25 Ways to Decorate a Console Table
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Console tables were once solely decorative pieces in opulent homes and palaces, but nowadays they are used to house everything from lamps and books to ceramics and artwork. The furniture is often found in entrance halls, the foundation for a stylish vignette to greet visitors, but a console table is also a smart addition to a living or dining room, where it can act as both extra storage and a stylish surface for display-worthy dishes or picture frames. (And some pieces are so intricate, they require no accoutrements at all to make a grand statement.) We delved into the AD archives to find our favorite console tables to inspire how you style your own; read on to see them all.
Casino-resort mogul Steve Wynn and his wife, Andrea's New York duplex features interiors by Roger Thomas. The living room’s 1977 Roy Lichtenstein canvas hangs above an Hervé Van der Straeten console from Ralph Pucci International; a 1958 Picasso painting is displayed in the hall.
A Moffett painting surmounts a Blackman Cruz console in a London mansion designed by Rafael de Cárdenas.
In the entry area of a New York apartment by architect Lee F. Mindel, a vintage André Borderie table lamp mingles with artworks by Raoul Dufy (left) and Iran do Espírito Santo atop an Antonio Citterio console for Hermès.
On a console table in fashion designer Reed Krakoff's New York City office , a Christopher Dresser tureen is displayed next to a Marc Newson clock.
An Isabel López-Quesada–designed canopy bed bisects a living room in a home she decorated on the Greek island of Spetses . The ribbed wood ceiling and painted floor are typical of the island; flamboyant shell mirrors hang above the vintage consoles.
In architect and designer Daniel Romualdez's Los Angeles living room are a Donald Baechler painting, a bronze bust by Anh Duong, and a vintage gilded console from Dragonette Ltd.
A limestone fireplace wall anchors the living area of a California retreat devised by Ehrlich Architects; the floors are marble, the wood side table is from VivaTerra, the Éric Jourdan console and Pascal Mourgue table lamps are from Ligne Roset, and the wall paint is a Benjamin Moore light gray.
Designer Jean-Louis Deniot transformed a French farmhouse for his sister and her family. Xavier Béjot photos are paired with a rustic console in the library.
A sculptural Van der Straeten console in Donny Deutsch's New York townhouse , designed by Tony Ingrao and Randy Kemper.
This Aspen, Colorado, dining room designed by Shawn Henderson features a David Weeks Studio chandelier, a set of 1950s dining chairs cushioned in an Edelman leather, and a wall-mounted Paul Evans console from Todd Merrill Studio. The photo montage is by Tacita Dean.
Artworks by, from left, Frank Auerbach and Ana Cardoso are displayed in a guest room of a Hong Kong home reimagined by Mattia Bonetti. An artisan mottled the walls and ceiling with graphite scribbles. The console buffet, the chair and ottoman, and the floor lamp are all Bonetti designs.
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A starburst mirror from Lillian August hangs above a Crate & Barrel console in the entrance hall of a Long Island home designed by Sawyer | Berson.
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In the Robert Couturier–designed vestibule of this New York penthouse, the French Art Deco console from Bernd Goeckler Antiques is grouped with a FontanaArte mirror from Galerie Van den Akker and a Cindy Sherman photograph.
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The entrance hall of Michael S. Smith’s Manhattan home features a circa-1815 Italian neoclassical console and flooring by I. J. Peiser’s Sons.
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Designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen’s London foyer features a painting by Erland Eller, a small watercolor by Christian Bérard, a garden statue of Mercury, and an 18th-century Swedish console.
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In the entry hall of this Jean-Louis Deniot–designed Chicago apartment, the mirrored marble-top console is a Serge Roche–inspired piece by Deniot.
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Stacks of design books and vibrant bunches of ranunculus flank an Italian console and an 18th-century English gilt chinoiserie mirror in tastemaker Iris Apfel’s New York apartment.
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In Timothy Corrigan’s Los Angeles living room, a portrait of Cleopatra, attributed to Caravaggio, hangs above an 18th-century Venetian console topped with sculptural candlestick holders.
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The living room terrace of a Northern California home designed by Suzanne Rheinstein & Assoc. includes a limestone-top console and antique Chinese ginger jars from Hollyhock.
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Designer Lauren King’s Los Angeles dining room features a gilt-wood console from Niall Smith that displays Chinese-export porcelain.
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A burlap pouf from Mecox is tucked underneath a console table in Dave DeMattei and Patrick Wade’s Los Angeles living room.
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In the library of this Virginia farmhouse by Alison Martin Interiors and Jean Perin Interior Design, a circa-1830 portrait hangs above a 19th-century library table topped with an architect’s staircase model.
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Designer Bunny Williams chose an American console from Karl Kemp Antiques for the living room of this Virginia house.
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Designer Veronica Toub displays John Baldessari works above an Alexandra von Furstenberg console in her Paris apartment.
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A sunburst mirror hangs above a console topped with drawings, books, and flowers in the dining room of Hallmark Cards executive David Jimenez’s Kansas City, Missouri, home.