The use of so-called "2 in 1" or "3 in 1" furniture is very practical for small apartments. Various transformers allow you to save precious square meters, especially since the modern furniture industry offers us a wide range of such sofas, armchairs, cabinets and tables. So, today the theme of our article is a sofa that turns into a table. This type of transformable furniture was invented relatively recently, but has already gained great popularity among consumers.
Types of sofas-transformers
Sofas, combined with tables, are different in their design. But all of them are united by one pleasant feature: to turn a sofa into a table and back it is possible literally one movement, it is very easy owing to the special mechanism of transformation. So, let's consider the most popular types of this furniture.
The most usual sofa of any modification, in the armrest of which a small table "hides" is the most common variant. You can purchase a direct sofa with a side table or an interesting corner model that includes a pull-out or folding table. Such a sofa with a table in the armrest is very convenient when you need to put on the bedside table a book, glasses, mobile phone or other trifle. But if you want, you can install a night lamp on it or, say, a laptop - it all depends on your household habits.
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If you like to gather guests in your house, then the ideal option is to buy a sofa-transformer with a table "3 in 1". It includes a regular straight sofa, the back of which, when transformed, plays the role of countertop, and the armrests, in turn, become the legs of the table. If desired, this sofa can be turned into a bed - this is done thanks to a standard pull-out mechanism. In addition, the purchase of such furniture will allow you to significantly save the space of your living room, because instead of three pieces of furniture you only need to buy one. The sofa-transformer "3 in 1" perfectly fits into the interior of the apartment in the style of minimalism or modernism. The only, perhaps, disadvantage of this type of furniture is the lack of such an armchair in disassembled armrests, but very few people pay attention to such trifles.
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Some models of multifunctional furniture "3 in 1" also suggest the presence in the bottom of niches for bed linen. In such sofas the table itself does not need to be laid out, since the table top is already present at the back of the sofa. It is rather narrow and can be used as a study table or a bar counter. When the sofa is turned into a bed, the backrest is lowered, leaning on this table.
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Some models of corner sofas also suggest a modification with a table, however, the sofa itself is transformed into a bed, and a small table is moved to the sofa in assembled form. Sleeper in such models, as a rule, is quite wide. The table is most often used as a magazine .
The variants of the transformable furniture described above are suitable for installation in a living room or in a small one-room apartment. But often the owners of typical Khrushchev buy couch-transformers with a table and kitchen. As a rule, the dining table in such models is transformed into a sleeping place with the help of the "dolphin" mechanism. Kitchen corner sofas with a table are convenient to place for the night of those who stayed up late at the guests.
There are also unusual models in which the sofa turns not into a dining table, but into a billiard room! But such furniture is most often made to order or in a single copy, since not everyone will want to buy this miracle of the furniture industry for their apartment.