12款吸引人的当代咖啡桌
12 Eye Catching Contemporary Coffee Tables

由专筑网Yumi，李韧编译

如今市场上的多种咖啡桌，让人们眼花缭乱，尤其当你是一个好客、并且仔细装扮起居室的人时，这种感觉尤为更甚。

With so many coffee tables available today on the market, it could get difficult to decide, specially if you are that type of person who loves to entertain guests and at the same time, put a lot of attention on your living room’s looks.



咖啡桌的高度较低，起源于土耳其。这是一件实用的家具，主要放在沙发旁或扶手椅之间，用于放置咖啡、杂志和你的手机，因此而得名。正如过去一切的发明一样，它的设计随着时间的推移而演变，现在其功能性逐渐弱化，人们愈发看中其艺术特征，一张设计精致的咖啡桌，甚至能成为房间的焦点。

A coffee table is a style of low living room table that, has its origins in Turkey. It is a piece of functional furniture that is intended to be placed next to a sofa or between armchairs to support coffee, magazines and your mobiles, hence the name. As everything invented in the past, its design evolved over time and nowadays is no longer subject to strict utility and it has become almost an art piece, which is often the focal point of the room.



现在你可能会问自己，咖啡桌和鸡尾酒桌有什么不同？二者高度都较低，并且都会放在沙发前面。事实上，其区别在于形状，鸡尾酒桌是长方形的，而咖啡桌则多呈弧形或圆形。它们的功能类似，并无多大区别。

另外，当下的设计作品有如此之多，其真正的名称反而逐渐弱化，现代设计有直的、圆的甚至不规则的边缘，你可以统称它们为咖啡桌或鸡尾酒桌。

You’ll probably ask yourself now, what is the difference between a coffee table and a cocktail one, as they are both low and intended to be placed in front of the sofa? The answer is in the shape, cocktail ones are rectangular while the ones intended for coffee have a round or circular shape. With utilities being the same for both, there are no added advantages or disadvantages in choosing any one.
And with so many designs available, who really cares how you gonna call your furniture! Contemporary designs with straight, circular and even irregular edges allow you to call them coffee tables and cocktail tables at the same time.



你想要一些与客厅装饰相符的家具吗？你需要既引人注目又兼具功能性的储藏空间吗？或者你想要与咖啡共度休闲时光吗？无论你的家居装饰有多么不同，你的需求有多么独特，在这里，你都能寻找到符合你心意的咖啡桌。接下来，小编为大家精挑细选十二款现代化、功能齐全、醒目的咖啡桌，任君选择。

Do you want something just to match your living room decor.Something eye-catching, are you in need of extra storage space or you wanna start playing while enjoying your coffee? No matter how different your home decor is, and how needy you are, there is a type of coffee table that will match everyone’s tastes perfectly. See our selection of twelve modern, functional and eye-catching coffee tables, and select the one that best fits you.














   





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