Coffee tables in different styles
The coffee table is modest and unnoticeable, but the task it performs is beyond the reach of any other piece of furniture. The versatility and versatility of this object of the interior of your home make it an indispensable design element in the design of housing in any particular style.
Rustic style
Furniture in the style of country involves the use of environmentally friendly natural materials and natural shades that give the room a rustic appearance. After all, the purpose of this direction in the interior is to reflect the subtleties of rural life in a certain area. The country-style coffee table is a sturdy, solid construction made from solid logs or bars.The surface of the product is specially aged by various methods in order to give it coarseness and peasant austerity. Polished and painted models for such interiors are categorically not suitable. A special requirement is presented to the form of the design - designers recommend only objects of the correct form.
High tech
Coffee tables in this style successfully complement the modern interior.
They are distinguished by the following characteristics:
- Strict forms and straight hard lines, the absence of unnecessary elements.
- The abundance of glass and metal parts, plastic.
- Exclusive design solution.
- Extensive use of the latest technology and innovative materials.
- Frequent use of silver and metallic colors, black and white shades with bright patches.
- High practicality and functionality.
The more futuristic the product looks, the more relevant it is for this style.
Modern
The style that originated at the end of the 19th century has its own characteristics, which are also characteristic of coffee tables.
- Smooth, winding forms in product design; the absence of any symmetry.
- Soft contours and lines,often imitating floral patterns and animal ornaments.
- Natural materials, strict pacified colors in the brown and gray-green spectrum.
- The corners of the products are completely absent.
- The theme of nature in the interior: for the modern is characterized by the image of lilies, leaves and petals, butterflies, dragonflies.
- The use of natural materials, one of which is wood. Style does not accept the deaf painting of products hiding the structure of fibers.
- Stylish forged items.
- The use of stained glass paintings in the design of furniture, from expensive Tiffany to psevdovigrazha.
A striking representative of the Art Nouveau table can be called a product with a mosaic tabletop and elegant forged legs.
Baroque
Coffee tables, personifying the Renaissance, stand out with a spectacular design with elements of luxury. Baroque - palace style, which always sought to pomp and solemnity, typical of kings. Today he is given preference if they want to emphasize their well-being and prestige. Furniture products in this style have smooth curved silhouettes and lines, rich decor and solidity.Coffee table tops are heavy, usually round or oval, decorated in marble or mosaic. The legs of the products are carved, of fancy form, are inlaid with elements in the form of female figures, lion heads.
In nautical style
The room, whose interior is made in a maritime theme, requires appropriate furnishings This criterion is met by products from an array or from MDF, stylized as natural wood and causing a feeling of reliability from their owners. The furniture is characterized by natural colors of unpainted wood - from light beige to dark wenge, often in the interior are used white products. The shapes and lines of coffee tables can have different colors and directions, because the marine style has many faces. You can find a spectacular table of dark wood with carvings, characteristic of the interiors of the XVII-XVIII centuries in the style of the nobility, and true romantics will appreciate the furniture in the form of a ship's chest with elements of forging.
Scandinavia
The tables in the "northern" style are distinguished by asceticism and straightforwardness, in what lies their "zest". In the manufacture of furniture used light wood, which are subjected to minimal processing.
The Scandinavian style is characterized by the simplest functional forms and lines and the complete absence of decor and carved elements.
Minimalism "Land of the Rising Sun"
Japanese-style furniture is fully consistent with the spirit of this amazing people.
Coffee tables are distinguished by a number of characteristics:
- Minimalism of objects: a table is used in the interior, only if it is strictly necessary;
- Laconism of forms;
- The desire of furniture down, which allows you to create a feeling of spaciousness and provide the room with additional lighting;
- Only natural materials in the manufacture;
- Often, designers put hieroglyphs on the surface of products, which gives the interior expressiveness and deep meaning.
Alpine Romance
The style of a chalet is the style of a house in the mountains, the indispensable attributes of which are a fireplace, natural wood and stone in decoration. The main focus of the design is on comfort, simplicity and soulfulness. Coffee tables "alpine" interior are massive and patina surface finish. The interior of the chalet looks great products from the natural array or wicker.
Rustik
For furniture in the rustic style, only natural materials of rough processing or unprocessed at all are used. It is distinguished by its characteristic brutality and "primitive" character. Rustik is a mix of American country and Russian national hut. The tables in this direction are characterized by massiveness and roughness, the use of natural wood and stone, not sanded surfaces, the application of patina and other effects of artificial “aging”. In the design of products there are warm, natural shades: brown, beige, marsh, gray. A coffee table made of a thick wood saw cut, imitating a bulky stump, or a piece of furniture made from natural cobblestone - such models will look great in the interior.
Beautiful and unusual coffee tables can be seen in the next video.