A cozy sofa, a television receiver, rugs, beautiful flowerpots, a bookcase, paintings - these are the usual elements of the interior of the living room. But there is another subject that can diversify the situation and increase comfort - a small round, rectangular or oval coffee table. It is suitable for tea drinking, reading press and books, as a stand for decor or a place for storing numerous accessories. If you buy a product with adjustable legs and a table top, then it can replace the dining table at all. It's no wonder that now for many this thing has ceased to be a second-rate pleasant addition to the interior, turning into an indispensable attribute of family life. At this time, there are so many varieties of original coffee tables that with their choice you are unlikely to have problems.
Types of modern coffee tables
Coffee tables are made of wood. Previously, for the production of furniture, only natural material was taken. The first classic coffee tables, which filled the dwellings of aristocrats, were exclusively of wood. For a chic interior of Empire or Baroque, as well as in the simple country style of Provence or country, now it is also better to buy mostly wooden products. In addition, we are increasingly using practical items from rattan and vines, which are quite organic and fit well into a wide variety of environments. They differ more original design, can have a table-top made of any material, and can decorate, both a summer residence, and a city drawing room.
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Coffee table from glass. Transparent products from tempered glass always favorably differed from usual standard wooden coffee tables with boxes with their spectacular views. Optically, they do not clutter the living room, hallway or bedroom, and the decor or objects installed from above as if hovering in space. Even in the kitchen, such items are reliable and safe, therefore, as a coffee table, glass-topped products can be used extremely long without suffering chipping or scratches.
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Coffee tables from chipboard. MDF and plastic are increasingly crowded with chipboard, but smart manufacturers are always able to build from this budget material is quite good and multifunctional pieces of furniture. Laminated film and veneer can give the plates quite interesting look, which will imitate a variety of wood species. With a careful attitude, such a small coffee table will serve the hosts even for decades. At the same time, the cost of this product is much cheaper than carved expensive luxury furniture, which is very important, for example, for a young family or students.
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Forged coffee table. Many are sure that forging is at least reliable and beautiful, but it is only relevant at the dacha or in the old interior. This statement is incorrect, stylish metal furnishings can be executed so diversely that they are suitable even for a modern home. Often leaves, buds or other forged decorative elements are covered with golden paint, giving them a more chic look. A white or pink coffee table made of metal will not look as severe as furniture with black legs. By the way, the most modern look forged tables with a transparent or colored glass top, this is the type of products we recommend in the modern living room.
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Folding coffee table transformer . Quite often there is no extra space in the apartment, so in this case it is more advantageous to purchase not ordinary furniture, but trasformers, which have extraordinarily greater functionality. A folding coffee table with adjustable tabletop area and height of legs is easier to convert for use under a laptop stand. It can become a replacement for another dining table for a large company of guests. Also note that there are transformers not only from glass and metal, some companies produce excellent folding pieces of furniture from wood, which are more comfortably fit in the classical style.
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