Coffee table, cocktail table, occasional table, there aren’t many pieces of furniture that have multiple names and uses. When you consider how important (and functional) a great modern coffee tables is to a living room, it’s incredible how often it is taken for granted.

The first piece that comes to mind when furnishing a living room is generally a sofa. But without a coffee table, the room no matter how beautiful looks incomplete. Metaphorically, think of your sofa as a great outfit and your coffee table as the perfect pair of shoes to go with it.

22 Design Modern Coffee Tables

Take a look around your living room. Is it time for a new coffee table? If so, here are our picks of the best ones out there. They’re fashion forward and practical. And your feet will thank you for bringing one home.

1. Slat Coffee Table

We can’t help but think of picnics when we lay our eyes on this smooth slat coffee table. Metal plated detailing amps up this living room basic.

With a table made of wood, you do not have to worry about coffee that will spill. Modern coffee table design is simple and attractive.

2. Cornered Coffee Table

Stylishly display your most recent reads on the corner of this sculptural coffee table. With such easy access, you could even store photo albums or a guest book for visitors to sign!

Modern coffee table design is very contemporary. This coffee table is perfect for those of you who like reading while enjoying coffee or tea.

3. Large Okura Kidney Table

This colorful bean-shaped table will surely put a smile on the face of anyone who lounges near it. Clean lines and a spacious table top make it an incredibly versatile piece.

You who like bright colors, interested or not with this modern coffee table design this one? Think about having it.

4. Modern Rustic Distressed Coffee Table

We love how wood can be manipulated to look so sleek yet stunningly natural. Each crack and jagged edge adds so much character.

This minimalist coffee table is made of hard wood. Making it can not be doubted its quality. Although it looks simple, but it does not make it look ancient.

5. Noguchi Coffee Table

This one coffee table really looks really interesting. The design is very simple, very appropriate to be placed in front of the house. Pair it with one or two chairs beside it.

Maybe you can think for a moment to imagine if the table really is in front of your house. And you enjoy a cup of coffee while you sit back.

6. Curva Maxi Coffee Table

This black-as-night coffee table creates some down right dashing silhouettes. Its fancy feet are gorgeously curved. This is an amazing design.

7. Bird Cage Coffee Table

We just had to share this fantastically whimsical coffee table! While it’s not the most practical one out there, the idea of this beautiful bird cage is absolutely enchanting.

8. Bloom Coffee Table Style

We’re blown away by the natural beauty that is incorporated in this coffee table. Tree rings take on a graphic form that’s nothing less than inspiring.

9. DOG Coffee Table

Can you believe that a slab of wood can be so jaw-dropping? This awesome coffee table stands perfectly at attention hoisted by four black legs.

10. Jacques Cocktail Table

This square lucite coffee table is dolled up with brass to give it an ultra luxe feel. A little gold trimming never hurt anyone.

The minimalist style design is very unique and impressive. Easy to move around anytime, of course this adds a flexible value.

11. Smart Round Marble Top Coffee Table

This coffee table oozes modern sophistication. It’ll seem at home in both a plush penthouse or studio apartment. The shape of the cylinder makes this table look different from others. Very nice modern coffee table design.

12. Monarch Coffee Table

You can really let your imagination run wild with this whimsical coffee table. Is its curved metal base the broad wings of a butterfly or the tangly tentacles of an underwater creature?

13. Clarity Color Glass Table

Isn’t this color wheel coffee table just divine? Be it delicate (it’s all made out of glass), it might be worth the extra caution when the sun hits its pink and orange wedges.

Very elegant modern design. Who does not like a beautiful table and interesting as in the picture above. Are you also interested?

14. Rogue Coffee Table

Give your room a real pop of color with this completely hole punched piece. It’s posh enough to stand up next to a neutral sectional yet playful enough for the dorms.

Make your life more colorful by adding vibrant colors around your life. Generally, people who love bright colors, is a cheerful type of person.

15. Elegant Modern Coffe Tables

Glossly white lacquer creates an ultra modern finish on top of this perforated coffee table. Silver square cutouts add even more shimmer.

This table is very elegant look with the color it has. Designed with a modern model, without any element of simplicity at all.

16. Semisfera Coffee Table

Rustic meets elegant in this spherical coffee table. A smooth “bowl” shape ensures that this piece will make a statement in any living room or den.

Perhaps the material used to make this modern coffee table is simple. But the unique and classy design makes it fit in the modern coffee tables.

17. Nest Coffee Table

Even if you tried to play a game of Jenga with the base of this coffee table, its solid timber legs wouldn’t budge. Each base is built randomly, making each piece a one-of-a-kind.

Although messy but very good is not it? A very organized deliberate and with a mature count. Do not be surprised, if this table many want it. And we’re sure you want it too.

18. Apothem Coffee Table

This round coffee table breaks down into four pie sliced side tables perfect for accommodating scattered seated guests. The two toned tabletops are made of reclaimed wood.

Very flexible table design. If you want to enjoy coffee with friends in different places, then this table is the solution.

19. Infinite Coffee Table (Unique Modern Coffee Tables)

This infinite coffee table is as sleek as a sports car. Complete with silver “racing stripes,” this design is meant for a modern man cave.

A table but does not look like a table. Perhaps someone who has just seen this table will think this is not a table. And even they will be confused what this is.

20. Pedrera Coffee Table

Dramatically angled black steel legs make this coffee table fascinating. Its glass table top is cut in a unique pebble shape.

21. Modern Swivel Coffee Table (Best Modern Coffee Tables)

The Modern Swivel Coffee table ($578) is like a beautiful living room jewelry box. It features storage space in the bottom two levels, while the top two levels rotate 360 degrees for multiple looks.

It’s finished in a high-gloss lacquer, with white on top and light and dark shades of gray beneath for a tonal effect.

22. Blu Dot Pi Round Coffee Table

Wedges of durable, powder-coated steel paired with either walnut (black top) or white ash (white top) wood detailing give this coffee table ($599) some geometric detail. Its five-leg base adds to the table’s stability.

Modern coffee table design above is a very admirable and modern designs. Of course not many who have it. If you are interested in some of the modern coffee tables above, that is a natural thing. Hope you get the idea or inspiration for your modern coffee table.