Transformer tables: images, options, materials, colors, shapes and design

Pros and cons

A transformer differs from a regular table, these differences should be taken into account when choosing furniture.

A large selection of models.

Types of transforming tables

For every age and lifestyle, you can choose a transforming table option.

Writing

A table is necessary for both an adult and a schoolchild. Children’s transforming tables have an adjustable tabletop tilt, which is important for developing correct posture. As the child grows, the height of the transformer increases due to the telescopic design of the legs. A narrow desk will become more convenient thanks to pull-out work surfaces.

The photo shows a desk with pull-out panels. A transforming table allows you to organize your workspace wisely.

Computer

A wall-mounted transforming computer table easily transforms into a full-fledged workspace.

Dining

After unfolding, the transforming tabletop can be increased two or three times. Dining transforming tables can have folding “ears”, with sliding sidewalls, with inserts in the middle of the table.

Furniture manufacturers produce magazine transforming tables, which, if necessary, can be transformed into a high dining table.

Coffee

Coffee tables that transform into a dining table or workspace are suitable for living rooms.

The photo shows a coffee table with a lifting tabletop element. Glossy white surfaces look beautiful in combination with natural wood.

What materials are there?

Previously, the main material for furniture was natural wood. Today, new materials have appeared: chipboard and MDF. Interesting combinations of glass, metal, plastic, wood and stone are created in table design.

Glass

The tabletops of transforming tables are made of transparent, matte or colored glass. Furniture manufacturers use tempered glass at least 8 mm thick. A transparent glass transformer visually enlarges the room. A table made of colored glass will be a stylish accent in minimalism or hi-tech.

An original transformer will be obtained with a glass tabletop with photo printing. Glass tables with LED backlighting look beautiful and unusual.

Made of wood

Natural wood will add harmony and tranquility to the interior. Wooden transformers are made with a metal folding structure or are made entirely of solid wood.

Made of metal

Metal is used for folding mechanisms and legs. Hollow metal pipes are suitable for the production of transformers, which do not weigh down the structure. Designers combine metal parts with glass, natural wood, and stone.

The photo shows a table with a metal transformation mechanism. The matte metal emphasizes the mirror surface of the black tabletop.

Color range of tables

The most popular colors of furniture remain black, white, gray, and all shades of natural wood.

Wenge

After processing, the wood of the African wenge tree acquires a brown color with black veins. The saturation of the wenge color varies from golden to chocolate shade.

A wenge-colored table will suit those who like furniture with a pronounced wood texture.

Beige

The peculiarity of beige is that it easily adapts to any palette. A beige transforming table will be a good companion to both neutral and bright, active colors of the interior.

White

In a classic interior, a white table will emphasize the solemnity of the style, in a fashionable Scandinavian design, white furniture adds sharpness and light to the interior.

The photo shows a classic interior. This transformer has a louvered transformation mechanism.

Black

The color brings drama and aristocratic luxury to the interior. The black transforming table will look spectacular against the background of light walls.

Brown

This color in the interior symbolizes respectability and loyalty to traditions. Due to its versatility, brown furniture is used in many design areas.

Gray

It belongs to neutral colors and often serves as a background for bright details. But the gray color itself can play the main role in the interior.

The photo shows a classic style table with a light gray tabletop. The carved legs are painted gray a few tones darker than the main color of the table.

Variations in the shapes and sizes of transforming tables

The shape of the tabletops for a transformer is one of the indicators of the ergonomics of furniture for a particular room.

Round

A round table under a large lampshade is a symbol of home comfort. Round transformers are made with adjustable leg height and tabletop size or with folding semicircular parts like a “butterfly”.

Rectangular

A transformer with a rectangular tabletop is universal in terms of placement in space: it can be placed in the middle of the room, pushed close to the wall or into a corner. A folding table is the most compact version of a rectangular transformer. When unfolded twice, the surfaces of a rectangular transformer unfold from above and its area doubles.

Corner

Corner furniture with transformation allows you to use square meters as rationally as possible. A corner transforming table with movable elements and folding work surfaces can become an ergonomic home office.

