11 Ideas That'll Help to Elevate Your Hallway Console Table

Narrow in shape but incredibly sturdy and supportive, a hallway console table can easily add storage space to even the smallest of rooms. Hallway console tables can range from minimal to gorgeously decorative in design, making them suitable for spaces of any style. If you're wondering how to add a hallway console table to your home's furnishings, keep scrolling – we've collected 11 hallway console table ideas to help you decide where to place and how to decorate yours.

1. By the Front Door

One of the most common and helpful places to place a hallway console table is in the foyer. Sat by the front door, a hallway console table can provide some much-needed surface space for keys, hats, scarves and other miscellaneous items. When decorated, a hallway console table can give guests with a sense of your interior style and add a lovely, lived-in quality to your home. We recommend hanging a wall mirror above your hallway console table – it'll not only fill the empty space above the table, but it will also give you a place to touch up your appearance before leaving the house.

2. As a Bar Cart

Bar carts when loaded with an assortment of drinks and fancy glassware, are the next best thing in at-home entertaining. As they're so narrow while still offering significant surface storage space, hallway console tables are great as small-space bar carts. Place delicate drinkware and your best beverages on the top and additional drinks and dinnerware on the bottom.

Tip: Looking for even more ways to zhuzh up the narrowest room in your home? Then why not take a look at these 4 ways to rethink your hallway and our guide to hallway rugs.

3. Add a Little Glitz & Glam

Away from the hallway, a gold-accented console table can be just the piece your glam living room needs. Adorned with glam-style decorations like a table lamp or two, a glittering gold console table can add another layer of luxe sparkle to your home. Bonus points if you hang a gorgeous glam mirror above it.

4. Behind the Sofa

You and your guests will appreciate having a surface where you can rest items while you sit on a sofa – especially a large sofa. Side tables are great, but they don't always accommodate those sitting toward the centre of the sofa. This console table idea is especially useful if you want to fill dead space behind a sofa or make your living room's open floor plan take up a bit more space.

5. Well-Worn Country Farmhouse

Farmhouse is one of the most popular styles right now. Use a console table to help make it yours. Because country farmhouse style incorporates a lot of decorative objects, adopting it can clutter up a coffee table, kitchen counter or dining room table. A console table can provide the perfect amount of ancillary space to support all the eccentric decorations entailed by farmhouse style.

6. Curated Coastal

Just like country farmhouse style, coastal style incorporates a lot of loose decorative objects, including coral, seashells, glass bottles and more. All of these pieces can overwhelm a space without enough surfaces to hold them. A console table – especially one with a weathered, beachy vibe – can help. Place a large wall mirror or gorgeous coastal landscape painting above your coastal console table to create the illusion of an additional window which can contribute to the space's breezy look.

7. In Place of a Mantel

If your living room has a broad, empty wall that you're unsure how to decorate, a console table might be the perfect solution. Simply place a console table, supplemented by a large wall mirror or large piece of wall art, where a fireplace and mantel might have been, and decorate accordingly. Think books, candles, vases filled with flowers and more. A well-decorated console table will help accent and fill the space, especially if you have a large living room.

8. As a Helpful Dining Room Accessory

Save yourself the trouble of going all the way back to the kitchen for more napkins, cutlery or placemats by storing them in your dining room console table. Similar to our other console table ideas, a dining room console table paired with a large piece of wall art or a wall mirror can help fill empty space while providing some much-needed room for storage. A console table is also a great place to keep centerpieces and table runners when it's time to eat. Keep an eye out for a console table with large drawers or cabinets to hold additional dishware.

9. As a Home Office Desk

If you're looking for a casual, space-saving desk idea, again the hallway console table is the solution for you. A console table's simple, compact design makes it the perfect desk alternative for smaller spaces. Simple storage components, including drawers and shelves, can provide you with just the right amount of storage space for your basic desk needs. Keep in mind, though, that many console tables are under 60cm in depth, so if you work with a lot of paper work, a console table might not provide you with enough surface space.

10. As a Laundry-Folding Table

Give your back a break by folding your laundry on a laundry room console table. If your laundry room is in desperate need of additional surfaces, a console table might be just what you've been looking for. If you choose a console table with broad shelves, you can store laundry baskets and other supplies underneath.

11. In Place of a Vanity

If a traditional vanity is a bit too bulky for your bedroom needs, opt for a console table instead. Paired with a wall mirror, a console table can be the perfect substitute for a vanity. Small drawers can hold makeup and other accessories. The console table's surface may even have enough leftover space for lamps and other decor.

Tip: Before you go shopping for your next console table, why not check out:

• Elevate Your Hallway With These Furniture Ideas
• Laying Down the Perfect Hallway Rug
• How to Choose the Right Coffee Table Dimensions