Do you love the burnished look of a copper table? You can buy affordable copper table with round tops and four legs that look perfect next to any bed or armchair or draped with hanging plants.
The great thing about a copper table is that it can suit a lot of different decors from rustic, to nautical to contemporary to post-modern.
If you are a looking for a copper table that seems contemporary then it is good to look for one that has a bit of a retro seventies feel. A great example of this type of table is the Aquidneck Island Copper Table which has a beautiful splayed four legged base crafted out of recycled boat wood.
The top of this type of table is a sheet of copper, crimped like the edges of a coin with a beautiful map of Aquidneck Island etched into the top. You don’t have to go for this classic image however. You can commission any image you want as a graphic on these copper table tops.
Most copper tables are handcrafted by artisans in the Cape Cod area so of course boat themes are to be expected. These tables look great anywhere there is a lobby, living room or outdoor patio near the ocean.
The ultimate nautical theme is the antique compass. Look for the ones made out of rose copper that have the famous compass rose which features an eight pointed compass with a wild rose image in the center. This famous sea faring image as been around since the 1300s.
There is a copper table design that is cropping up in the nicest newest post-modern cottages along the Eastern seaboard that features a gleaming strand of orange copper running counter clockwise in a spiral through a flat bed of bright aqua oxidized copper. The green/blue color is technically known as verdigris and usually would take about thirty years to naturally happen. However a group of Rhode Island artisans has figured out how to accelerate the rusting of copper to create these unusual tables. Not one is like the other as they have to be hand-made and hand-treated to achieve the slightly psychedelic effect of the table top.
When shopping for copper tables make sure that they are protected with a resin coating so that they do not oxidize on you and turn green – unless the greening of the table is part of a chic effect that you want.