(Haute Obsession} Skirted Tables

I love the look of a crisp, tailored skirted table. Above is a skirted table in San Francisco designer Grant K. Gibson's home. That wide Greek key trim is to die for!

Grant loves his skirted tables. Here's another one he designed for a client's bathroom vanity that has the same Greek key trim.

And here's another skirted table in Grant's home that's used as a TV console. This photo was featured in House Beautiful.

This octagonal skirted table is the focal point of an entry in a home designed by Tom Scheerer that was featured in the July 2009 issue of House Beautiful.

Designer Timothy Whealon designed this skirted table for a vanity in a client's Park Ave apartment.

Decorator and blogger Jenny from The Little Green Notebook used an inexpensive ikat print fabric to cover a simple table in her entry way. Using a fun fabric or fun trim really adds a fresh, youthful take on a more traditional design element.

Blogger Nicole Cohen from Sketch 42 chose a dotted Kelly Wearstler fabric from Lee Jofa called "Confetti" to fashion her fabulous skirted console. I absolutely love this fabric!

She enhanced the look by adding this rich-looking jacquard trim from M&J Trimmings.

Palmer Weiss of San Fransico is another designer who loves herself some skirted tables! I see them appear in many of her projects. Here she used a geometric David Hicks fabric for thsi skirted table which she topped with glass. 

And here in an entry way she added a coral colored corner key trim to a simple natural linen fabric.

This is another entry way by Palmer Weiss and is the photo I used as inspiration for the skirted console in my own apartment. I took this photo in to my upholsterer to use as a guide.

Here's how my skirted table turned out! It's actually an Ikea expedit bookcase which I had a slipcover made for. It not only serves as my TV console but also provides a practical storage solution as well!

Underneath, I keep a stash of books, CD,s DVDs, electronics, etc and my archive of every issue of Domino ever published (tear). I prefer to keep things like this out of sight so my skirted table is definitely also functional!

_{Shelf Table, $149 and Linen Table Skirt, $99, from Wisteria}

For a similar look, Wisteria offers this linen covered table and skirt which you can view here. And check out this great no-sew table DIY tutorial from Jenny over at The Little Green Notebook!  

Comments

[Sketch42]

Thanks for including my skirted table! Melanie of Plumcushion actually made it for me... It looks so much better in person. The fabric is so amazing.

[Tricia]

Nicole - Thanks for posting all these tailored table skirts in one place. I have to design one for a client and you did the work for me!

Tricia
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[Belly]

Your skirted Expedit is brilliant! I may steal the idea, it would be perfect for my bedroom. I'm thinking the David Hicks fabric in plum.

[escapade]

Very clever - your slipcover turned out beautifully! Did you sew it yourself?
Impressed!

[liz]

Whoa!! Greek key and zebra patterns. You are preaching to the choir here. I love skirted tables as they warm up a space. They are also an economical solution. My girls have dressed up their tiny NYC apartments for next to nothing with skirting, and yes Greek key trim!

[jessica claire]

nice round up!

I LOVE the greek-key trim on Grant's skirts

[Dovecotedecor.blogspot.com]

I spent a year randomly ripping pictures out of design mags, trying to understand what I really like. The common thread: I don't like legs. I think they are cold and overly formal. Give me a skirted table and a Greek key trim any day, a chest in lieu of a table, unless it is purely unique, then it goes!!