How to choose a sliding table for your living room?

A beautiful and durable sliding table into 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 table. For daily use, it is used folded.

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

1. The extendable table is useful in any transformation, it can be considered multifunctional.
2. Some folded models take up almost no space, which is very important for small living rooms.
3. The folding mechanisms of modern tables are easy and accessible, 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 from which the table is made, as well as on the size and brand. A large run-up in prices allows people with different budget options to purchase a transformer.

Models of Russian production with a sliding function are strong and durable, only handicraft, non-industrial options can have disadvantages.

Some users attribute the very possibility of folding to the disadvantages.

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

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

Outwardly, special differences between these two types can be overlooked, coffee models are only slightly taller and more decorative. The difference between beautiful compact tables lies in the purpose. It is convenient to put a book, newspaper, remote control, telephone on the coffee table, put a desk lamp. The miniature coffee table can accommodate a coffee pot, a bowl of sweets and a cup of coffee. If the compact products are laid out, at least three people can have breakfast behind them.

We'll talk about them a little later. In addition to their purpose, tables are divided according to shape, design and material.

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

• To unfold the table, you need to move the two halves apart, an additional section is found in the center, which slides out and fits into the resulting space.

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

• There are designs with a fairly thick tabletop, which means that it is folded in half. To double the table, you need to pull the legs on one side, pushing the frame apart. The tabletop should be unfolded, opened and placed in the prepared frame.

• Transformers-hybrids have an innovative unique folding mechanism. As soon as you pull on a round, segmented tabletop, the hidden "petals" rise and fit, expanding its surface.

You can enlarge the tabletop not only with a square table; other geometric trusses are also suitable for a sliding mechanism.

The square is a convenient and advantageous shape. It will organically fit into the corner and will look good against a straight wall, without taking away extra centimeters, as is the case with rounded surfaces. Besides, it is convenient to dine at a square table, everyone takes their own side, which does not need to be shared with anyone.

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

This shape is good for square living rooms, moreover, a round table can be appropriate in the center of the room and is not suitable for placement against a wall. The shape of the circle makes the tabletop aristocratic and elegant. A beautiful tablecloth and a vase of flowers will enliven and decorate the interior of the living room. When unfolded, a round tabletop turns into an oval and can receive more guests than a rectangular model of the same area, since smoothed corners allow, if necessary, to seat a person behind them. The guests sitting in a circle can freely see each other that disposes to pleasant communication.

An oval table, when an additional section is added in the center of the tabletop, takes the shape of an elongated oval. Seating guests around the table, each should be left with 60 to 80 cm of free space. Countertops with rounded corners are convenient for families with mobile children, as they are less traumatic.

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

Wood has been used to create furniture for thousands of years. 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 versatile, it suits almost all interiors.

Chipboards are much cheaper than wood, but thanks to the thin veneer with which they are covered, you can get an excellent imitation of any type of wood, up to exotic. A large selection of colors and patterns, repeating the cut of wood, allows you to choose a table for any living room design, and an affordable price significantly expands the circle of consumers.

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

Chromed metal is preferred by the same styles that are listed in the description of glass products. There is also wrought iron with beautiful openwork 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. You can create beautiful, strong and durable products from metal.

Modern material with a large selection of patterns and colors. Tables have a variety of shapes and textures, but they are unlikely to be able to decorate a living room in an apartment or house. They are more 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.

• Choosing a table in the living room, first of all, they decide for themselves its purpose. If the product is needed as a back-up option and will only be used for receiving guests, you should choose furniture with a minimum folded tabletop and a maximum unfolded one. When purchasing a dining group for everyday use, the size of the tabletop is calculated for each family member. The disassembled table will be used for receiving guests. In a tiny living room, the owners prefer to install coffee tables with a sliding surface function.

• Before buying, they choose and measure a place, taking into account the state of the table when unfolded. It is not necessary to leave a large space for a coffee or coffee table; when folded, it can be literally squeezed into the pier.

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

• The functionality of the model is also important, the tabletop 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 familiarize yourself with the certificate, as some chipboard models have a pungent odor. The accompanying documents indicate the degree of toxicity of the glue impregnation of the chipboard base.

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

The large number of types of sliding tables makes it difficult to choose. To help you settle on one of the best, here are examples of unique, beautiful, functional tables.

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

• Stylish extendable table for modern interiors.

• This unusual table is based on a sliding system based on central fastening and tabletop rotation.

• Spectacular respectable sliding table in the neoclassical style.

• The round glass table can be extended in a non-standard way. Ideal for minimalistic interiors in black and white.

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

The 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.

How to quickly and easily change the space with the help of sliding tables - transformers, see below.