Trade secrets on organizing the coffee table.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub

Ready to set your coffee table for minimal clutter and maximum impact? Try these designer tips.

What's on your coffee table?

A. All of your accessories look about the same size.

B. You use it to store one or more piles of magazines.

C. It's the place to show how eclectic your tastes are _ from Grandma's cut-glass vase to the folk art statues you brought home from Mexico.

D. Guests have to move your "display" to put down their coffee cup or wine glass.

E. You can't wait to add to your pile of coffee-table books.

If any of these fit you, it's no wonder your coffee table doesn't look like those you see in magazines and show houses. So what's the secret...

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