Folding coffee table

Folding coffee tables can solve many everyday problems. Depending on the purpose, you can choose the color, shape, dimensions and way of unfolding this unusual piece of furniture. Before buying a folding coffee table, you need to determine how often it will perform the function of the transformer. Indeed, the number of lay-outs directly affects the deterioration of the mechanism and the material from which it is made.

Types of materials for a coffee table

  1. The tree . Although wooden products are not cheap, but time justifies such purchases. A folding wooden coffee table must be bought if the interior requires it or you plan to use it as a stand for heavy objects. By stopping the attention to wood with a reliable steel mechanism, you will make the right choice, as with frequent lay-out it will last much longer than furniture made of particle board.
  2. Glass . Glass objects are an attribute of modernity. In an apartment with a modern style, high-tech or minimalism , you can easily find a place for a design that folds in minimum space.
  3. Particleboard . Particleboards are a budget option. It is from this material created many folding coffee tables. The laminated surface creates the illusion of an expensive product.

The ways of unfolding a coffee table-transformer

There are simple ways to decompose and complex, when the process occurs automatically. Special mechanisms allow you to change the position of the countertop, while maintaining it at a certain level. Many models can be decomposed only partially, for example, fixing the necessary height.

Most often, the useful area is increased by inserts located on the side or in the center of the table. There are tables in which the parts of the table top are stacked on each other or equipped with a pivoting mechanism that allows them to exist independently and be of different sizes. A useful novelty was a folding coffee table on wheels. Its advantage is rollers or wheels that make it easy to move the product around the house.