Sliding tables: design features

The modern furniture market does not cease to please consumers with new models of furniture, and everything old and familiar is regularly improved and filled with new meaning. For many years, multifunctional and comfortable sliding tables have been enjoying enviable popularity. These designs have a number of characteristic features and advantages, which we will discuss in more detail today.

First of all, it is worth noting the possibility of expanding the free space on such tables. This ability is particularly relevant in the dining area. A large number of guests will be able to comfortably accommodate a properly selected sliding option.

As a rule, sliding tables have the most reliable and high-quality designs. In addition, they are wear-resistant and durable. If you have selected such functional furniture made of high-quality materials, then it will serve you for many years and will not cause any trouble.

Today, not only traditional rectangular, but also square, and round tables with retractable structures can be found on the market, therefore, it will be possible to choose the best option for any layout and area of ​​the room. The lion's share of modern sliding tables has an aesthetic and attractive design. Most modern manufacturers produce products in a classic style. However, in stores you can meet and more modern instances. They have not only matte, but also glossy surfaces.

As for the minuses of sliding products, there are not so many of them. Such designs have to constantly fold and fold, which takes some time. There is no need to buy such a table for a large and spacious room, as in such conditions you can easily place a simple stationary version with a large tabletop.

Modern sliding tables are made in different trim levels.Let's get acquainted closer with versions of similar home decoration.

One of the most popular is a transforming dining table. Often, such furniture is not put in the kitchen, and in the living room. This design solution looks very successful not only in modern studio apartments, but also in typical planning houses. The main thing is to correctly arrange all the interior items so that nothing prevents the passage and looks harmonious in the complex.

For the kitchen, you can choose not only the classic sliding version on four legs, but also a lighter design on one leg. Most often, these tables have small round tops and look very aesthetically pleasing. However, it should be noted that such instances are inferior in reliability to reliable tables with four (or more) supports.

Extendable coffee table is literally created to be placed in the hall.It is perfect for a small-sized room, where you often need to quickly form the most comfortable and cozy area to meet friends or relatives.

Most often, coffee tables are placed in front of the sofa or behind its back. It stores newspapers, magazines and other trifles, removing which furniture can quickly turn into a full-fledged dining table. These universal specimens often have supports on wheels, so they can be easily and quickly moved to another place, if necessary.

Also for the living room fit transforming table-book. When assembled, it is an oblong cabinet, equipped with a box (one or more). Such models in the folded state differ in small size and non-bulky appearance.

There are also unmarked sliding tables. The main distinctive feature of such products is that they have no reliable and large base under the table top.Due to this structure, unzardz tables seem weightless and airy. Often tabletops for such furniture are made of glass (frosted or transparent).

In an ensemble with correctly chosen non-bulky and elegant chairs, such a set looks very stylish and modern in the interior.

Modern sliding tables are equipped with various designs. Consider them in detail:

• With a cross mechanism. In such models there is a design with a special system of folding the two halves of the tabletop. Such a model develops and unfolds silently and simply, so many consumers choose it. In addition, it is worth noting the compact size of such structures, so you can safely buy them, even for very small rooms.
• With an inserted element. Less convenient are the design of sliding tables with an additional plug-in segment. Such models are a tabletop, assembled from two halves, which are moved apart in the middle in different directions. Under these parts there is a special additional compartment in which there is a plug-in segment that fits into the free space between the opened halves of the table top.

• Book. The aforementioned design called "book" is also a system consisting of two halves. They are either placed in a vertical suspension, or fixed on the surface of the wall, and the movable components of the tabletop are lifted and fixed with their feet in a horizontal position. In this way the table can increase in size and it will fit a lot of people.

Comfortable and functional sliding models can take the following forms:

• Oval and round. These pieces of furniture should be selected carefully, as in very small rooms they may seem cumbersome and heavy.
• Square and rectangular. It is not recommended to buy too large tables with such angular shape. It is better to choose a small and not too high copy, so that the interior does not seem uncomfortable and cramped.

Some sliding tables have a special synchronous mechanism. It is made exclusively from durable metal. Such a durable mechanism is attached to the bottom of the table and is not striking. It automatically spreads the wings of the tabletop, lifting and fixing the inserts.

Also, there are transforming coffee tables with a height adjustment mechanism. Using such furniture, you can achieve the most comfortable conditions for rest and work in any place. Often in such furniture there are roomy shelves, niches and drawers. Transforming tables with height adjustment mechanism are very mobile, light and compact.

