How to choose a sliding table for the living room?

A beautiful and durable sliding table in the hall becomes an interior decoration and is always ready to receive guests. With a simple movement, its area can be almost doubled. If the kitchen is combined with the living room, the table serves as a dining room. For daily use, it is used when folded.

It is impossible to imagine how you can replace a sliding or folding table during the arrival of guests, especially when living in the "Khrushchev". Such designs have many advantages.

1. A sliding table is useful in any transformation, it can be considered multifunctional.
2. Some folded models almost do not take up space, which is very important for small living rooms.
3. The folding mechanisms of modern tables are easy and affordable, do not require much effort.
4. A large selection of models in style, color, configuration allows you to meet the demand of any customer.
5. The price category depends on the material the table is made of, as well as on the size and brand. A large run of prices allows you to purchase a transformer for people with different budget options.

Russian-made models with sliding function are strong and durable, only artisanal, non-industrial options can have flaws.

Some users attribute the possibility of folding to the disadvantages.

Extendable tables for the living room are dining, coffee and coffee.

When closed, the table is a beautiful piece of furniture that can support the stylistic direction not only in appearance but also in the content of the decor. Vases with flowers, photographs in stylized frames, candlesticks and figurines are put on the table. Directions provence and shabby chic well marked by bleached or embroidered tablecloths handmade. When folded, a family of four can use the dining table, and if you take it apart, the capacity of the structure will increase to 8-12 places.

Outwardly, special differences between these two species can not be noticed, Coffee models are only slightly higher and more decorative. The difference between beautiful compact tables is the purpose. It is convenient to put a book, newspaper, remote control, telephone, and a table lamp on the coffee table. A miniature coffee table holds a coffee pot, a vase of sweets and a cup of coffee. If compact items are laid out, at least three people can have breakfast.

We will tell about them a bit later. In addition to the purpose, the tables are divided in shape, design and material.

Structurally, sliding tables are less diverse than, for example, folding tables, but their mechanism is simple and understandable.

• To spread the table, you need to push two halves to the sides, in the center an additional section is found that leaves and fits into the formed space.

• In some models, the central part of the table is divided into two halves. Having spread the table, an additional section is manually laid out like a book.

• There are designs with a rather thick countertop, which means that it is folded in half. To double the table, you need to pull the legs on one side, pushing the frame. The table top should be expanded, opened and laid in the prepared frame.

• Transformers-hybrids have an innovative unique folding mechanism. It is worth pulling a round tabletop divided into segments, the hidden “petals” will rise and stack, expanding its surface.

You can increase the countertop not only on a square table, other geometric trusses are also suitable for a sliding mechanism.

A square is a convenient and profitable form. It will organically go into a corner and look good against a straight wall, without taking extra centimeters, as happens with rounded surfaces. Besides, it’s convenient to dine at the square table; each takes his own side, which is not necessary to share with anyone.

For interiors, a rectangle is the most natural form, since in most cases it repeats the geometry of a room. Even when folded, more guests can be seated at the rectangular table than at the square.

This shape is good for square living rooms, moreover, a round table may be appropriate in the center of the room and is not suitable for placement against the wall. The shape of the circle makes the countertop aristocratically elegant and rich. A beautiful tablecloth and a vase of flowers will enliven and decorate the interior of the living room. Unfolding, the round countertop turns into an oval and can accommodate more guests than the rectangular model of the same size, since smoothed corners allow you to seat a person for them if necessary. Guests sitting in a circle freely see each other, that conducive to pleasant communication.

An oval table, when an additional section is added in the center of the countertop, takes the form of an elongated oval. Seating guests around the table each should leave between 60 and 80 cm of free space. Rounded corner worktops are convenient in families with moving children, as they are less traumatic.

In most cases, sliding tables in the living room are made of MDF or particleboard, richer options are made of solid wood. Magazine models are often made of tempered glass.Other materials are also used in the manufacture of sliding tables, we will tell you more about each of them.

For thousands of years, wood has been used to create furniture. This is an environmentally friendly natural material, it is easy to work with it, products can be decorated with curly carvings. Wooden furniture is considered universal, it fits almost all interiors.

Chipboards are much cheaper than wood, but thanks to the thin veneer with which they are coated, you can get a great imitation of any kind of wood, even exotic. A large selection of colors and patterns that repeat the cut of wood allows you to choose a table for any design of the living room, and the affordable price significantly expands the range of consumers.

Dining tables are rarely made with glass tops, but coffee or coffee tables with sliding function are found in living rooms. They are especially important for style interiors. fusion, minimalism, hi-tech, modern.

Chrome metal is preferred by the same styles that are listed in the description of glass products. There is also wrought iron with beautiful lace elements, it is used to create Gothic and rustic (country) styles. Copper, brass and bronze models are used in the directions retro, oriental, colonial, any historical. From metal you can create beautiful, strong and durable products.

Modern material with a large selection of patterns and colors. Tables have a diverse shape and texture, but are unlikely to be a decoration in the living room in the apartment, house. They are often used as country furniture.

The table in the living room is always in sight, it has aesthetic and functional significance, and its choice should be taken seriously. When buying, you need to consider a number of points.

• When choosing a table in the living room, first of all, they decide for themselves its purpose. If the product is needed as a fallback and will be used only for receiving guests, you should choose furniture with a minimum countertop when folded and a maximum - when unfolded. When purchasing a dining group for everyday use, the size of the countertops is calculated for each family member. An unassembled table will be used to receive guests. In a tiny living room, the owners prefer to set coffee tables with the function of spreading the surface.

• Before buying, they select and measure a place, while taking into account the state of the table in the unfolded form. For a coffee or coffee table, it is not necessary to leave a large space; when folded, it can be squeezed literally into the wall.

• Pay attention to the sliding mechanism, it needs to be simple and easy to execute

• The functional capabilities of the model are important, the countertop can have a different area, added by shelves or drawers.

• Be sure to pay attention to the material, color and style of the product - they must match the design of the living room.

• When buying, you need to inspect the table for build quality. You can get acquainted with the certificate, as some models from particleboard have a pungent smell. In the accompanying documents, the degree of toxicity of the adhesive impregnation of the particleboard base is noted.

• If we are talking about a dining table, it is more convenient to purchase it complete with chairs. Furniture, assembled separately, can create disharmony in the interior of the living room.

A large number of types of sliding tables makes it difficult to choose. To help dwell on one, the best, we give examples of unique, beautiful, functional tables.

• An enlarged standard coffee table looks unusual. It consists of different sections and is convenient for use by people sitting on different sides.

• Stylish sliding table for modern interiors.

• The basis of this unusual table is a sliding system based on the central fastening and rotation of the countertop.

• A spectacular respectable sliding table in the style of neoclassicism.

• The round glass table extends in a non-standard way. Ideal for a minimalist interior in black and white.

• Convenient sliding design, assembled almost does not take place in the living room.

A table in the living room is able to organize a holiday in the house, unite everyone around him, and decorate everyday life with a spectacular appearance.

About how to quickly and easily change the space with the help of sliding tables - transformers, see further.