Room Interior Design California: coffee table

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDw-_-OzAxVERAGtbgGVlcfSlrM96MIuzCyXuZ_61kxEb7IXIfchlYUNzCC53UIoVEU8RjSenffbXll5X0IOiNZfePO0WJc7vehLmzF77jBhyphenhyphensp4eULLIZtd7M_4ee2mPKvTK7i2XDltm/s1600/05_thomas-jayne-philadelphia-townhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">It all started with this. </div><div align="center"> Thomas Jayne's work in <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/">Architectural Digest</a>.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCDv0adw9QvEdC3R8vtpB2D_m5X5JdqfLvtHiZoFeQZjaLbPASckkoz9lIg0DiubkjewF-0c9Jn4HSeV9g7aR1YWW5SzmtmIataAm8TcKWHTr8wKTPBHOFGZAjmg0Ddm3a3LJs9EEt9YU/s1600/Handegan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then in the same issue......Amelia Handegan.  Same type table, very different rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The simple Parsons table is one of the most adaptable.  Suitable in any type of material, in any type of environment.  A chameleon of sorts. Dress it up or down. Lacquer it, leave it in a natural wood, perhaps enliven it with a special finish, or douse it with a bold color.  It can take a back seat and allow the more ornate around it to stand out or it can command all the attention with it's boxy, simple, structural form.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Parsons table design is credited to Jean-Michel Frank from Parsons Paris School of Art and Design in the 1930's. It came out of a project from one of his courses, according to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/08/garden/08room.html">NY Times in an article in 2006</a>. The challenge was to create a table that despite the finish, could maintain it's integrity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do believe it has.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknBn-1VdT5AbfacfNzXZi8_QE2zvpnMsbvnKFCByKWpBMO2gcqFuDiub5Zh6oAN4e16x1qncll2cZFetipEwm8F7bUkNgAd6DR9uJXtScDDLHbyRfkaeQYe4bMlJEhLAfpWQxbhLYQjJg/s1600/Lonny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center">This project featured in <a href="http://www.lonnymag.com/issues/28-may-june-2011-issue/pages/1">Lonny</a>, is where one might expect a Parsons table to be found.  Modern, clean-lined, plain and simple next to all that pattern.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCEX6Neu6dRBMG6ktswXwlWLwvUzYaOEEDJcom8k95EqfyNboXCtc1MRZeYv0uwaI_oA-Hxn1NOrZFrsuPnaz48Z3ZNTUigye6EjCYDeEF8uiGrF7i4eRfkVuXQbs2wHlcbTdc7yTzb2N/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">David deMatei and Patrick Wade - House Beautiful</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">However, it is at home in a more traditional environment. (While not a true Parsons, where the leg thickness equals the top thickness, this is an adaption of one.) </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Parsons tables make great desks, coffee tables, or dining tables.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOWRI0J04qYyZjvcv4AYt6eFzO_F2e2rHIGKa5e9ULGK9c3SY0pZOGgobWS9k05lmWGfyY2s0HUhR-K3XH9R0rrWCV9lRqGhyk7cNnZhXSzCZuTQRJNiK9tXXbd9uwx9t971iOfJJkfoc/s1600/3_1303842336_sig_bergamin_ED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="512" /></span></em></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sig Bergamin - Elle Decor</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp4xlJbVwbxpdR4aORvLsfL9qMhfbyw0UDBEkE5xOg8hwd3QWReYKB2IgA23wVgRSOtFous5n0bvVHQtys8JG-QUom6sh_tsd8XOwl4LFd_uE5wGshxMk6w6kBzp3-UqhtthRv4fmLVNM/s1600/ED+Anne-Marie+Midy+and+Jorge+Almada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada - Elle Decor</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYFzf2pawfbk51PiJ4J_2ExcwyV0NizH7pUgdG_pY7egBdZTiTVfTTbeHoNxbfqkURSXN5xX1q-9buYyUVqmu6uVP2HElodsAZd0Ep4NJestupe1aiVnKwQ1iHHllo7Gr488BfA7RRYPN/s1600/ED+Jesse+Carrier+and+Mara+Miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller - Elle Decor</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLWbKwqXHyg7ohFoItW8Wd-E3JgWW7j9vdCuzIn_NERP5L6ZrVIOZ_pmu1lcHIWtMYoqZj_FlPanCnIyR8hMr2-bwc1npAJ0FknthwAngrqe1omW9h6l0foI3Dp4ktCdEDXwS6yybUEAN/s1600/3_interior-design-trends-ED0110+Juan+Carlos+Garcia-Lavin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Juan Carlos Garcia - Elle Decor</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnxtprIx0JN0gUshQna68ojwvjpNDz1HxZxC3gAhIsMYybKI3eHP3Fc3p5dWb4_Hhrx88aT66CoKTNjKQQT0LQteGu0qzspbx0iajqpPP6gg5ZBuBbTTHgLORrDBip5ki9V79q0LWh4AN/s1600/Elaine+Griffin+ED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Elaine Griffin - Elle Decor</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Good design is functional, timeless, adaptable, and beautiful.</div>

The Adaptable Parsons Table

It all started with this. Thomas Jayne's work in Architectural Digest . Then in the same issue......Amelia Handegan. Same type table...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">COFFEE OR COCKTAILS?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whatever the original reason for this table</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(obviously something to do with serving beverages)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no home is complete without it, or a reasonable facsimile of the same.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is functional</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(where else do you put the book you are reading or the milk and cookies?)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY__hBVrjvB4sp7M3mRDwtTXNL58M6GM9Y9-lxAG3bXxamKXqVYFfdCUt4EgGlno6Mqorkvp76fSb6TWwVPMIBJMQhm7i1TZFjdaqj1DnSRqH7y2yEfZr0HYBX7FUMxP9cty6R37LlpaRr/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY__hBVrjvB4sp7M3mRDwtTXNL58M6GM9Y9-lxAG3bXxamKXqVYFfdCUt4EgGlno6Mqorkvp76fSb6TWwVPMIBJMQhm7i1TZFjdaqj1DnSRqH7y2yEfZr0HYBX7FUMxP9cty6R37LlpaRr/s400/01.jpg" width="311px"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br><br /></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2010/08/coffee-or-cocktails.html#more">Read more »</a>

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