Travertine Coffee Tables

A travertine coffee table offers its own standard ofwe see today, the stone can be effectively highly
architectural elegance to any modern room. This is apolished. The rock is also quarried and applied as a
look that you cannot achieve with ordinary wood orveneer, and is used in some cases for table top
glass tabletops. Most of these tables aresurfaces or also for wall and flooring tiles.
appropriately featured in a rectangular or squareA Crate-and-Barrel offering of four types includes
shape. Sets with both coffee and lamp tables aretwo Travertina coffee table styles, one in a
available, and either wood or tubular steel form therectangular shape and one square. The rectangular
bases. The clean, modern appearance of the stonestyle measures 48" in width and 28" in depth. The
looks well against background tapestries or whensquare one is 36" per side. Both of these tables
utilized for sofas with textured pillows; you can alsomeasure 17" high. There are coordinating console
pair it with austere furniture and drapery lines.(48"w x 16"d x 30"h) and Parsons (20"w x 30"d x
This graceful stone originally was mined in Turkey,22.5"h) tables. The stone topping these selections is a
Italy, and the Baltic regions. Supplies from Italy havedelicate pink. The table frames are dark gray rolled
diminished, and in its place Mexico has yielded plentifulsteel. Costco presents a dramatic chocolate
supplies. The natural colors include varying shades oftravertine collection utilizing wooden bases, with the
grays through browns to coral red tints. Travertinecocktail table square (43" per side) and 18" high.
looks like limestone or marble, but it is neither; itThis piece coordinates with a lamp table (30" per side
forms from calcium precipitates, with the range ofx 24" high) and a console table (60"w x 20"d x 29"h).
colors characteristic of varying water temperaturesHammary manufactures similar-sized pieces on a
during formation.cross-worked frame of gunmetal tubular steel and
This also results in beautiful intrinsic striations in thewith the travertine stone itself a light shade of gray.
appearance of the rock, with each piece natural andThese pieces range in price from $500 to $2,500.
unique. No two pieces are exactly alike. NaturalYour travertine coffee table not only functions as a
travertine has a pitted surface. To produce some ofbeautiful appointment in your living area but also
the beautiful travertine coffee table examples thatserves as an artistic investment.