Coffee Tables - Finding a Coffee Table Size for Your Sofa & Sectional - Living Room Furniture Ideas

Discover the interior design process of figuring out what size of a coffee table makes sense depending on the size and shape of a sofa or sectional. We will explore dimensions, scale, and shape, and how you can use this information to find a coffee table that will work for your place. Whether you want a round coffee table, square coffee table, or rectangular shape coffee table, I'll share interior design tips on selecting a coffee table that fits with your living room furniture. Enjoy a short design exercise at the end to practice your design skills. Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments!
Video Key Moments:
0:00 Intro. & Overview
0:25 Coffee Table Width
3:15 Coffee Table Height
5:12 Space Between Coffee Table and Sofa
7:00 Furniture Scale and Proportion
9:59 Coffee Table Shapes for Sofas & Sofa Chaises
12:31 Coffee Table Shapes for L-Shaped Sectionals
13:15 Coffee Table Size Examples
15:05 Thanks for Watching!
15:29 Design Exercise
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[@michellemoss-s4e]

Thank you for the explanation. My sofa is a sectional that is 109 x 109. However if you measure the inside it’s only 69”
On both sides. The corner is 40”. I’m just wondering if a 42 round coffee table is too big. I would be happy to send you a photo of the room. Thank you so much for your help!

[@CarolGilman]

I think you would have plenty of room for a 42" round coffee table. You would be able to place the table inside that square shaped area with wiggle room so you could place the table just inside the square, not on the very edge of each side of the sectional, which is nice to not have the table stick-out more than the sectional or sofa. The 18" is a guideline, and you could even move the table in a little. Maybe to help visualize how it would fit, could you measure that out in front of your sectional? You could probably even go a little smaller, around 40". Maybe measure for both sizes and see which one looks and feels the best to you. Let me know what you find out and if you have any other questions. Take care, Carol

[@michellemoss-s4e]

I don’t understand how you got a 52 “ coffee table on the 106” sectional. You said you deducted 18” from each side. Can you explain. Thx.

[@CarolGilman]

Thanks so much for your comment! This was a great question.
So how I came-up with the 52" square size coffee table was that I needed to figure out how large of a square shape was available. Even though the sectional is 106" overall on each side, I had to subtract 36" (1/3 of the 106") from each side since we don't actually have 106" of space for a coffee table, we have smaller size of an area for a coffee table. After that calculation, that smaller area equaled a square shaped space of 70" ( or another way to think of it is that each sofa side, inside where a coffee table could be placed, is 70" wide.) Then I subtracted 18" of clearance on each side leaving a 52" square shaped area or space for a 52" square shaped coffee table.
Let me know if you have any other questions! Take care, Carol