Anyone have a leather ottoman as their coffee table?

BlondeJD Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:01 PM

Anyone have a leather ottoman as their coffee table?

I really like the look of one of those big leather ottomans as a coffee table. But I was wondering for those who own it - how functional is it? Do you find yourself wishing that you'd just gotten a hard coffee table to put plates/glasses on or do you just use trays on top of it?

Here's the one we're thinking of getting if that helps

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L&M2006 Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:09 PM

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My brother has one - it looks great. They have one of those trays and they put drinks there (if they dare drink around their new leather sofa and ottoman )

jeanla4c Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:38 PM

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Is that from storehouse? I was just looking at that and considering it too!

BlondeJD Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:40 PM

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Posted by jeanla4c

Is that from storehouse? I was just looking at that and considering it too!

That one is from Pottery Barn but I'm interested in seeing other ones since theirs is on the expensive side. Does Storehouse have a website?

snowprincess805 Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:49 PM

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my parents have one - but no one uses it to put drinks on - mostly the dog uses it as his bed - but they also have a regular coffee table too

the one my parents hve is from ethan allen is nice- pretty firm - ok to put plates on but even with a tray i think drinks would be unstable

we have a cool cofee table it is a glass top with four otttomans that go under it - good mix of both - and they make some with the storage ottomans

jeanla4c Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:50 PM

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Posted by jenniesunshine

Posted by jeanla4c

Is that from storehouse? I was just looking at that and considering it too!

That one is from Pottery Barn but I'm interested in seeing other ones since theirs is on the expensive side. Does Storehouse have a website?

Ah must have looked at that catolog too but
Here is what I saw that looked similar from their website:

Storehouse

Preshy7 Posted: Jan 09, 2006 05:51 PM

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I HAVE ONE VERY SIMILAR
FROM FURNITURELAND SOUTH

IT LOOKS GREAT- BUT ITS ANNOYING -
IM TRYING TO FIND A LARGE TRAY TO PUT ON IT...BUT WE DEAL BECUASE IT LOOKS GOOD
HERE IS A PIC..I BOUGHT TWO SMALL TRAYS BUT I FOUND A LARGER ONE THAT I REPLACE THEM WITH..

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BlondeJD Posted: Jan 09, 2006 06:10 PM

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Posted by snowprincess805

we have a cool cofee table it is a glass top with four otttomans that go under it - good mix of both - and they make some with the storage ottomans

I'd really be interested in something like that - where did you find it?

BlondeJD Posted: Jan 09, 2006 06:15 PM

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Posted by Preshy7

I HAVE ONE VERY SIMILAR
FROM FURNITURELAND SOUTH

IT LOOKS GREAT- BUT ITS ANNOYING -
IM TRYING TO FIND A LARGE TRAY TO PUT ON IT...BUT WE DEAL BECUASE IT LOOKS GOOD
HERE IS A PIC..I BOUGHT TWO SMALL TRAYS BUT I FOUND A LARGER ONE THAT I REPLACE THEM WITH..

That looks really good!! I am really worried about the functionality - like you mentioned. Here's the combo I think we're going for (our walls are a rich cranberry color):

103005FallBride Posted: Jan 09, 2006 06:33 PM

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Posted by Preshy7

I HAVE ONE VERY SIMILAR
FROM FURNITURELAND SOUTH

IT LOOKS GREAT- BUT ITS ANNOYING -
IM TRYING TO FIND A LARGE TRAY TO PUT ON IT...BUT WE DEAL BECUASE IT LOOKS GOOD
HERE IS A PIC..I BOUGHT TWO SMALL TRAYS BUT I FOUND A LARGER ONE THAT I REPLACE THEM WITH..

GORGEOUS!!! Love your rug!!!

FTRBRIDE Posted: Jan 09, 2006 07:40 PM

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Ours just came in from Ethan Allen and we love it. I ordered the medium Bradford tray from Pottery Barn and we can put drinks on it without a problem. We also got 2 nice size end tables so there is pleanty of room to put stuff.

diluvchu Posted: Jan 09, 2006 11:22 PM

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My aunt has it and it looks great. She has a large tray for glasses and what not. But be careful because she has a crazy beagle who jumped on it and scratched the leather...not good! So it you have pets you may want to be careful, not that they wouldn't do damage to wood or other things too. And BTW, it is a BEAUTIFUL look!

MCDO15 Posted: Jan 10, 2006 07:50 AM

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we just have two ottomans that match our catch...

the top flips over and then we can serve stuff from it and it has storage in side for books, dvd's etc..

Preshy7 Posted: Jan 10, 2006 08:01 AM

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Posted by jenniesunshine

Posted by Preshy7

I HAVE ONE VERY SIMILAR
FROM FURNITURELAND SOUTH

IT LOOKS GREAT- BUT ITS ANNOYING -
IM TRYING TO FIND A LARGE TRAY TO PUT ON IT...BUT WE DEAL BECUASE IT LOOKS GOOD
HERE IS A PIC..I BOUGHT TWO SMALL TRAYS BUT I FOUND A LARGER ONE THAT I REPLACE THEM WITH..

That looks really good!! I am really worried about the functionality - like you mentioned. Here's the combo I think we're going for (our walls are a rich cranberry color):

i love it! i think you should totally get it- it really looks great in a room- just get a big tray! go for it

Preshy7 Posted: Jan 10, 2006 08:01 AM

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Posted by 103005FallBride

Posted by Preshy7

I HAVE ONE VERY SIMILAR
FROM FURNITURELAND SOUTH

IT LOOKS GREAT- BUT ITS ANNOYING -
IM TRYING TO FIND A LARGE TRAY TO PUT ON IT...BUT WE DEAL BECUASE IT LOOKS GOOD
HERE IS A PIC..I BOUGHT TWO SMALL TRAYS BUT I FOUND A LARGER ONE THAT I REPLACE THEM WITH..

GORGEOUS!!! Love your rug!!!

thank you!!
homegoods!

Hallowedding Posted: Jan 10, 2006 11:11 AM

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I have a leather ottoman that is our coffee table and I absolutely love it. It's perfect for us because we love to put our feet up when we watch tv, and we don't feel as bad as we did when we had a glass coffee table. When we want to have a drink or a snack, we have tall wooden tray tables that we can use.

EvenEdan Posted: Jan 10, 2006 07:51 PM

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I have a suede ottomon with a tray on top like in your pic. I love it because it's convenient to take the tray off and put your feet up, but it can get annoying when we have people over because there is not much room to put drinks down and there's no room for food. On most days it works for us though and I love how it looks.