Dining tables and chairs Manufacturers have longsimplified our task and offer a choice of furniture in just three styles: classics, modern and country. Of course, such a division is conditional, since the classics synthesize elements of other closely related styles to some extent, and the definition of modernity includes all the modern conditions without exception. However, orienting itself in a sea of proposals, this approach, undoubtedly, helps.
The next step is to measure the area allotted fordining group. In most dwellings, it is impossible to allocate a separate room for the dining room, which means that this functional area must be combined with the living room or organized in the kitchen. By the way, this situation narrows the search area even more. After all, a classic or modern table for eight people you like can take up the entire volume of a nine-meter kitchen. And therefore, alas, it will have to be abandoned in favor of a modest four-seater piece of furniture (for reference: to accommodate such a compact group, only 4 m2 is required). Some furniture factories take into account the needs of customers and produce models in several sizes. But this is rather an exception than a rule. Complete setIf the living room area is more than 15 m², the "sofa group" can be squeezed a little. Then the dining room will also fit in the room. In addition to a dining table and a set of chairs, you may need a couple of showcases or sideboards - to store the ceremonial service, glass-crystal and silverware. A more modern option is open hanging shelves or low dressers. By the way, the dining group is by no means a rigidly fixed system. It will not "fall apart" if you remove some element from it - a table or a set of chairs. Quite the contrary, complex proposals are very rare, they can literally be counted on one hand. They appear when a manufacturer develops a single collection for a separate functional area or for all living rooms at once. Then the line - say, Gray by Gervasoni, Downtown by Selva (Italy); Kristina from Rowico (Sweden); "Caprice" from "Ecomebel" (Russia) is executed in the general style and color, and therefore an object made by another factory and caught in an alien environment will look really inappropriate. In most cases, tables and chairs are sold separately and are selected according to taste. Moreover, the manufacturer makes a decorative accent not on the main object - the table, but on the chairs. They become a real testing ground for design experiments. It is for the chairs that the shape is carefully worked out, the frame material, seat and backrest fillings, and upholstery are selected. The table is rightly considered a purely utilitarian item.
Everyone at the table!
To say that the factories completely dropped the updatedining tables from the accounts and now produce only well-tested models, it would be wrong. Although some manufacturers do take a similar position. For example, the Finnish company Artek practically does not develop new products, but produces tables invented by the famous architect Alvar Aalto in the 1930s-1950s. And, it should be noted, quite successfully. Classical Scandinavian design, high-quality natural materials (birch and ash) - all this is only in the hands of a small Finnish factory and in addition it helps to keep prices at a fairly decent level. For example: the table 82A, the length and width of which are respectively 150 and 85 cm, costs 29 015 rubles.
But not all manufacturers are so conservative. Of course, no one is trying to radically change the configuration of the dining table. The worktop is almost always executed in the form of a simple geometric figure (square, rectangle, circle, oval) of different thickness and with an edge of different shapes (straight or rounded). We said "almost", because they try to experiment. So, recently in the assortment of the factory Bonaldo (Italy) appeared a table-transformer Quadro, which in the unfolded state is similar to a flower with four petals. How convenient it will be to use this design object, invented by Karim Rashid, time will tell. Nevertheless, we can assume that, with all the space savings (in the folded state, the table turns into a square with a side of 40 cm), the petal countertops will deliver a lot of trouble to the feet of the host. Basically, the experiments affect the legs of the table. They become more elegant and intricate or, conversely, more massive and simpler. As examples of these polar variants, we give the tables "Florence" of the Russian factory "Europe" (11,985 rubles.) And Amari of the Danish manufacturer BoConcept (about 76,000 rubles).
Materials used for manufacturingcountertops and legs, may coincide, or may differ. The most common combination is wood and polished (Veima table from Scanwood, Finland, 95,800 rubles) or matte (model "Milan" from the factory "Europe", 12,463 rubles). In general, the usual materials for countertops are wood or MDF boards. Less common are glass, stone slabs and ceramic tiles, framed in a wooden or metal frame. In addition to metal for the legs, the tree is actively used, which is often covered with intricate carvings or complemented with various ornaments. Breakfast on the grass The dining room will be successfully located on the terrace or veranda of a country house. True, in our climate such a "propiska" will be temporary - only for the summer. And in general, for an open on one side of the site it is better to use special garden furniture made of moisture-resistant materials, for example, plastic, metal, artificial hularo fiber, teak. Work is also on the options for finishing the dining tables. It is still common to apply a colorless and colored lacquer on a tree. But the assortment of factories is increasingly replenished with tables painted in black (Dint from Nueva Linea, Spain, 84,000 rubles), gray (Gray from Gervasoni), white (Kristina from Rowico, 30,350 rubles.) Colors. The degree of glossiness of coatings also remains at the discretion of the manufacturer. Products with a completely matte surface and the so-called high gloss, well known to us by modern kitchen facades, exist on an equal footing. Judge for yourself: for the same Duke table, the Calligaris factory (Italy) has six design options, including a wood veneer covered with opaque clear varnish, and a high-gloss white finish. There is even such a non-trivial form of decoration, like artificial or natural leather. It is used, for example, by the Russian factory Dolce Vita to decorate the legs of the Mambo table. Note that at the price of such an unusual finish almost does not affect - the model is offered for 37,125 rubles.
If we talk about the size of the dining tables, thentheir height is usually standard - 75 cm plus or minus 2-3 cm. With the width, too, everything is not too difficult: this characteristic lies in the range of 70-90 cm. The diameter of round tables varies within 70-155 cm. The length of the table is quite different a business. There really is something to choose from: the minimum length can be only 40 cm, and the maximum - 250 cm.
