Convertible tables - 30 models

Small housing requires a particularly balanced approach to the choice of furniture. Not only does it have to be beautiful and comfortable. They must be functional. It is difficult to imagine more functional furniture than a transforming table. Not only are there models that are increasing in size, there are those in which the presence of a tabletop is difficult to suspect.

Transformer table for kitchen and living room

Convertible furniture is relevant for small spaces. It helps you make the most of the available space. The kitchen is often small in size. Here you have to twist to fit all the necessary components into the limited space.

The transforming table can be made in a modern style

Folding models

The most difficult thing is to fit a dining table in a small kitchen: it takes up too much space, and you also need to put chairs ... A good way out is a sliding or folding transforming table. They differ in the transformation mechanism. The folding part of the table top is hinged. It turns out that when folded, part of the table "hangs" on hinges or is laid on / under another part of the table.

Round dining convertible table for kitchen

One of the well-known options is a folding table-book (one of the options in the photo above). This is when the central part of the table is fixed, and the sides are attached to it with hinges. If necessary, one of the movable legs extends, lifting the fixed tabletop.

Another option - the tabletop consists of several identical parts, also fastened together with hinges. The difference is that they are on top of each other. The legs in such furniture are sliding. Pull the legs a certain distance, unfold the tabletop.

The table top is divided into two or three pieces. Depending on the width, it can be used as a small table in the kitchen, or as a console, as in the photo above.

Sliding and console table

The difference in this group is not fundamental, but the principle of transformation is different. These tables have a sliding base and a number of inserts, with the help of which the table top is built up. This design is also called a console table.

Console table - a convenient view of a folding table

This type of transforming table is convenient. When folded, it takes up very little space. For example, if you fold the table shown in the photo above, the width will be equal to the width of the two folded end pieces. Additional legs and inserts are located just in these end parts. You can move it apart, depending on your wishes, by installing one, two or more inserts. You have a lot of guests - they put everything to bed. We need two additional places - only one.

There are also simpler sliding models. They just move a little and the modest dining table gets a little larger. Similar transformation mechanisms are used for both round and rectangular models.

With pull-out table top

Another way to increase the area of ​​a dining or coffee table is to hide part of the countertop under the main part of it. You need a large area - it was stretched out.But not all such models have a mechanism that allows you to make the extended part of the table flush with the "main" one.

Magazine turns into dining

There are some interesting ideas on how to turn a low coffee table into a comfortable dining table. A lot of interesting ideas, mechanisms of various types are used.

A coffee / dining transforming table is popular, since it is not always possible to separate a dining room in an apartment. And putting a dining table in the living room is not the best design move. So it turns out that a coffee-dining transformer table will save the situation. When folded, it does not distract attention at all, and when unfolded behind it, 6-8 people may well be located.

Worker and computer

It is not always easy to find a job in a small apartment. For such cases, there is a folding computer or desktop. In the stationary part there are shelves where you can place books, a computer, a laptop, and other office equipment. There are models with closed side shelves. This is a small wardrobe with a table "in one bottle".

The table top consists of two parts, the second part can be expanded if necessary. A very convenient option for a folding desktop for a teenage schoolchild, student.

Another idea that allows you to turn a small cabinet into a solid workspace is a retractable tabletop. In a compact state, it hides under the "main". When it is necessary to increase the size of the table, it is simply pulled out. Basically, a rotary mechanism is used here, but there are models with a retractable one.

Convertible desktop

For easier movement, the legs that need to be moved are equipped with wheels. You just need to look so that the soft flooring does not get into the "zone of action" of the wheels. They can "trample" visible traces. This time. And two - moving the wheels on a soft surface is not at all easy.

There is a transforming table in the form of a chest of drawers, in which a workplace is equipped. Since work today is almost always associated with office equipment, there is a place to place a screen, keyboard, system unit. And as laptops can be placed in general a couple of pieces.

The computer desk can be "hidden" in the chest of drawers

Due to the hinged lid, the working surface of the small table can be significantly increased. Just don't put any serious office equipment on the folding part. It is better to place it on the "stationary" part.

Chest of drawers

Another option for organizing a workplace is a chest of drawers with a folding table top. For small apartments - a godsend. You can put in a walk-through place and use the drawers as intended. When you need to sit down with a laptop or notebook, raise the tabletop, pull out the support leg. You can work. Classes are over, the leg has been pushed into place, the table top has dropped. The chest of drawers takes up a minimum of space - 60-80 cm, depending on the depth of the drawers.

A dresser table in a matter of minutes will turn the living room into a dining room

The second variation is shown on the right. Here the lid rises on metal stops. The disadvantage of this design is that the boxes are smaller in size, since the sidewalls are occupied by the folding mechanism. Dignity - it would never occur to anyone that this bedside table can turn into a table.

Convertible table with upholstered furniture

An interesting idea is to make a sofa that turns into a table. Rather, the table is attached so that in the closed position it hides behind the back of the sofa. In this state, it is an ordinary (well, almost) sofa. If you need a workplace, throw the backrest forward.

Pull-out sofa table

A chair-table is made according to the same principle. It just has a smaller width. Some models allow you to move the tabletop forward without folding the berth. A great option if you like to have breakfast in bed.

A more spartan, but no less original way is to attach a tabletop to the back of the sofa on the back side. A full-fledged workplace will not work, but you can put a laptop, a couple of notebooks and books. For schoolchildren, this is not an option, but for students or those who want to surf the net, it is very good.

A table top is fixed on the backrest

This option has one "but". The sofa should be in the middle of the room. In any case, the distance from the wall should be at least one meter. This is possible if the back of the sofa is a zone separator in studio apartment.

For feeding the baby

There is a transforming chair for feeding the baby. He has two positions. The first is a low table with a seat. This option is good when the child can already or is trying to eat himself. In this position, there is a fairly large tabletop on which you can place a plate. In this position, the table and chair are low, you can leave the child himself.

This folding high chair was produced 30 years ago. Today it is no less convenient than before

In the second position, the chair is high - the seat is located at the level of an ordinary dining table. This option is suitable for a joint meal with adults when mom is nearby. Sometimes they have wheels for easy movement, but some factories produce without them. They have

The disadvantage of this model is that the table and chair are fastened together. There is no way to separate them. Then both the table and the chair will be unstable. This problem is solved in another model. Here the table is turned upside down, a chair is inserted into it. They are held by the clever system of interlacing the legs of the chair and table.

Another variant

This type is good in that the table and chair can stand separately and, when the children grow up, they can be used as ordinary children's furniture.

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