Coffee tables are important furniture that is very often associated with family gatherings and as a center piece of the room where it is installed.

Although the term ‘coffee table' might hint at something specific, yet its function are varied ranging from heating water to boiling rice in Asian countries like Japan and Korea.

The coffee table has undergone various stages of change and transformation; and the latest craze is for painted coffee tables.

Most traditional coffee tables were made of wood and were quite bulky. They might seem disproportionately big, in an age where slimness is in vogue.

But they are the style icons of their times and there are still people who are ready to pay anything to own these timeless beauties.

There are various online stores that specialize in coffee tables; be it antique coffee tables, latest ones like the painted coffee tables, or coffee tables of specific size and shape and coffee tables made of specific kinds of wood like mahogany, teak, elm, pine etc.

Of course there are conventional furniture and home improvement stores that deal with painted coffee tables and other kinds; but online stores have the advantage of being available to a wider audience and its flexibility vis-à-vis time and price comparison across various stores.

If you have an old coffee table, you can easily convert it into a sleek and colorful painted table.

All you need is a paint brush, paint and some sort of paint remover (to clean the brush and your hands) and a creative bent of mind

One can go for various shades of brown and black to give the painted coffee table a natural look.