Sofa with table

 Sofa with table

Modern interior is not without the use of multifunctional furniture. Why buy a few separate items when you can buy, for example, a chair-bed, a couch with built-in drawers or a sofa with a table?

Such furniture not only helps greatly save space, but also runs in a modern, stylish, ergonomic design that is able to decorate and harmoniously complement any interior.

Special features

The standard layout of the room, as a rule, assumes the presence of a small table near any sofa. On it you can put a tray with fruit, a cup of tea, put a book or newspaper.Therefore, it is not surprising that the combination of these two pieces of furniture in one has become especially popular lately.

The tables are made in a variety of sizes and shapes, they are embedded or extended, are part of the left or right armrest. Some models include an additional pad of wood, with which you can organize a fairly spacious worktop.

Original look and sofas with tables for a couple. Soft seats surround the table on both sides.

This option is great for a romantic dinner.

The sofas combined with the tables are most often equipped with a transforming mechanism “Eurobook” or “accordion”. Such models are most convenient, since the changing part does not affect the side surfaces of the furniture, which are usually used to create the table.

The corner sofa with a table is sometimes combined with a small bar, arranged in the back of the model. For this, a folding structure or an over-built open shelf is provided.

Species

Models with tables may differ from each other design features.Little tables can be laid on in the form of a wooden plate for an armrest, added, folding, hidden in the basis of a sofa.

Transforming sofa

A transforming sofa with a table is one of the most popular varieties of such furniture. Ideal for small premises, when it is necessary to maximize the use of each extra inch of space.

The model is very convenient in that it implies the simultaneous existence of two full-fledged pieces of furniture - a sofa and a table. The assembled design looks like a not very wide, but quite comfortable and roomy table attached to the sofa. This model can be used as a kitchenette or workplace of a student and a schoolboy.

Some models of transformers provide the presence of sliding drawers in which you can store various useful things.

If it is necessary to organize a bed, special table fixers are removed, and the working surface smoothly appears under the sofa. The bilateral gas lifts with which the furniture is equipped help to carry out the transformation process quickly, accurately and accurately.A few easy movements are enough and the sofa turns into a table again!

Transforming sofas can be calculated for one or two people, and besides, they can also be bunk. This option is most often used for children's room. The assembled model is a sofa and a table, and if necessary, it is converted into an extra bed.

Most often, transformers are equipped with small shelves or closed lockers for storing stationery, personal belongings, diaries, books and other items. They can be on one or both sides, and sometimes located at an angle to each other. Some models contain 3 furniture elements (table-chair-sofa).

Three sofas in one can save space on the placement of several full-fledged pieces of furniture, as well as money for their purchase.

Angular

An angular sofa with a table can become part of the interior of the most diverse functional areas: kitchen, living room, children's room, study, hallway. The tables can be located on different sides, have a different shape and size.

One option is a table attached to the side armrest of the sofa. A convenient, compact, fairly roomy stand, on which you can put a cup of tea, put a remote control, phone, other stuff.

Another option - with a table in the corner. This model is a stand located between the soft seats of the sofa.

With table top on armrest

Sofas with countertops on the armrest is a separate, very wide and diverse category. The table can be made in the form of a horizontal stand. Depending on the size, anything can be placed on it - from the TV console to the dinner tray.

Other tables are a wooden lining on the armrest without protruding edges. Some variants are performed in very complex, curved shapes. These tables can be equipped with special compartments for different useful things.

With ottoman

Models with ottomans are very practical in everyday life. They allow to solve the problem of seating several people around the same table at once. Usually the table top has a rounded, elongated shape and a large enough width so that several coffee cups or tea cups can fit on it at once, for example.

A pair of compact ottomans often comes bundled with such a sofa. They easily hide under the table top, not taking up much space.

With folding table

Tables that complement the sofas may vary design features. For example, there are models with a built-in table, which are often stationary and quite large. Another thing - a model with a folding table, which can be used if necessary, and then again hide in the sofa.

Tables can vary not only in shape and size, but also in their functional purpose. There are small coasters for small things, a little wider ones for a cup of tea. There are models with a full-fledged dining table at which several people can simultaneously sit down.

No less popular option - furniture with a computer desk. Stand under the PC can be placed on the back of the back of the sofa, or it can be a full table, like the models of transformers.

Popular models

Manufacturers of upholstered furniture, developing new collections, seeking to take into account the wishes and recommendations of their customers.This is especially true for multifunctional furniture, such as a sofa with a built-in table. Models should be compact, easy to use, quite practical and attractive in appearance.

Among the most popular today combined models from different manufacturers are the following options

"Comfort"

An excellent example of multifunctional transforming furniture. This item contains 3 full-fledged furniture elements at once - a spacious double bed, a comfortable sofa and a wide dining table.

The transformation process is quick and easy, the model itself is compact enough and does not take up much space even in a small room.

