A console table is thinner than a dining table and taller than a coffee table. This is an advantage for the modern home owner. It’s tall enough to store items such as keys and accessories within easy reach, while its still thin enough to rest against the wall in a narrow hallway or room.

If you’re constantly throwing your keys and purse onto the couch or floor and losing them, consider placing a console table in the hallway by the front door. It will be right in your line of sight when you return home. A glass bowl can hold loose items like watches, billfolds or even jewelry, and hanging a mirror above the table gives you a quick place to tidy up before heading out.

The console table can fit just as easily against the wall in the kitchen or dining room. Use it to hold a bowl of fruit or stylish silver candlesticks to create an amiable atmosphere. Instead of a mirror, hang artwork above the table. The same process applies in the kitchen. Set the table in a corner all its own, or below a window to ensure all available space is utilized. Jars of cooking utensils can line the top, ranging in size from tallest to smallest.

Choose a console table with a shelf underneath to use in high traffic areas of the house. This shelf can hold everything from cookbooks to boxes of memorabilia. If there’s room on top of the table, display your favorite photographs and small statues or works of art.

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