Coasters are used to protect furnishings. Most often you will find them in a living room, where people gather to enjoy beverages together. However, ...
Coasters are used to protect furnishings. Most often you will find them in a living room, where people gather to enjoy beverages together. However, there are many places around the home where these useful preventative accessories could come in handy.
First off is the aforementioned living room. In this space a set of coasters is relatively necessary. They will save the life of your coffee table, as well as any other flat surfaces that are scattered throughout the space. They are also a way to add beauty, sophistication, and even color to a space, without overwhelming it.
The bedroom is another location where drink coasters can come in handy. Many people like to take a beverage with them into bed at night. Whether it’s a cold glass of water, or a cup of warm milk to help you sleep, a coaster can protect your furnishings in this space.
The kitchen is another place where you might want to consider placing beverage coasters. While most of the surfaces in this space should be impervious to damage from water rings, there may be vulnerable spots throughout the space. Do you have a kitchen table? This may be one place that water damage can creep up. If you have hardwood counters you also may want to consider these accessories as a preventative measure.
The dining room is another great place to use coasters. You can greatly prolong the life of a dining table top if you protect it with these useful accessories. They can also be another added element of beauty and style in your dining table arrangements.
Most people do not think of the outdoors as a place to use coasters. However some furniture, especially wooden pieces, will warp if a wet glass is left on them long enough. While rain may fall on that table all year round it falls randomly over the entire surface. A glass sits in a single place, creating a single noticeable circle.
As you can see drink coasters are for more than just coffee tables. They are useful accessories almost no matter where they are located. If you care about the beauty of your possessions, you may want to consider scattering these useful accessories to a few more locations.
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Slate and Artsmith – Drink coasters are such a small and innocuous part of our lives, that most people don’t take the time to really appreciate them. Even though they share our lives, they adorn the special moments, and bring function and meaning into the atmosphere of our existence, we just don’t have time, and so our eyes glaze over and are drawn instead to more pressing matters.
However truth is often found most clearly in the details and that is true of the coaster as well, because it is such a subconscious expression of taste. The person who placed that coaster on the table made a conscious decision, an artistic choice, however small. In that selection you can gain insight into the very way a persons mind works, and through that find intimacy, or leverage, depending on your goals in the situation.
On a more sentimental level, coasters are often the backdrop of events, engagements, and even the unassuming moments that really make up the flesh of life. Sold in sets, they spread out throughout a space, matched or contrasting, and yet always consistent in their spirit. This can tie a space together and give it meaning and purpose.
However this is not a one way effect. They add to the beauty of the space, but they also interact with the inhabitants of the room, functioning, working, and facilitating, they are the silent watchers that stand witness everything.
On the other hand, passion for a coaster may just be a means of showing your excitement about the other furnishings in a space. After all, no matter how much the coaster pervades our space, in the end it is truly a facilitator, intended to protect your possessions, and act complimentary to your dcor. Their very nature precludes them from being a centerpiece; they are the sidekicks of the home. The true passion of the beverage coaster may be passion for that which they protect.
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Drink coasters generally don’t get very much attention. They are small and subtle, acting as tiny barriers between your possessions, and the messes that can ruin them. Water damages most table tops, and scratches are a permanent headache. Coasters leap into action when such dangers approach, acting as barrier, protectors, and even guardians of your home accessories.
The coaster can also serve another, more decorative purpose in the home. Despite being small, they come in sets, usually matched, and these sets can be spread out throughout the space, carrying their unique colors and patterns to every inch of the environment. Being mobile, these colors move about, shifting with the flow of activity, carrying tones and ambiance to every corner of the space.
Once the coasters have spread out, suddenly the colors imprinted on the surface become vitally important, because those colors are everywhere, casting a subtle but potent web over the environment. This allows these pieces to actually become quite prominent, dominating to some extent the visual landscape of the room, and spreading their own unique charm to every inch of the space. That is why it is important to choose these pieces with such care.
There are a wide variety of styles to choose from. Many are made from absorbent materials, such as sandstone or cork. Others are made from impermeable materials, but are equipped with a ring or lip, which holds any moisture in place. It is important to consider both the appearance of the coaster, and the functionality of the piece when making a decision on which set to purchase.
This article was written by Jim Slate on behalf of http://PebbleZ.com’s line of naturally absorbent . These attractive pieces are crafted from real pieces of stone, and are available in a wide variety of colors, images, shapes, and sizes.
