A coffee table is often bought as part of a soft furniture set as part of it. And this is a good decision, because in this case it harmoniously fits into the interior of the living room, along with a sofa and easy chairs.
However, many people who are sensitive to the design of the main room in the apartment select each item separately, guided by their own instincts or the advice of designers. In this case, you need, first of all, to decide for what purposes you need this seemingly not very significant, but very important piece of furniture. After all, a carefully chosen coffee table can become the unifying center of your living room interior.
He might be needed:
- for purely decorative purposes. Infrequently, but there are such purchases, especially among lovers of antiques, who have been collecting rare pieces of furniture of the same era, style, one workshop, or even author's work for years. They are proud of such items, treat them very carefully, almost like museum treasures. Often this is true;
- for practical purposes, a coffee table is purchased more often. In such cases, these furnishings are used to store small items on them.things, books and magazines that you always want to have on hand.
- many families who spend evenings together like to sit in the living room and use the coffee table to have a snack together while watching an interesting program or movie, have tea or a glass of good wine in a cozy atmosphere. Here you will need a special table of a convenient height and configuration so that you do not have to bend low over it, so that it is convenient for everyone sitting;
- It is very common to use a coffee table as a platform for board games. In this case, you need to think about its surface, on which you may be throwing hard objects or on which you will be moving quite heavy figures.
Convenient tables with additional shelves and even drawers located under the tabletop;
Now, having determined the purpose of the table, you can choose the piece of furniture that is most suitable in shape, material and design.
When choosing the shape of the tabletop, remember that the oval table will fit more people if necessary. Square and rectangular tables with sharp corners are not safe if there are small children in the house.
Materials from which coffee tables can now be made are very diverse. The most popular are wood, glass, metal and plastic. A glass coffee table, for example, does not clutter up the space, gives style to the wholeliving room environment (especially in combination with wood or metal), durable and little affected by temperature and humidity changes. Good demand for tables made of wood due to the beauty of the texture of this material, its environmental friendliness, variety of shapes and durability.
Recently, a large number of new constructive forms of this type of furniture have appeared on the furniture market. The transforming coffee table, capable of the most unexpected transformations, is now enjoying special attention of buyers. With a slight movement of the hand, the table turns into a place for a family dinner, rising to the desired height, or into a mini-bar, or into a work surface with a special shelf for a laptop.
It is important to treat the choice of this piece of furniture with attention, because by buying it, you can significantly enrich the living room environment, giving it new original notes, or you can spoil it with an ill-conceived purchase.