The basis of the frame is galvanized steel, so the transformation mechanism is designed for daily use. The printed material used is polyurethane foam treated with anti-fungal and anti-bacterial composition in combination with a spring block. Such a sofa perfectly withstands even a very large load. At the same time, his seat is always quite tough, elastic and comfortable to use.

"Houston"

The sofa, one of the armrests of which is used as the basis for a wide, semicircular tabletop. The configuration of the stand for the table has two grooves to accommodate compact ottomans.

"Gloria"

"Gloria" - one of the models of transformers. In the put state represents a high-grade sofa. If necessary, its body expands and forms a wide, long, comfortable horizontal surface, which can be used as a dining, working or computer desk.

Atlantic

"Atlantic" - an angular sofa. One of the armrests is used as a stand for the table top. The table is additionally supported by metal tubes that support another horizontal surface at the bottom of the table.

It can be used as a bookshelf or a place for storing useful things.

"Verdi"

The original semicircular model with built-in table. Elegant, compact, modern option for decorating a bedroom or living room.

Color solutions

In any apartment, private house or office space, you can find a chair, sofa or other pieces of upholstered furniture.They are produced in various styles, decorated with a variety of prints, decor items, original form elements. The color range of sofas is almost unlimited. It is so wide that under any interior you can choose a sofa that is ideally suited in color and style.

The classic colors of sofas (beige, brown, white, black, gray) are appropriate in all interiors. These colors are quite practical, versatile, perfectly combined with decoration and other furnishings.

Fans of more non-standard furniture will probably prefer bright, saturated colors (pink, green, yellow, purple, blue, crimson). Such furniture is harmoniously combined with the expression of the art deco style, or it can be a bright accent in the interior of restrained tones.

The built-in or folding tables are made in a contrasting combination with the upholstery of the sofa or, on the contrary, in full accordance with the basic color scheme. Most often, tabletops are aged in different shades of natural wood (black, brown, nutty, sand color).

Tips for choosing

The choice of a sofa with a table as a whole differs little from the choice of ordinary furniture models.Key recommendations:

  1. The size. Dimensions of the sofa should correspond to the size of the room where it is planned to purchase. If the room is small, then we can recommend angular, narrow models or transforming sofas.
  2. Transforming mechanism. The more often the sofa unfolds, the more durable and reliable the mechanism (dolphin, accordion, eurobook) should be.
  3. Filler. The spring block and polyurethane foam is considered the most qualitative and comfortable.
  4. Upholstery sofa. For a children's room, it is better to purchase a sofa upholstered in flock or velor. Office models are preferable to choose from eco-leather or genuine leather. Furniture for the living room can be decorated using more beautiful materials (Jacquard, chenille, matting).
  5. The choice of the size and shape of the table directly depends on its functional purpose. If you need a stand for storing a mobile phone, keys, remote control, then a sofa with an angular table is quite suitable. Models with stand-table on the armrest are suitable for organizing a small tea or a light snack. Transforming models help to organize the most spacious and overall models of the tables used to carry out lessons, work on a computer, and create a dining area.
  6. Style. Design, color, configuration of the sofa should be fully combined and in harmony with the interior and the rest of the situation. The classic model is appropriate to look absolutely in any interior. The original sofa is best suited for a room decorated in a modern style.
  7. Pmanufacturer. Choosing a sofa, combined with a table, it is best to pay attention to the products of companies that have long and successfully specialized in the production of multi-functional models. One such example is the factory Stolline, offering a huge selection of models of different sizes, designs, styles for any room.

How to do it yourself?

To make a quality, reliable, durable sofa with your own hands is not easy. However, if you want to make a small, lightweight model for a balcony, hallway, garden or suburban area, then the most simple materials at hand will be useful for this.

One option is to make a sofa from europallets. To create a frame, 1 or 2 layers of pallets are assembled onto which a foam pad or polyurethane foam base wrapped in upholstery fabric is laid. If desired, you can create a headboard and armrests.

One of the armrests can be supplemented with a horizontal stand made of wood or other material, which will serve as a table.

Before work, the pallets must be properly processed and painted.

In more detail about how to make a sofa from a pallet, the following video will tell:

Reviews

Today, many buyers seek to purchase multi-functional pieces of furniture in order to save space in small rooms and, at the same time, to make them as functional and efficient as possible. Therefore, sofas, combined with tables, are becoming increasingly popular. Consumers are happy to share their impressions on the pages of specialized websites.

The first thing that happens in these reviews is the usability. Watching an interesting movie or a fascinating show and having breakfast, lunch, dinner or just drinking tea at the same time is common. Therefore, a compact table specially designed for this purpose is suitable when the time comes.

Many people like modern stylish design models. Sofas and tables do not look like two objects that do not match each other.They are designed in a single color and stylistic decision, and are very harmoniously combined in a pair.

A variety of shapes, sizes and models of tables - another plus. Depending on the purpose for which you plan to use the table, you can choose the ideal model. The tables are made of quality materials, have an ergonomic shape, modern design.

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