13 Local Brands and Designers With Coffee Tables Worth Building a Room Around

A coffee table sits at the centre of a room, anchoring everything around it. It makes sense, then, that choosing the right one is an important decision.

It’s not just a surface to balance mugs, remote controls and the occasional glass of wine, it’s an opportunity to express your personality through the books, candles, flowers and trinkets that gather on top.

Some spaces call for a classic rectangular shape, while others lend themselves to something round and sculptural. Material matters, too. Timber brings warmth, glass creates an open, airy feel in smaller spaces, and metal brings a sleek, industrial edge.

We’ve rounded up some of the best local brands and designers making functional, characterful coffee tables. There are mid-century modern timber forms, slabs of statement travertine and chunky sculptural designs made to be the focal point of a room.

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TH Brown

Founded in South Australia in 1911, TH Brown is the country’s oldest operating furniture maker. Still made to order in Adelaide, its collection is made up of archival mid-century modern pieces and new designs. Seating is where the brand does its best work; it’s known for its 1960s Danish bar stool, but there’s also a considered edit of coffee tables. The Rondo balances floating glass on a sculptural, propeller-style timber frame. The Cuban is a 1960s reissue featuring an elongated D-end top and soft curves.

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Fleur Studios

Fleur Studios, founded by partners Wesley Sinclair and Philippa Moorfoot, has become known for its lustrous edit of side, coffee and dining tables in stainless steel – leaning into the chrome interior movement without feeling overtly trend-led. The materiality extends beyond this, though: sculptural coffee table designs in solid American timber sit alongside a marble collection with rich, varied markings. The Balzac’s checkerboard of Rosso Levanto marble and travertine is a standout. 

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MCM House

Sydney furniture brand MCM House channels the relaxed ease of Australian coastal living. Its range of coffee tables pair statement stone with sleek timber and industrial chrome accents. The Zaha places a solid slab of travertine atop brushed stainless steel legs, while the Rocco and Axol contrast travertine with timber. The Bloc is made entirely from brushed steel, with a weighty, brutalist silhouette and chunky pedestal legs.

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Fearon

Brothers Mark and Jack Fearon make aluminium furniture that’s chunky and bold. Their eponymous Queensland-based label Fearon makes seats, stools, drawers, side tables, bed frames and coffee tables in its typical tubular aesthetic. The signature Chub stool design is reimagined as the Cub, a low coffee table available in a rainbow of hues. Pick between bright pops of colour like red and blaze blue, or neutral shades including black, white and brown. 

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Eva

You probably know Eva for its mattresses, but the Melbourne-born sleep brand also makes bed frames, sofas, dining furniture and a few other homewares. Its Hideaway coffee table is the brand’s sole coffee table, combining a clean-lined American oak frame with a handy hidden drawer. Solid timber legs give it a sturdy feel, while the oak veneer top keeps the overall design light and easy to move.

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Just Adele

Melbourne designer Adele Cotruzzola creates statement marble furniture under her eponymous brand Just Adele. Natural stone is sourced and personally selected by Cotruzzola from quarries in Melbourne and Tuscany, then transformed into side, dining and coffee tables, handcrafted in Australia or Italy. Some designs, including the Sofia and Low plinth, are carved from a single monolithic block of marble, while others, such as the Rene and Oro, pair sculptural stone with timber legs or patinated brass bases. Choose richly veined marbles such as Rosso Francia or Viola Calacatta, or opt for something more understated in travertine or Bianco Carrara.

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RJ Living

Sydney-based furniture brand RJ Living strikes a balance between sculptural detail and everyday comfort. Its Edge Oval coffee table is a great example with a minimalist top and slightly angular legs. The Check table brings a subtle check pattern detail to the tabletop and the Toto is a sleek, glossy number with chunky forms. There are also marble versions of the Edge, plus other marble designs like the Flutter and Claude.

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Daniel Boddam

You’ll see nods to the Australian landscape in Daniel Boddam’s work. Rolling waves and sweeping sand dunes take form in the soft curves of sofas and other furniture. Modernist principles guide the design, prioritising comfort, function and minimal ornamentation. Carved steps cut out a corner of the M coffee table, providing plenty of styling opportunities. The Alhambra table features a hexagonal glass top, inspired by Spain’s Alhambra Palace.

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Denholm

Melbourne-based stonemason Steven John Clark creates Flintstones-esque limestone furniture under his brand Denholm, named after his tiny home town in rural Scotland. Featured in Vogue Living’s VL50 list, the brand’s experimental pieces blur the boundaries between sculpture, furniture and art. Chunky, irregularly shaped slabs of stacked stone become sculptural consoles and statement tables, each made to order via email enquiry. A bubblegum-pink coffee table puzzles together a collection of small, rounded forms, while the Kitkat coffee table lines up four mismatched rectangular blocks.

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Dowel Jones

Dowel Jones is the punny alias of furniture designers Adam Lynch and Dale Hardiman. Crafted in Geelong, most pieces are made to order and offer extensive customisation. There’s a cheeky sense of humour imbued in Dowel Jones, from product names – a coffee table referencing a basketball hoop is called Bradley Hooper – to the brand’s social media presence. Another table, the Volta, features a sleek rounded timber top and the Wama, originally designed for the National Centre for Environmental Art in Halls Gap, lets you customise its minimalist tabletop, centre and base in different colourways.

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Oh Paddi

Brisbane makers Josh Sabey and Bri Conway craft playful furniture that makes big, bright statements. Taking inspiration from favourite vintage pieces, the couple’s very first Kidney coffee table emerged. It’s now one of Oh Paddi’s signature designs, featuring a thick fluted base and timber tabletop, covered with polyurethane satin coating for an ultra-smooth finish. The Bloom coffee table comes in as a five- or six-petal flower-shaped top, while the Buttercup features a soft-wavy rim.

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Studio Bastiras

Melbourne-based furniture maker John Bastiras (who also co-owns designer furniture store In Good Company) takes a quietly sculptural approach to timber. His Barton coffee table pairs a solid oak top with a distinctive recessed leg detail, giving the otherwise simple form an architectural edge. The table can be customised in different shapes, sizes and stains. Studio Bastiras works with sustainably sourced American oak, walnut and ash, with each piece finished by hand.

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Studio Mignone

You might’ve seen Adelaide-based duo Aldo Mignone and Isabella Wood’s viral coffee tables on Instagram. The brand’s candy-coloured Tavolo Morbido coffee tables – a sleek glass top resting on chunky blob-like cubes – have been spotted in the home of American actress and dancer Maddie Ziegler, across Louis Vuitton stores worldwide and many influencer digs. You can choose between square and rectangular sizes and colours like satin pink, milky tea beige, cream, baby blue and cherry red. You can also mix and match leg colours or pick your own custom shade.

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Additional reporting by Celeste Centofanti, Jo Stewart, Emma Do, Evie Baker and Alice Jeffery.