I had been looking for all along, I thought my troubles were over but in reality they were only just beginning. With what seemed like a million designs in a million different stores that sold a glass console table line or an oak matching dinning sets or a black console table to match black leather décor or a French provincial white table that was lovely but not my style.

There was a hall console table with wrought iron legs and a mirrored model that belonged in a New York penthouse and a modern twist that would work in a loft in Tokyo. There was a contemporary console table line to match abstract art lovers and glass tables that had no wood or iron or anything but glass. And these glass numbers were so glassy they were invisible, in fact one was named ‘an invisible sculpture console table’.

I did eventually find a series of half moon console table designs that were at least in keeping with my original console table quest, but many were oak console tables or pine console table designs that were still too large for the area I had space for. I found out to my dismay that a cheap console table is not a possibility in the style I wanted because the antique console table that I eventually found was about $800, and was in fact a replicated blend of two different Spanish designs.

Help Finding Your Console Table

The reason for this console table story is that while I searched for a very elusive piece of furniture, and scoured showrooms across Europe, and searched the internet and gleaned details, I stumbled upon a lot of useful information about this unique piece of furniture. I thought that perhaps other people were also hunting for a console table but didn’t know here to begin, like me. So I decided to write about the many different styles and designs that suit many décors and hopefully give you a head start with your particular console table aspiration.

In these next few articles, I will show you, or talk about, and review, what is available in modern console tables, wood console table, iron console table and glass console table designs. Primarily I will focus on what is hot right now in glass and other modern styles like the mirrored console table and the hottest of all, the mission console table that is simple and elegant for a variety of decorating styles. I will also touch on what is available in oak console table and hard wood console table choices that are out of the ordinary and may be imported from exotic places.

But just to be clear, let me define what a console table is.

It’s a small table fixed to a wall by brackets and therefore is freestanding or it may be a slightly larger table designed to stand against a wall or attached to the wall in the back while still having two legs in front.

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