A table is not just the piece around which everything happens. It is a style statement and shows whether or not we are great hosts. Design, round, folding or minimalist tables to save space, which one is yours?
Beyond deciding whether you prefer round or square table, or even if you opt for an oval. The tables are the center of the rooms, whether in the kitchen, office, youth bedroom or living room, is the piece that marks and delimits the spaces and environments.
In a kitchen you can place a central table or in a corner, also a breakfast bar with stools, but that space where you sit to have a drink becomes the nerve center and where things happen in your kitchen.
Today, homes often revolve around the kitchen, where the focus is on activity beyond the usual gastronomic appointments. That is why many families opt for open kitchens, even open concept homes with integrated kitchens, without partitions or visual boundaries.
The kitchen is a space for much more than cooking, kitchens and homes to live in and enjoy 365 days a year and 24 hours a day!
In a living room, the table or tables are among the most important elements, because they will create the environments that will then lead the games, conversations, gatherings... A round or oval table for dinners and lunches creates a cozy atmosphere where conversation is easy and flows in all directions.
Square or rectangular tables, or on the contrary, round or oval tables? There are no canons to follow, your style and tastes decide, but there are points to take into account when deciding.
- If your space is reduced, use a round table to optimize it.
- In transit areas, rectangular tables help to create invisible lines that harmonize the room.
- Oval tables are the best for facilitating conversations and after-dinner meals.
- Square tables, the most stylish and original.
- Side tables or square tables adjusted to the space, or round tables to facilitate the amplitude.
Coffee tables are better if they are low and without peaks, even if they have corners, but better if they are rounded to improve comfort. Corners are not comfortable, and if there are small children, they are also dangerous. Sometimes, to optimize space, we opt for tables with storage drawers, a very useful and practical decision. However, this type of pieces are more opaque and heavy than other lighter ones that lighten the spaces.
Beyond all these recommendations to take into account, the design usually marks in most of the occasions our decision to buy a table. Tables are beauty, harmony, creativity and uniqueness.
Avant-garde tables, with original design and support points or crossed legs, in contrasting materials such as metal, glass, wood, marble, stone, mother-of-pearl, steel, teak, wicker,...
Materials do determine and limit your decorative style, so when you choose a table you should be very clear about how the rest of your decoration will be. A modern table in steel and glass cannot go in a Provencal or rustic context, but natural materials and fibers can.
Wood, as in almost everything, is the most versatile material, and usually combines very well with all decorative and interior design styles, however its traditional, minimalist design, combined with glass or in dark tones such as wenge or cherry, if that greatly limit their fellow travelers.
Even lacquered wooden tables in children's bedrooms or kitchens are very recurrent.
There are no limits to the combinations and you can find space for several tables in the same room, especially in open-plan houses with an open concept. We like to sit at the table!
