Sometimes I think it would be nice, but I know it would just be a PITA if we had one. We don't have a lot of room in our lounge room for one and it would just become a dumping ground for everything. We do have small side tables for putting cups etc and we don't eat in the lounge room anyway. When we had one at home when I was growing up it always sat in front of the lounge. I have no idea why it was always the lounge and never the lounge chairs LOL. I didn't think it really made a difference?