![]() ![]() With that in mind, we reached out to eight stylish people who own (and have enthusiastically Instagrammed) these tables, in various shapes, vintage and new, to find out where and why they purchased theirs. MESAILUP Acrylic Coffee Table, 32' L x 16' W x16'' H x3/4'' Thick Modern Waterfall Coffee Table for Living Room, Clear Rectangle Tea Table with Round Edges 3 100+ viewed in past week 18999199.99 Save 20.00 with coupon 29.99 delivery Apr 28 - May 3 Only 13 left in stock - order soon. And what better way to temper it all than with a table that is less of a shout, more of a whisper? By virtue of its see-through design, the clear coffee table essentially acts as a blank canvas, deferring to the decorative whims of its owner. Many people have reacted to the somber mood of this past year by tabling their AirSpace goals, fending off their sadness with cozy clutter, loud hues, chaotic patterns and enough plants to rival the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. But my Instagram skulking also revealed that maximalism played a part in its popularity. It would make sense to blame the minimalist trend for the current ubiquity of this understated coffee table, which has been around in one form or another for years. ![]() (Though Irby’s floor was bare, most of the people who own these tables also seem to harbor a penchant for Cold Picnic.) In the ensuing weeks, it seemed like all my feed consisted of were images of the table, in various iterations of glass and acrylic, sitting in the plant-strewn dwellings of other writers, artists, and cool influential-types on Instagram, including a stacked acrylic side table in best-selling author Samantha Irby’s living room. Not long after, I scrolled upon another version, again on a Cold Picnic rug, except this one was just a single shiny slab of acrylic. I made a mental note to look for a similar style - and so did Instagram’s algorithm, apparently. I loved the unadorned, simple look of the coffee table and coincidentally happened to be redecorating my place for the umpteenth time since lockdown. It was littered with books, a zen garden, and other comforting ephemera that, on account of its glass makeup, all effectively appeared to be floating. The first time I laid eyes on this particular clear coffee table, it was sitting in writer Haley Nahman’s Brooklyn living room, perched atop a Cold Picnic rug. If I scrolled too fast, I might have missed it. Editor Hannah Baxter’s see-through coffee table (and Cold Picnic rug). ![]()
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