COOL & QUERKY COFFEE TABLES

From the cool, query, chic and unique, here are 10 coffee tables to rest your cocktail on in style.

The ‘Up Balloon’ Coffee Table by designers Christopher Duffy. Using metal-resin composite to form the balloon spheres, toughened steel rods are used for support and create the ‘string’, while toughened glass will hold your whisky sour. Playing on the notion of levitation and buoyancy, this one is sure to be a feature and talking point of any room.
$9295 from duffylondon.com

1962 saw the release of music in a new form, the cassette tape. No road trip was complete without a stack of your favourite mixed tapes and in celebration of its birth into the world, Jeff Skierka Designs created ‘The Mixtape Table’. Using Baltic Birch Plywood with Maple veneer, solid American Walnut for the ‘tape’, the finish was a hand-rubbed oil with hand-bent steel powder coated legs. Like any tape, you recorded you fave tracks on both sides ‘A ‘and ‘B’, so why not make the table reversible? Well, Jeff Skierka Designs did just that and added a stamp and number to one side.
The Mixtape Table – $6500 AUD approx. from Jeff Skierka Designs

We all know Bentley’s are the crème-de la-crème of automotive ingenuity and at a price point, that’s unattainable to most. But what if you could have just a single piece of that dream car?…maybe the engine?
Automotive Furniture By Bentley has the Mulsanne Bentley V8 engine in the form of a glass top coffee table. And for those who like a pinot on hand, it provides cradling of 12 bottles of wine. It’s the head turn and entertainer coffee table.
$POA from o2 Racing Design

The Sleek and The Sharp. Belgian designer Pol Quadens, created the ‘On’IKI’ Coffee Table, an embodiment of polished Stainless Steel resulting in a chic display of craftsmanship.
$14420 AUD  from hobosociety.com

In keeping with chic, Jonathan Adler’s ‘Kidney Cocktail Table’ uses a specialised technique of lacquered goatskin where fine sheets of parchment made originally from the skin of a calf (a technique known as vellum), are laminated onto wood and hand stained to form its signature mottled effect. Added inset of sand-cast brass medallions and polished brass legs finish the piece.
$2,995 from Jonathan Adler

Another designer that’s captured natural elements and a technique that almost looks frozen in time, is Timothy Oulton’s ‘Glacier’ Coffee Table.
“Like a primeval volcanic eruption frozen in time, Glacier coffee table spectacularly freezes logs of burnt timber in Crystalline Acrylic. The ice-cold smooth appearance contrasts with the charred remains of the rugged timber, like mixing fire and ice.
The coffee table features four beams of timber encased in acrylic, set atop two large timbers also in acrylic. The spectacular bubbling finish is uniquely different on each piece.”
$12,995 from Timothy Oulton and Coco Republic

With the theme of nature continuing, ‘Kraken Abyss Table’ brings the deep blue sea to your living room with this highly intricate piece representing the ‘depths of the ocean’.
$9939 from Duffy London

Connecting the dots. This bold in gold piece called the ‘Nexus’ coffee table is one for a statement and uses rose gold plating on stainless steel for its finish.
$1695 from Matt Blatt

Mixed media I call this one. With wood and concrete, the rectangular ‘Concrete Coffee with Bloom Wood Legs’ by Casa Uno, is a cool textured piece that would slot right into any space.
$779 from Temple and Webster

Some inspiring designs fit for any dapper space.
Robbie – Dapper Lounge