On photo corner transformer in a modern style. If necessary, the worktop is turned to the wall.

Small

Small transforming tables are ideal for living rooms, bedrooms, hallways. A tabletop with a lifting mechanism will turn a tea or coffee table into a dining table. Transformer consoles are suitable for hallways. If necessary, the modest console can be extended accordion-style to the size of a large table.

Oval

Hospitable hosts should take a closer look at an oval-shaped transformer; for a comfortable feeling, a person needs personal space at the table of at least 60 cm. The width of an oval transformer should be no more than 110 cm, so that without effort reach the center of the table setting. Oval tables can be transformed from round or rectangular tables. With a louver mechanism, the side tabletops slide apart on both sides, and an additional bar is inserted into the center of the table.

With rounded corners

A table with rounded corners combines the advantages of an oval and rectangular table. It has smooth lines without corners, and it can be placed close to the wall.

Triangular

Thanks to their ultra-compact size, triangular transforming tables do not fit anyone even in a kitchen smaller than 5 sq. meters.

Photos of tables in room interiors

To choose the right transformer option, you should look at the Internet for a selection of photos of multifunctional furniture in real interiors.

For a children’s room

A transforming table in a children’s room will save space that children need for games and activities. For parents, furniture costs are reduced. The same transformer can be used by both a preschooler and a teenager for several years. There are models of children’s rooms in which the table is transformed into a sleeping place. Children’s transformers are characterized by a laconic design and bright, clean colors.

The photo shows a children’s table combined with a children’s bed. The calm color scheme of the set does not distract the child from his studies.

For the living room

In standard apartments or studio apartments, it is impossible to allocate space for a spacious dining area or study. For such cases, transformable coffee tables with options for unfolding into a dining or work table are suitable.

In the photo, a coffee table table made of natural wood. A low transformer in the hall becomes convenient for work or tea drinking, thanks to the retractable top panel.

For the dacha

Furniture in the dacha is used mainly in the summer outdoors or on verandas. It should be durable, moisture-resistant, easy to assemble or disassemble. Transformer dacha tables are made of plastic or wood treated with furniture wax. The transformation mechanism is painted with special anti-corrosion paints, the fittings should be made of stainless steel.

The photo shows a wooden transforming table on an open veranda. The table and chairs are made in the Art Nouveau style.

For the kitchen

The dining table-transformer in folded form can easily fit in the kitchen of a Khrushchev-era apartment or in a studio apartment. The kitchen table can be combined with a kitchen set or a windowsill: with the help of a rotary mechanism, the tabletop turns at an angle of 90 degrees. The base of the drop-leaf table is used as a bedside table or mini-bar.

On the balcony

The transforming table is ideal for balconies and loggias. It takes up a minimum of space, allowing you to use the balcony for work or for dining.

The photo shows a slatted table in yacht style. The side parts rise up, forming an oval tabletop.

In the bedroom

In the bedroom, the transformer can combine a bedside table, a dressing table, a desk for work and even a changing table.

Stylish design of the room

You can choose a transformer model in any style: from loft to classic. Tables with metal parts, glass, and stone are suitable for high-tech. Decor in high-tech should be minimal. Baroque, on the contrary, is characterized by a desire for pretentiousness and splendor. Polished wood and strict forms harmonize with the restraint of the modern style.

The photo shows a beautiful black and white table. The polished zebrawood tabletop contrasts with the soft upholstery of the base.

Provence combines rustic simplicity and the chic of French classics. Wooden furniture with an aging effect is suitable for Provence.

Original design ideas

The ability to create beautiful multifunctional furniture has always inspired designers. Designer transformers surprise with the originality of their form and non-standard approach to the functionality of furniture. Transformers are combined with mini-bars, billiard tables. Eco-leather, glass, metal, artificial stone have begun to be actively used in furniture design. Retro stylizations in the style of Art Deco, Provence, and pirate aesthetics are popular.

Traditional round tables on one leg began to be made with a rotating folding tabletop. For lovers of unusual solutions, combinations of several tables will be of interest. Together they represent a single composition, but can be used separately as bedside tables or consoles.