Would this work? Accent Tables.

MommyLiberty5013

If I got both these tables to flank my sofa (links below) and painted them to match each other and changed the drawer hardware to match too, are the styles similar enough to be on either side of a sofa in the same room?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/fuo/3862873331.html

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190866126248?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

MommyLiberty5013

Nest Cayla:

First of all -- they are so cute! love the design!

Also, to answer your question -- it's hard to tell because I can't tell if they are the same height or not. They look so similar and painting and changing the hardware will def help them match. I'd say go for it and if it doesn't work then you can always use one in your living room and the other in a different location of your house! 

One is 25 1/2 inches tall and the other is about 27 inches tall.

But, if DH is around, I might be able to get him to disassemble the base from the taller one and cut out 2 1/2 inches of the base's pedestal and then reassemble it so they are the same exact height.

 

TarHeels&Rebels

I think with paint, yes, you could make them look the same. No need to chop off height or change hardware. The question is whether you want matched end tables in this style. 

Do you love this style or is it what there's a pair of? (I understand that!) These are Empire Revival sewing tables (meant to hold thread and scissors by a chair) if you're curious and I've always found them a bit top heavy. Visually, do you have weight at the floor elsewhere in your room to balance the waist-level weight of these?

For affordable end tables, have you checked TJ Maxx? That's where mine are from and they were both less than $60.  

MommyLiberty5013

TarHeels&Rebels:

I think with paint, yes, you could make them look the same. No need to chop off height or change hardware. The question is whether you want matched end tables in this style. 

Do you love this style or is it what there's a pair of? (I understand that!) These are Empire Revival sewing tables (meant to hold thread and scissors by a chair) if you're curious and I've always found them a bit top heavy. Visually, do you have weight at the floor elsewhere in your room to balance the waist-level weight of these?

For affordable end tables, have you checked TJ Maxx? That's where mine are from and they were both less than $60.  

Our coffee table is a solid dark wood storage trunk - it's about 24" x 48" in size. Also, we will be buying a large accent rug to anchor our sofa and loveseat into the space. It will have deep brown in it.

When you say top-heavy - do you mean visually top heavy or prone to tip over top heavy??? I will be placing table lamps on top of them. And, I have little kids...

I have searched high and low for some rectangle or square shaped accent tables, that have no glass (show kid's fingerprints), aren't too country, too modern, too cheaply constructed, or too expensive! Haha. I feel like I'm at the end of the line.

TarHeels&Rebels

I'm not sure if they are prone to tipping over (I meant visually heavy), but there's at least 2 for sale in every antique shop, flea market, junktique place I've ever been in, so you can go test for yourself. (Every household had one, or more! So they're very easy to find today.)

All that brown sounds heavy. You might want to introduce some airier side tables.  

Why do they have to be square? Because the coffee table is? You don't want to repeat the same shape everywhere. Round would add visual interest. They still sell this table at TJ Maxx even though I bought mine 4 years ago in another state - I just saw it there last week. http://bit.ly/188wTl5 The table in the foreground of this photo is my favorite and I've seen it there still, though with little ones it may not work for you. http://bit.ly/186GyF3

I dunno, I find when I buy placeholder furniture, it becomes longer term than I intended for it to be, so for me, I wait til I find something I love, otherwise I'm stuck with something that's only just ok for way too long.