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China Home Expo|Living room coffee table selection guide

2024-09-27 10:29:46

Coffee table is a main piece of furniture in the sitting room, which can provide practical tea table function and convenient temporary storage function. So in the layout, the choice of coffee table, what need to pay attention to the problem? At the China Home Expo, experts shared some ways to choose and buy.


1.Material: wood, marble and glass


Coffee tables are generally placed in the front of the living room sofa, can be placed flower, tea, fruit, daily supplies and so on.


In the past, the coffee table was relatively simple, and now, its shape and material are more and more diverse, and its decorative sense is strong enough. Wooden coffee table is a classic material, it gives a gentle feeling, the wood grain itself has a sense of beauty, suitable for matching the style of classical elements.


 


Wood has always been a favored material by designers, it comes with natural lines, fine texture, soft color, will make its own dark space become spacious and bright, simple and unsophisticated wood, but also simple tone and natural comfort charm, combined just right, give people a bright and fresh feeling.


Marble is rich in modern atmosphere of the material, its texture is natural and casual, full of rhythm, both style and noble. Many designs are the organic combination of marble and metal, in line with the requirements of modern simplicity and refinement.


 


Marble coffee table, unique atmosphere, unique texture, each with its own characteristics. Gives a sense of elegance and dignity.


The material of the glass is smooth and transparent, and the coffee table with metal and glass can give people a bright visual effect, light and fashionable, and can become the focus of the living room.


 


2.Shape: square and round


The common coffee table is square and round, and in some more modern and fashionable living rooms, it will also use a unique shape of the alien design.


① Square coffee table


Square coffee table for the use of living room space is more full, with TV cabinet and sofa, a few friends sitting on the sofa, can also be more convenient to take things on the coffee table.


② Round coffee table


The large circle is low and stable, the small circle is tall and tall, the combination of high and low is staggered, the proportion is scientific, and they echo each other, which can meet the needs of different scenes, make the space richer, and make the home more hierarchical. Practical and beautiful, in today's fashion trends, will not fade because of time.


③ Shaped coffee table


According to the collocation of space, choose some coffee tables with unique shapes, and the sense of space is also very dignified and high-grade.


3.Size: ensure smooth moving line

 

How to determine the size of the coffee table? This is mainly based on the size of the living room, which has a more direct impact on two moving lines: coffee table and sofa, coffee table and TV cabinet, in order to ensure the basis of these two moving lines, coffee table size can be freely chosen.

 

① The distance between the sofa and the coffee table is generally about 40cm, so that the feet will not touch the coffee table when sitting on the sofa, if it is too crowded, sitting on the sofa will be tied up

 

②The distance between the coffee table and the TV cabinet is generally about 1 meter, the size of this position needs to consider the usual housework and daily walking, so it needs to be left loose, so that the walking is not affected, and the living room space is more generous and spacious

 

4.Other purchasing Tips

 

① Style

 

The style of the coffee table is best consistent with the style of the sofa and the TV background wall, so that it is not obtrusive. And generally speaking, the wooden coffee table gives people a calm and heavy feeling, suitable for the solemn and simple living room space, while the metal and glass coffee table is relatively light, can expand the visual space, suitable for modern, simple style of living room space.

 

② Environmental Protection

 

We should pay attention to the quality of the coffee table, especially the environmental protection problem, if the tea table material is not environmentally friendly, it will cause no small harm to the body. In particular, families with elderly people and children must pay attention.

 

③ Human body structure

 

In the choice of coffee table, do not blindly look at the appearance of the level of the shape, but also to see whether the height and width of the coffee table is in line with the human body, if the high and wide coffee table makes you feel inconvenient when you place things and take things, then do not choose, after all, to bring yourself comfort is the most important thing.

 

In short, when buying a coffee table, please remember the following three principles: appropriate size, durable material, style matching. As long as you choose according to these principles, you will be able to find the most satisfactory one!

 

If you want to learn more about the Home furnishing industry, please visit the China Home Expo website for more information.

 

Source: JIJIAFENG

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