Who is not familiar with such functional furniture as a table-book? Probably everyone knows it. After all, in the era of total lack of living space, such a folding table was available in every house. In assembled form it was used as a stand for a flower vase, opening one leaf, the children used a countertop for homework, and when the guests visited the house, it was fully laid out, and all the guests could be accommodated behind the two spread out countertops.
But years and even decades passed, and the folding table-book continues to flaunt in modern apartments, although now it looks more aesthetically pleasing and has more functionality.
Tables of a book with shelves that came to us from Soviet times, remember many, and after all, similar models with rectangular tabletops are produced today. In the assembled form, such a table resembles a curb - a narrow countertop frame is framed on both sides by additional wide countertops. If you want, you can open only one of the countertops, this will not affect the balance of the structure, and the table will still stand firmly on the floor. And you can open just two side table tops, substituting under them folding legs, supports.
Folding table-book with shelves
By the way, since we started talking about the supports, it should be noted that they can be wooden, and can be chrome plated. Both legs are good. Both of them are quite stable, just here you need to select the appearance of the table, depending on the interior created. In some rooms, a classic book table made entirely of wood will be appropriate, while in others it would be better to fit a table with steel chrome legs. The latter can be equipped with wheels, and then you will get a mobile and easily moving table book on wheels.
The table-book on wheels
The frame-base of the table also carries a certain functional load. Not only can you store magazines on it, put a kettle or a vase of flowers, inside it can be placed like wooden shelves, and various drawers or simply shelves, closed with a door with a handle. In the latter case we are dealing with quite functional furniture called a desk with boxes.
A table-book with drawers photo
A table-book with drawers photo
And here the coffee table book has all the properties of classical tables, but in size it is much inferior to them. It takes into account not only the width and depth of the table, but also its height - a magazine version below the usual folding table-book.
Coffee table-book transformer
Coffee table-book photo
What can be table-tops for the desk-book
As a rule, the table-tops are made of laminated chipboard and can be both rectangular and oval. The latter are convenient in rooms where households have to move around the room a lot. To avoid injuries and bruises, it is better to take tables with rounded rather than straight angles, especially if the house has children.
The thickness of the table top can also be different. The appearance of the product does not affect it in any way( the table with a thick and thin tabletop is convenient and practical), but the thickness will influence the price.
Describing different types of tables, we can not fail to mention the color range of countertops. The classic option is brown furniture - this is the range that manufacturers play most often, using different shades, ranging from light brown and beige to dark brown and almost black. Of course, this classic coloring is also good, but one can not help but note how effectively and stylishly the two-color table looks, combining, for example, beige with a dark brown color or the color of milk with a dark gray. Such tables certainly will not leave indifferent the owners of the premises, which have a sense of style, everything is in order.
Modern desk book photo
Folding table book photo
Kitchen table: a good choice
If a classic table-book can be put in any room, starting from the hallway, ending with a living room, bedroom or study, the table book for the kitchen will have several other tasks. Typically, the furniture is not squeezed into our modest kitchens, which means that this small room will perfectly fit a small kitchen table with a book with folding semicircular countertops.
Kitchen table with shelves
Kitchen table-book photo
But if you have a large kitchen or a zone for eating large volumes, then you will need a large dining table book. By the way, similar tables can have drawers, both from the end of the base, and from the side of one of the sides, on top of which the assembled tabletop is located. As you already understood, in such models, the tabletops in the assembled version of the table do not reach the floor, therefore they have very small dimensions.
Dining table-book photo
Dining table-book for small kitchen
How to make a table-book with your own hands
Anyone who has already at least once faced acquiring any furniture knows that it is not a problem to buy a table book, modern manufacturers offerany models. But, at the same time, the assembly of furniture with their own hands will cost several times cheaper. Here the main thing is to make the right design of the product. First you need to decide on the size of the base and both table tops, then you need to decide what kind of angles you want to see - whether it's an oval or all the same rectangular table book.
Now paint all your desires on paper. And then you have two options: either with a sketch to go to the master, so that he made the desk a book to order, or go to the factory, where they are engaged in sawing chipboard. With such workshops there will certainly be a specialist who will look at your work on paper and correct the shortcomings( if any).After the map of the cut is ready, your table will go to sawing and facing. And then you can pick up spare parts and collect a brand new table at home.
What good is this way of making a book table with your own hands? The fact that you can select from the catalog a color that suits you 100%.Also you will be able to choose the right fittings( chrome legs, drawer handles, etc.).Well, the main advantage is the price! After spending several hours of your precious time to visit the company for the sale of chipboard and assembly of the table, you will save up to 50% of the cost of the finished product. Not weak, right? If you know how to hold a drill in your hands, then you can go to such a "risky" step.
How to assemble a table-book with your own hands
As you can see, in every house a practical table book will find its place. Even if it will be inconspicuous to stand in the corner of the room, but you always place unexpectedly rapt guests at the same table. Behind him there is a place for everyone!
