Coffee table - the final chord of the living room interior

A coffee table is often bought as part of a soft furniture set. And this is a good decision, because in this case it harmoniously fits into the interior of the living room, coupled with a sofa and soft armchairs. However, many people, anxiously related to the design of the main room in the apartment, select each item separately, guided by their own flair or the advice of designers. In this case it is necessary, first of all, to determine for what purpose you need this seemingly not very significant, but very important subject of the interior. After all, a carefully selected coffee table can become a unifying center of the interior of your living room.

It may be needed:

• For purely decorative purposes. Infrequently, but there are such purchases, especially among lovers of antiques, for years collecting rare pieces of furniture of one era, style, one workshop or even author's works. Such objects are proud of, treat them very carefully, almost like museum values. Often this is so;
• For practical purposes, a coffee table is purchased more often. In such cases, these furnishings are used to store on them small things, books and magazines that you always want to have on hand. Convenient tables with additional shelves and even drawers located under the countertop;
• Many families who spend their evenings together like to sit in the living room, use a coffee table to have a bite together, without stopping to watch an interesting program or film, to pee or drink a glass of good wine in a cozy atmosphere. Here you need a special table of convenient height and configuration, so you do not have to bend low over it, so that it will be convenient for everyone sitting;
• It is very common to use a coffee table as a platform for table games. In this case, you need to think about its surface, on which you may be throwing solid objects or on which you will move rather heavy figures.

Now, having determined the purpose of the table, you can choose the item of the interior, the most suitable in form, material and design.

Choosing the shape of the countertop, we remember that behind the oval table will accommodate more people if necessary. Square and rectangular shaped tables with sharp corners are unsafe if the house has small children.

Materials, from which now can be made coffee tables, are very diverse. The most popular are wood, glass, metal and plastic. The glass coffee table, for example, does not clutter up space, imparts stylishness to the entire living room environment (especially in combination with wood or metal), is durable and is not subject to changes in temperature and humidity of the environment. Good demand for wooden tables thanks to the beauty of the texture of this material, its ecological compatibility, variety of shapes and strength.

Recently, a large number of new structural forms of this type of furniture have appeared on the furniture market. A special attention of customers is now enjoyed by a coffee table-transformer, capable of the most unexpected changes. With a slight movement of the hand, the table turns into a place for a family lunch, rising to the desired height, or in a mini-bar, or in a work surface with a special shelf for the laptop.

It is important to pay attention to the choice of this interior with attention, because by buying it, you can significantly enrich the living room environment, giving it new peculiar notes, or you can spoil it with an ill-considered acquisition.