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A coffee table with storage does the job of two pieces of furniture at once: a surface for setting down a glass on top, and a reserve for magazines and remotes underneath, out of sight of the rest of the room. The gain costs a little extra upkeep, since a drawer or a nook collects just as much dust as the visible top surface. Six models to discover here, from a double marble-effect top to a fully closed drawer, to store things away without eating further into the living room's already limited walkway. For a shortlist of the very best, see our best coffee table with storage picks.
118 x 56.5 x 48 cm · White and Gold.
118 cm by 56.5 cm, a white-and-gold marble-effect top set over a generously sized lower shelf for storage. At 48 cm, it stays below most standard sofa seats. The low shelf holds everyday items well, but it stays open: nothing on it is hidden from guests' view, unlike a drawer that closes its contents away completely.
100*50*50 · Grey
100 cm by 50 cm, a lift-top model with two drawers and a dedicated storage shelf, built for small flats. At rest, at 50 cm, it fits under most living-room sofas. Once folded away to save floor space, it stops working as a coffee table for as long as it's stowed: it's not a piece you fold away every day without a second thought.
91 x 50 x 37 cm · White
This Demeyere model, 91 cm by 50 cm, has a White top with a strong Scandinavian style and three open nooks for generous everyday storage capacity, rated to hold up to 20 kg. At 37 cm, it stays low and discreet in a corner of the living room. The open nooks show their contents at first glance: not the right choice if you'd rather hide everything behind a closed, opaque front.
45 x 79 x 55 cm · White
79 cm by 55 cm, a spacious table built to hold drinks, books and magazines across two clearly separate surfaces. At 45 cm, there's still decent room to move around the piece. Storage stays open across both available levels: nothing stops dust circulating freely there, as with any top left out in the open in the living room.
Rund, 80 cm Durchmesser, 46 cm Höhe · Green Gold
A round top 80 cm across with a Green Gold marbled pattern, set on a particularly sturdy metal frame. At 46 cm, it works as well in an enclosed living room as on a covered, sheltered balcony. Its round shape, however, offers no nook or drawer dedicated to storage: capacity is limited to the visible top surface alone, with no hidden space underneath.
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90 x 90 x 35 cm · White
90 cm by 90 cm, two semi-circular storage surfaces mirroring each other on either side of the piece's central top. At 35 cm, it stays low in front of a standard living-room sofa. But the two semi-circular levels mean walking around the table to reach each side separately: it's not a drawer that opens straight towards you, you have to go round it every time.
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An open nook or shelf fills and empties in a single move, with no handle to pull or mechanism to work, but it puts its contents on show to everyone passing through the living room. A closed drawer hides what's stored inside, at the cost of an extra mechanism that can, over time and with accumulated weight, end up working slightly loose. Some models settle that open-or-closed debate by hiding everything under a top that rises, and our lift-top coffee tables page explains how well that holds up.
For things you reach for often during the day, the current remote or magazine, open storage stays the most practical day to day. For what you'd rather keep out of guests' sight, a closed drawer keeps its place in the living room. Drawers and a chest both hide clutter differently, while the top's material raises a question that the wood or stone-effect debate settles. Torn between storage styles?
Key point Torn between storage styles?
Extra storage changes nothing about the basic rule set out earlier: a coffee table stays below 45 cm so it doesn't get in the way of setting a glass down from the sofa seat. A model fitted with drawers rarely drops below that limit anyway, for lack of room to fit the whole mechanism.
If mobility matters more than a drawer, weigh it against a storage or castors coffee table. Keep 40 to 50 cm of clear walkway between your table and the living-room sofa: a drawer that opens towards you needs the whole of that margin to slide out without ever catching on the seat or the legs of the neighbouring piece.
Every storage level builds up its own dust over the days, whether it's open or fully closed: a top with two or three surfaces needs a wipe on each separate level, not just on the most visible top of the piece.
A closed drawer protects its contents from the ambient dust of the living room, but not from what quietly builds up on its internal runners over time. A storage or LED coffee table comparison is worth a look if lighting tempts you more than a drawer. A full clean once a month generally stops them from eventually seizing up.
Key point A full clean once a month generally stops them from eventually seizing up.
A coffee table's drawer or nook rarely replaces a proper storage unit: count on it instead for two or three stacks of magazines, a handful of remotes and a few small everyday items, no more before it starts overflowing.
A lift-top or a deep nook holds a bit more volume than a simple flat double top, at the cost of less direct access: you have to lift or move one object to reach whatever's underneath it.
If your living room already has plenty of loose items lying about, a coffee table with storage cuts down the visible clutter without getting rid of it entirely: some of the sorting is still down to you, even before you close a drawer. Storage hides clutter, but this flexible table format solves a different issue: not having enough surface when people come round. Undecided on format?
Key point Undecided on format?
A model with drawers or a lift-up level has more parts than a simple four-legged table: allow for a longer assembly time on delivery, and keep the instructions to hand rather than putting them away as soon as the box is open.
Check that each drawer slides properly before loading it with anything for the first time. A minor adjustment to the fixing screws, made during assembly, often prevents friction that would otherwise settle in for good once the piece is in daily use in the living room, a detail fixed in a few minutes with the right cross-head screwdriver to hand.
A piece with built-in storage generally weighs more than an equivalent bare model, because of the drawers and their metal runners. That extra weight steadies the piece once it's in place, but makes it a bit harder to move alone during any future rearrangement of the room.
Before confirming your choice, picture the piece once it's full, not empty as in the catalogue photo. A drawer that looks spacious when new often feels more modest once it's loaded with the real items currently lying around your living room.
One last piece of advice before ordering: write down on paper what you actually plan to store in the coffee table before you even start comparing models. One more comparison worth a look: this size-adjustable design trades hidden storage for a top that grows when the room fills up. That list, usually a short one, often stops you paying for storage capacity that will never really get used day to day in your living room once the piece is installed and properly filled, with no regrets about the model you finally chose.
| Model | Price approx. | Dimensions | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Relaxdays Superbe Table Basse rectangu | £50 | 45 x 79 x 55 cm | White | View on Amazon |
 Table Basse en Bois 3 Niches | £60 | 91 x 50 x 37 cm | White | View on Amazon |
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 KIMENICH Table Basse Relevable | £120 | 100*50*50 | Grey | View on Amazon |
 Tribesigns Table Basse rectangulaire | £130 | 118 x 56.5 x 48 cm | White and Gold. | View on Amazon |
 HOLTICO Table Basse Ronde Noire et Ver | £140 | Rund, 80 cm Durchmesser, 46 cm Höhe | Green Gold | View on Amazon |
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Written by the Tavolia Bassio team
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Page updated on 28 August 2026.