Designer Coffee Tables

A coffee table is a must-have item in any living room. On it you can put a cup of coffee or tea, put a magazine or a book. But apart from functional use, this piece of furniture carries with it a purely aesthetic task: without a coffee table, the image will be incomplete. The original and comfortable interior design item, he will be able to dominate the entire design.

The design and design of the coffee table is significantly influenced by all the concepts of today's interior fashion. After all, this decor item is the most decorative element in the room. When creating such furniture, designers use several clever tricks to create truly unique interior items.

The direction of the loft today is extremely popular in interior design. In this style and perform furniture. A coffee table in this style should have all the features of an art object. The appearance of such a product is different originality: for example, pipes made of metal in combination with glass or trimming trees, exactly cut off and forming a plane. Other extravagant options may be used.

This idea is not at all original. In our country, everyone has long been accustomed to using different things that have gone out of fashion or with minor injuries for other purposes, giving them a second life. However, here designers went further, creating very unexpected interior items.

Anything can turn into a small coffee table. For example, a wooden door leaf, removed from its hinges, to which legs were added. The old paint is deliberately not cleaned, but on the contrary, varnished, keeping the “traces of time”. You can leave the lock or handle. By analogy, as a tabletop, you can take a wooden window, putting tempered glass in a frame.

Simple wooden boxes can be used for the table, as a designer. Of the six boxes, you can make a good functional coffee table, which will accommodate books, albums and CDs. It is only necessary to apply a layer of high-quality paint that will transform the old boxes beyond recognition.

The fashionable trend was the transformation of the stationary interior into a mobile. The videos here are not only a means of transportation, they become a spectacular accent in design. Wheels can be deliberately large, there are designer models with wheels from a bicycle. These tables are very convenient to use as a serving.

Directly opposite trend, implying the use of new technologies. A striking example is the table top-table as part of a coffee table. Spectacular granite models with steel finish in the style of high-tech. Sensory illumination, unique in its kind, is built into the surface of the tabletop.

These are not only unusual, but unidentified forms.Furniture, molded from glass, plastic has only a small horizontal surface. This table reminds nothing else.

Coffee table with aquarium table can impress anyone. The aquarium is not small, real, fish swim in it, live plants. Undoubtedly, this detail in the interior will be the most memorable.

The design of the coffee table depends on many factors. Of particular importance is the style of a particular interior. Recently, ethnic motives have become very popular.

There are various options:

• glass table top with an openwork steel base resembling the embossing of oriental craftsmen;
• A table of metal and stone looks like a huge jewelry box.

Loft It is also popular now, which is why interest in wooden products, deliberately coarse, untreated and old wood, has grown.These are massive products, finished with old boards with a varnished surface.

From Japan, we got tables, below the usual 15-30 centimeters. These models are quite concise, with straight angles. They are on the legs or completely without them, differ in the texture of wood or leather. However, the color palette is restrained. Such low models fit perfectly in absolutely any modern trend, where environmental cleanliness and minimalism in the decor.

Tables chests fit well with the style country or classics. Sometimes the role of the coffee table is played by a real chest. This creates additional convenience, because inside you can arrange a system for storing a variety of items, as well as arrange a home bar.

Eco style gaining popularity lately. Here you can use wicker coffee tables, baskets, which will create a feeling of a terrace. As an exclusive idea, fans of this style can use a textured wooden house, it will cost several times cheaper than the finished model (or even for free).

Classic model A wood table with a variety of design: the model can have a classic module with a decor or look like a large bench.

Coffee table for the interior of the living room is quite difficult to choose. It is usually combined with other furniture and is in harmony with the general style of the room. But there are certain exceptions. It happens that in the center of a modern living room is quite appropriate and even an extravagant vintage object is needed as a coffee table. Such a decision can be fully justified by your vision and look perfect.

Often, designers use the pairing technique, which sometimes gives unexpectedly positive results. So, choose lamps, vases, rugs, as well as coffee tables. These items must be absolutely identical. This approach contributes to the creation of the original interior, convenience and quick change of furniture: you can move them together and form a large surface, for example, when receiving a large number of guests. In very large rooms there may be a greater number of identical tables.

To perform the task of a coffee table can almost everything that has a horizontal surface. For example, a ottoman stool, which performs both functions at once: it is used as a miniature sofa and a tray with a coffee service can be put on it. Such products come in various shapes: round, rectangular.

If you prefer traditional furniture, these are classic models that have rectangular or oval-shaped countertops, four legs, a pedestal or a plinth.

The table top and base are made from a variety of materials. Expensive products are made of solid wood and even semi-precious stone. There are more budget products for the manufacture of which are plastic, chipboard, MDF, veneer, glass, metal. The tables are made of any one type of materials, and the combined models combine two or more different types. A very durable version of the coffee table is made of natural materials - wood with stone decor. Of course, this is an expensive model, but it fits perfectly into the classic interior, and country style, as well as retro.

Interesting combinations of materials such as glass with wood, glass with metal. Practically in any stylistics all-glass model will look spectacular. It is almost invisible, does not overload the space at all, looks light and weightless.For these design objects used tempered glass, which can withstand significant loads.

Countertops made of glass, perhaps the most sought after among designers and designers. Glass is combined with various materials. For the support-base of the glass table can serve a variety of images: real deer antlers, carved bears made of wood, dolphins made of bronze, or amazingly beautiful winding plants. These options are perfect for directions modern, classic, country.

A wooden coffee table will fit into any interior. - a popular and practical option. It is important to choose the shade of the tree for a harmonious combination with other furniture in the room. It is better that such a model was made in the appropriate style.

Wood products have both positive and negative qualities.

Pros:

• a variety of wood types (soft, hard, superhard);
• a huge palette of colors and textiles;
• simple processing;
• environmentally friendly material;
• Fits perfectly in any interior.

Minuses:

• mostly expensive material;
• subject to mechanical deformation.

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