How a Table Skirt Can Add Glamour to a Room
Looking for an easy and affordable way to elevate your decor style? Add a table skirt to any room and instantly up your design game.
Table skirts have long been considered a classic design element. Think Dorothy Draper, Sister Parish and David Hicks. These days however, table skirts are not just for the traditional or formal home.
Enhance Your Design Style
Table skirts can be fresh, elegant, modern, bohemian or casual. They are a versatile way to add a layer of pattern, texture and color to any room. Unlike the cost and commitment of selecting your sofa or chair upholstery, a table skirt can be easily changed or repurposed.
Practical Benefits
And practically speaking, table skirts also offer great concealed storage. Ideal for small spaces. They are also an easy way to dress up - okay hide - a tired piece of furniture.
Selecting the right skirt
The cost of table skirts run the gamut. For the budget-minded, a remnant piece of fabric can be easily sewn to create a unique accent. Or you may want to splurge and showcase an elegant designer fabric layered with a gorgeous trim or two. If you go custom, consider adding lining to enhance the skirt’s drape and overall appearance. Remember, you will be saving on the cost of the quality of furniture beneath the skirt, so why not splurge?
No matter what your style or budget, there is a table skirt for you. Here are a few of my favorites.
Enjoy!
1 - Major impact | The rich purple and orange tones featured in the table skirt of the New York apartment of Tory Burch, brims with personality and vibrancy.
2 - Classic and Fresh | Designer Mark D. Sikes uses a clean blue and white palette in his stylish entry way. The drape and pattern of the console table skirt enhances the relaxed and colorful space.
3 - Bright and Fresh: Designer Ashley Whittaker incorporates a frothy embellished table skirt in her living room design, reinforcing the rooms colors to create a sense of balance throughout the space.
4 - Too lovely to leave out, here is the rest of Ms. Whittaker’s lovely living room design…
5 - Bohemian and Layered | Textile designer Carolina Irving adds to the colorful layers of her eclectic Paris apartment by anchoring the room’s corner with a fabulous colorful ikat skirted table.
Cheerful and Welcoming | Sarah Bartholomew ’s bright turquoise and yellow-accented table skirt provides a cheery welcome to guests in her stylish entry way design.
Gracious Ease | The table skirt in Aerin Lauder’s East Hampton sun porch harmonizes with the beautiful outdoor vistas.
Smart and Practical: A bonus - Skirted consoles can provide additional, hidden storage space. (via Better Homes and Gardens)
Charming and Cozy | Designer Miles Redd uses a classic pattern and coordinating bullion fringe to provide charm and coziness to his library dining table skirt.
Elegant and Traditional | A colorful and classic room by Mark Gillette is underscored with an exquisite rose-colored table skirt with elaborate trim.
Casual | Another Caroline Irving Textiles table skirt strikes the perfect casual note to her relaxed space.
Coordinated: Coordinating drapery and table skirt fabric harmonizes with the striped wall paper and blue lacquered ceiling to create a lovely breakfast room by T. Keller Donovan.
Classic | Mrs. Kennedy’s White House | Legendary designer Stephane Boudin employed a luminous Scalamandre blue velvet for the center table of The Blue Room.
If you are interested in creating a custom table skirt or need other design help, contact us at hello@jenleonard.design. We would love to assist you.