Styling The Forgotten Table

The humble side table. It gets so little respect. I feel like everywhere you turn someone has written a post or pinned images of "how to style a bookshelf" or "how to style a coffee table" but we often forget that our side tables could use a little love as well. I mean it puts up with water rings and other beverage related abuses on a daily basis and sometimes it's only ornamentation is a lamp. What about a few books, a candle, some cute matches or a vase full of seasonal flowers in addition to that lamp? And while you're at it, a couple coaster's wouldn't hurt either. 

Sources // Lamp / Box of Matches / Candle / Gold Urchin / Blue Willow Tray / Rope Bowl / Decorative Box / Book One / Book Two / Book Three 

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