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Coffee tables -- or cocktail tables, depending on your favorite beverage -- can do so much more than just hold drinks. They can be a statement piece in your living room if you opt for the right look.

If I scrolled too fast, I might have missed it. The first time I laid eyes on this particular clear coffee table, it was sitting in writer Haley Nahman’s Brooklyn living room, perched atop a Cold ...