Let bygone be rickety coffee table with a better design to meet the needs of your demanding, relaxing, and design-savvy living quarters. In this week’s Top Ten list, we take a look at the best Big-Boned Coffee Tables with an edge.Ultra modernity, a flame to trust, a gorgeous story of material reuse, and even nested ottomans and drawers will spike your morning coffee with an extra dose of intrigue.

Top Ten: Big-Boned Coffee Tables.

Thick, Welcoming Coffee Tables Set a Strong Tone of Superior Stability

1. Auto
MANUFACTURER: Cabot Wrenn Care
PRICE: $3,405
Dimensions: 42″W x 24″D x 14″H

The Auto coffee table by Cabot Wrenn Care uses a simple, continuous line to child-proof its design while making it desirable for the modern healthcare market. In 26 different wood finishes that vary greatly in color, grain and texture, the choice is also yours whether the small, cube table that can be stacked fits the bill – or if the rectangular, cocktail table with a glass top is more your cup of tea.

2. Fire Long
MANUFACTURER: Planika Fires
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 13-3/8″H x 31-1/2″D x 55-1/8″W

Not your ordinary coffee table: the Fire Long by Planika Fires creates a smokeless fire housed within the coffee table itself. Indeed, we wouldn’t want to reach over the flame to sip our cup of morning blend, so it was thoughtful of Planika Fires to keep it off to the side, creating a bouncing orange glow from beneath the lacquered furniture board finished in semi-matte white, natural veneer or semi-matte dark oak.

3. Woodstock
MANUFACTURER: Aparte
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: n/a

Made out of wood pallets, the Woodstock coffee table – by the French design studio, Aparte – is also a sofa containing two, nested ottomans. While we might not put our feet up on the beautiful sofa the way we might a coffee table, its all-in-one inclusiveness and waste recovery system reduces living space into a central unit that is gloriously modular.

4. Beam
MANUFACTURER: Uhuru
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: varies

The Beam coffee table by Uhuru is made from reclaimed timber that came down from a demolished building in New York City. Tied together with three walnut splines and two inset walnut feet, the imperfections of the Beam table are what give it character and honor as the former support system. Handmade by Uhuru, the table is made in Red Hook, Brooklyn in custom sizes and finishes.

5. Bullet
DESIGNER: Alexandra Von Fursetenberg
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: n/a

Unlike many of the lacquered and natural wood varieties of coffee tables, the Bullet is made in clear acrylic. Designed by the infamous Alexandra Von Furstenberg, the Bullet is made in a limited edition supply and was inspired by the emerald cut of a diamond – standing as a transparent, attention-grabbing design of a coffee table.

6. Cardboard
DESIGNER: Santiago Morahan
MANUFACTURER: Diseño Cartonero
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: n/a

By forming and pressing recycled cardboard together so that it looks almost like a wood grain laminate, the Cardboard coffee table design by Santiago Morahan for Diseño Cartonero uses green technology and the strength of storage and packing materials in a beautiful example of reuse. Complete with contrasting and complementary grains, the Cardboard table can also act as a magazine rack or desk if flipped.

7. FER CD
DESIGNER: Miguel Angel Ciganda
MANUFACTURER: Martinez Otero
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 13.9″H x 54.5″W x 36.3″D

Using pressed board, the FER CD coffee table by Miguel Angel Ciganda comes in a rectangular or square version with clever placement of drawers that extend from each of the four sides. The table’s lacquered finish comes in glossy or matte finish colors that span every color in the rainbow as well as numerous earthly shades, grays, and wood veneers.

8. Motley
DESIGNER: Samuel Chan
MANUFACTURER: Wildspirit
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: varies

Thick and voluptuous, the Motley coffee table drums are made out of a solid block of cedar (for indoor/outdoor use) or birch (for indoor use). Depending upon the size, Samuel Chan’s design for Wildspirit can act as a pouf, side table or coffee table.

9. Domino
MANUFACTURER: SIDD
PRICE: $1,400
Dimensions: 48″L x 22″W x 19″H

Made out of a sustainable Canadian Birch Hardwood Ply with a triple gloss topcoat and a tempered glass tabletop, the fascinating topple over design of the Domino coffee table by SIDD is made completely by hand. Fully customizable and made to order, the Domino table design is signed and numbered by the very artisan who was in charge of producing this spectacle of physics and art.

10. CT00
MANUFACTURER: Robert Austin Gonzalez
PRICE: Available upon request
Dimensions: 36″W x 36″D x 18″H

The CT00 coffee table by Robert Austin Gonzalez is part of the Grace Collection which includes several other variations of 1/2″ thick bronze glass tabletops with lacquered legs. In this case, the legs are hand-rubbed lacquer in “Superwhite” and the table itself has a square, polished edge for a contrasting, and quite dramatic, effect.

Hope you enjoyed our roundup of the Top Ten Big-Boned Coffee Tables!

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