The coffee table does not play a key role in the interior of the living room, but if you choose it right for your living room, it can improve the visual perception of the room and perform useful functions.
Although it is often used to store books, stands for a laptop or for its intended purpose, you can meet guests and drink a cup of tea or coffee. But to choose a high -quality table, you must follow a number of rules, then it will fit into the interior of the living room.
Types of magazine tables Classical. Convenient for storing newspapers and magazines, equipped with separate sections, in the lower part there are shelves or boxes. Dining. Is a regular kitchen table in miniature. The attached table. Small in size, but you can even put a laptop on it, although it is more convenient to place a couple of glasses of wine or juice on it. Decorative table. In essence, the functional load does not carry it, but are used only to supplement the interior. Produced by well -known brands of furniture made of high -quality wood. Such coffee tables in the interior of living rooms emphasize the exquisite taste of the owner of the house. Transformer. The layout of the coffee table includes the functionality of three tables at once: a kitchen, bedside or to work with a laptop. The transformer table for the living room is very convenient if the room is small in size. The materials of the tableDifferent options are used in production, to navigate when choosing is worth your own taste and specific design of the living room. They differ in price and status, reliability and durability. In addition, tables of the living room will fit the tables not from all materials.
Glass tablesIt would be logical to use a small living room, as glass tables visually increase the size of the room.
Glass tables are easily dirty, and the dust on them is especially noticeable. It is compensated by this ease of cleaning.
Such tables look in winning and stylish, and the glass is very durable and reliable, spoiling it is not so easy. However, the glass remains glass, and if there are children of large dogs in the house, then they can break such a table and injure themselves.
Wooden tablesValuable wood of wood always fit well into the classic interior, but such tables are expensive. The disadvantages include the fact that the tree is slightly resistant to moisture, and if you put heavy objects on such a table, especially with a sharp bottom, they can leave traces on a tree.
Tables from chipboardThe most popular and cheap option. They cannot be called environmentally friendly, they do not have resistance and reliability, and they look very cheap out
Tables from MDFSurpasses the table from MDF in quality and environmental friendliness. More reliable and strong, but very budgetary. The most expensive samples are processed with veneer, visually repeating an array of wood of valuable breed
Stamps of stoneHigh -quality and expensive option, looks luxurious and perfectly fits into any interior. The material is very reliable and strong, but the weight of such a table is many times superior to the weight of the wooden.
As natural stones, marble or granite is used, but caring for them is not so simple, some stains are removed with great difficulty. Artificial stone is cheaper, it is difficult to distinguish it from real marble.
Metal tablesThe problem of such tables is that they are suitable only for two types of interior: loft or high-tech. Advantages only in the aesthetics of a particular living room, tactile sensations when touching such a table are not very pleasant.
Leather tablesLooks status and luxurious, gracefully approaches the leather sofa. Emphasizes the viability of the owners of the apartment. The care is quite complicated, it does not tolerate moisture, it is expensive.
The shape of the tableThe most common forms are oval, circle, square and rectangle. In the photo of magazine tables in online stores, you can pay attention to the fact that in small rooms tables with sharp corners are placed close to the wall. Tables with sharp angles are dangerous for children, during games they can fight about them.
The style of the tableClassical. Made in traditional forms, from wood, legs can be made of curved metal.
Provence. The essence of the table in this style is in color - it is made in pastel colors, from natural wood and paint. In the features of the French style you can see shabby chic and carved patterns.
Modern. Here the flight of the designer’s fantasy is not limited by anything, they can even be made in the form of a metal barrel.
Loft. Popular in our time style. The tree is roughly processed, if a table is made of metal, it looks clumsy. But if the living room is made in loft style, then it will perfectly complement its image.
What can be equipped?Choose the equipment of the table in accordance with your tasks. Passing boxes are useful for storing and saving space. You can add books and magazines, paper products and a different trifle in the shelves, which is better to hide from the eyes.
If the table has wheels, then it is easier to move it, which is very important if the table is used as a laptop stand. It is also convenient if a big family spends time behind him.
It is important that the wheels are reliable and fixed so that the table does not shift from an accidental touch. In addition, they should not be too tough, because a heavy table on hard wheels can damage a laminate or parquet.
Photo of the coffee table in the living room