The following materials are used in the production of modern sliding tables:

• Natural wood. The most expensive and environmentally friendly material. The table can be made of pine, beech, hevea, alder, walnut or birch. The heaviest and strongest are oak specimens.
• Chipboard, MDF. These cheap materials are not environmentally friendly and look quite simple, but they serve just as long and do not deform over time.
• Glass. Glass tables look very stylish and modern, but should be used more carefully.
• With natural or artificial stone. As a rule, models with a stone worktop have unsurpassed durability and wear resistance, but they are expensive and do not look harmonious in all interiors.
• Plastic. Plastic tables are the most affordable. They do not rot and do not deteriorate over time. However, such designs are not distinguished by high wear resistance due to the flexibility of the material and can lose the brightness of the color under the action of sunlight.

Classic colors include white, black and brown. Tables in this color scheme look organic in many interiors. They can either overlap with the rest of the furniture and decoration, or contrast with them, especially as regards the darker black versions.

Elegant and rich in the room will look at the sliding table in the color of wenge, oak or dark beech.But you should not install such structures in the already dark and gloomy rooms, otherwise they simply dissolve against the general background.

A convenient sliding table can have absolutely any design:

• Especially bright and fresh look original models, decorated with photo printing.
• Not less interesting and attractive in the interior will look tabletops of brightly colored glass.
• The latest fashion is fashionable and expensive models, complemented by ceramic tiles or masonry.
• If you like traditional furniture, then you will love the good old polished tables.

For the interior, decorated in any stylistic direction, you can choose the perfect furniture option:

• Rustic style provence A table made of natural wood of light or pastel color will look organic. If it is supplemented with a delicate floral or checkered tablecloth, then the interior will seem more comfortable and hospitable.

• In a casual style loft You can put almost any table, as this direction involves the mixing of different styles.For example, in a room with an accent wall, decorated with decorative brick and plain gray wallpaper, complemented by wooden panels, you can put a glass table or a version with a stone tabletop.

• For classic The most successful table will be an elegant table made of natural wood. It can be of any size. The main thing is that its appearance does not seem cheap and rough.

• For style modern more elegant tables with curved legs and tabletop lines should be selected. They can be made of wood, glass, or high-quality plastic.

• For rural direction country music It is recommended to choose slightly negligent products with poorly treated surfaces. They may contain coarse thick legs. It is advisable to complement such a situation with products from natural wood.

Functional sliding tables release the following leading brands with a brilliant reputation:

• Horm.it., Calligaris (Italy). These brands produce stylish and modern designs of natural wood and glass, with an unusual design design.
• Stanley Furnitur (USA). The range of this brand has beautiful round transforming tables with one leg, made of maple.
• Huelsta, Gwinner (Germany). Huelsta produces high-quality folding dining tables made of natural wood. Under the Gwinner brand, good-quality oak and walnut transformers are sold.
• Family Hall (Russia). The domestic company offers buyers beautiful and elegant transformers in the style of classic and Provence, made of wood.

For more information about the Calligaris Orbital Dining Table, see the following video.

Some useful recommendations:

• Choosing a table, first of all, you need to pay attention to the quality of materials. You can ask the seller for a certificate of quality and other similar documents. Check the strength of all fittings.
• Be sure to check the serviceability of all mechanisms and structures before buying a table.
• An important role is played by the size of the interior. Before buying, you should measure the room in which you want to place it. "By eye" furniture is not worth buying.
• Do not forget about the design. The table should match the interior in both color and stylistic direction.Otherwise, the ensemble will become inharmonious, and the purchase will stand out from the overall picture.

A rough rectangular dining table with a sliding design, made of dark wood and complemented by the same dark chairs, will effectively stand out against the background of beige walls and a white floor decorated with sand carpet.

A small sliding table of square shape made of light wood can be placed in a small room with walls of gray, blue or beige. You should lay brown parquet on the floor and lay a striped carpet. Complete the interior with bookcases and a chest of drawers made in the same shade as the table.

Glass sliding table with white supports and white chairs with metal legs can be put in a pale gray dining room with a beige floor decorated with a soft snow-white rug.

In the bright living room of peach or caramel color, you can arrange the table of the original form with mint small countertops in oriental style anddark brown wooden edging. Put a light couch and a white ottoman next to it.

An elegant round table with a flesh-colored worktop and metal legs will look organic against a brown laminate and window opening decorated with beige and gray-blue curtains. Place chairs around the table in the same color scheme and complete the ensemble with a large round carpet in gray-blue shades decorated with fringe at the edges.