Loft style table

Loft-style table will be a bright addition to any modern interior. About everything that is associated with this stylistic direction and about the features of such furniture will tell our article.

To understand what is the direction of "loft", we will conduct a brief excursion into history. This style originated in the industrial areas of New York during the Great American Depression. Some enterprises went bankrupt, some were forced to move out in search of cheaper premises. As a result, many abandoned industrial buildings and structures appeared. Often in such rooms remained furniture and equipment.

Many of these buildings were bought for junk money and leased. And the remaining furniture was used in everyday life. Since the rent for such apartments was low, they were quickly chosen by people of creative professions. It was very convenient - on the lower floors it was possible to organize workshops and exhibition areas, while the upper ones were converted into housing and working workshops. This is how the loft style appeared, which literally means "loft".

This concept in design includes three main areas:

• Industrial (or "Industrial"). This is the most popular area in room design. Furniture in this style is very similar to the working machines: an abundance of rough raw surfaces, metal parts, concrete racks, ventilation pipes. The industrial style table should be as practical, functional as possible and have nothing superfluous. No irregular shapes - only strict geometry.

• Bohemian ("boho"). This design preserves the overall atmosphere of the industrial workshop. But some mixing of styles is allowed.A striking example of a boho loft can be a table with carved legs from the times of Marie Antoinette, bought in some antique shop. And in the kit you can pick up chairs in the modern style.
• Glamorous. This direction is distinguished by a certain variety of colors. Here a small patch of pastel tones is allowed - blue, lilac. A glamorous loft style table can have, for example, a more elegant glass worktop or wrought openwork legs.

Thus, the style "loft" is a mixture of different directions, a combination of incompatible. Furniture may look as if it is assembled from different parts: a tabletop from one table, legs from another, and a drawer for cutlery from a third. The main and main quality of the table, executed in this manner - it is its impressive size. This direction does not tolerate miniature and refinement. Everything should be fundamental, large and thorough.

Even if it is a coffee or bedside table, it should be strict and concise. Nothing superfluous, continuous minimalism and practicality. The whole structure must be compact, carefully thought out, all the details must be strictly functional and have a specific purpose.

So that they can be freely moved in space, they can be made on rollers. Thus, it is possible to change the interior of the room, freeing up additional space.

For furniture, made in the style of "loft", are characteristic non-standard solutions. A similar direction in design involves a departure from everyday life and everyday life. There is no place for boredom and banality. Thus, a table made in the manner of "industrial" should be moderately brutal and at the same time elegant. However, it should be used for its intended purpose, and not just to be an interior decoration.

When you make a room "loft" there are two main areas - natural design and artificially created:

• The natural direction is when furniture is used in the living room, which was originally intended for industrial premises - for example, scaffolding adapted to the dining table.
• The artificial direction of the loft in the design of furniture is considered universal and can be reproduced as in the whole interior,so in the individual parts. An example of an artificial direction can be considered a semi-antique table.

Furniture in the style of "loft" is characterized by rough brutal textures. Here you can observe a combination of natural materials, such as wood or metal, with artificially created: chrome, plastic, various imitations.

Kitchen worktop can be made of metal slab. A metal foot can be used as a support. Or the tabletop can be installed on glass bottles. For the table, which is intended for a bedroom or living room, often use wooden parts.

It can be ash or birch. In elite models oak details can be applied. ЁModnye furniture boutiques offer fans of this design to buy a metal table with traces of rust. In some instances, broken brick, raw concrete, aged wood may be used. The use of glass and plastic is also not excluded.

For the manufacture of tables in the style of "loft" is not some kind of rigid framework. Everything is useful here. If it is a tree, then it can be polished or completely unprocessed.If you use metal, it can also be both shiny and matte.

As mentioned above, practicality and functionality are characteristic of the loft style. The shape of such tables can be very different: with smooth corners or rounded. Sometimes designers go beyond the usual understanding of this direction and come up with non-standard forms for tables. One of the best examples of such furniture can be table transformer. It can be a real boon for a small studio apartment.

Often in small apartments the loggia is combined with a room. After the window block is removed, a part of the concrete partition remains, which can also be used as a bar or coffee table. The tabletop can be made of old boards, and the concrete base is sufficiently painted white or left untouched. This design is characterized by a large free space, divided into zones not by partitions, but with the help of furniture.For this desktop in the interior of the "loft" is often located right in the middle.

When selecting a table for the interior in the described style, you can give free rein to fantasy. Both ascetic glass models on a metal support and wooden elements will be appropriate here. In this case, all these materials can be mixed together. The most important rule - the furniture should not be "spick and span".

Many famous brands are developing original designs of coffee and coffee tables in the loft-style. For example, the company Starbarrel offers to the attention of its fans a table in the form of a metal barrel, which is also a cupboard with shelves and a door.

No less original look products from another brand. Cazarina Interiors. For example, a round table with a tempered glass top and sheet steel base.

As the loft-style tables, you can use the mostunexpected things. Even in the finished product you can make changes with your own hands. Enough to show a little wit and skill. If you dig on the mezzanine, there probably will be a couple of old grandmother's suitcases with a rigid frame - so why not fit one of them under the coffee table? Another unexpected, at first glance, decision - to join a table with a worn leather sofa.

To make a fashionable designer thing, there is no need to spend a lot of time and effort on pre-cleaning the old-looking table from old paint. Even it is not necessary to brush off a layer of dust - it is enough to cover it with several layers of colorless varnish. If you want to paint your work, choose cold shades such as wet asphalt, dark brown, black, metallic. Or, on the contrary, leave it as a bright spot in the middle of the room, painted in white or pale blue. Shades of burgundy and brick are also welcome.

Choosing a desk, we should not forget that for the concept of "loft" is characterized by large size and some negligence in the decoration.Not bad, if the legs on his wheels, then it can be moved around the room. You can even go even further and build a tabletop directly on the old wheels from the car. This piece of furniture just will not go unnoticed.

Traditionally, a desk involves the presence of a drawer or drawer for writing materials. So, the producers of the Dutch brand Loft came up with a model Sea Container W, where the tabletop is made of solid oak solid wood, and the legs and built-in cabinet are made of corrugated metal.

Non-standard approach to the decision of making a desk designers of the Dutch company Desk Convair Left. They decided to use aluminum as the main material for manufacturing and gave the tabletop the shape of an airplane wing.

Natural materials, such as wood and rattan, are more often used as materials for making garden furniture. A round rattan table with a glass tabletop will look equally good on an open veranda, in a home living room, and in a summer cafe.

Furniture in the "loft" style in general and for the garden in particular is characterized by the presence of scuffs, cracks and even small chips.Such an obvious bloom of time will add furniture chic and solidity.

At the mention of the bar, there is an association with something large-scale and solid. It is these features and characteristic of the described style. For this type of furniture the characters are clear and understandable geometry and correct lines.

The top of the bar tables in the “loft” style can be made of solid wooden bar. Other materials are less commonly used. Very interesting models of bar tables with adjustable legs.

How to make a table in the style of "loft" with your own hands, see below.