Varieties of furniture transformer and selection rules
Furniture products belonging to the transformer category are in demand and popular among a wide audience of consumers. The stores present furniture for everyday use - tables and chairs for home, cottages; for commercial establishments - office sofas, tables, dressers; as well as options for open space - sets of tables, chairs. The peculiarity of each type of transformable furniture is the original structural and design solutions, but compact dimensions are considered the most important characteristic. Transformer furniture is laid out in one motion thanks to simple mechanisms.
Advantages and disadvantages
Compact furniture combines two main functional features: mobility and ease of use. Therefore, each piece of this category of furniture to one degree or another possesses them. Folding tables and chairs are designed to save space not only indoors, but also in the open area - this can be a recreation area, areas near a cafe, restaurant. When purchasing tables and chairs transformers for home or garden, you need to know what to look for.
Transformable furniture has a lot of undeniable advantages:
- Ergonomic design
- A wide range of designs - the presence of transforming mechanisms allows you to make more variable furniture;
- Multifunctionality - in a matter of seconds, you can completely change not only the appearance of the item, but also the purpose of folding furniture in the room;
- Ease of use;
- Mobility and practicality - furniture that saves space, suitable for temporary use, when it is not needed, it can be removed until next time;
- Reliability of mechanisms, which ensures durability.
Common disadvantages are:
- Possibility of premature failure of folding mechanisms;
- Increased fragility of the structure - it is not recommended to exceed the calculated loads.
Any breakdown of the mechanism leads to the need for repair, which hits the budget. You can avoid unpleasant moments during operation if you select the product correctly and check the operation of the mechanism in the store. Try to lay out and fold the piece of furniture several times, the mechanism should not "jam".
Varieties
The furniture market presents amazing transformer furniture, which harmoniously fits into the interior of any room. These are not simple products for everyday use, but multifunctional items that are installed in the nursery, living room, hall, bedroom, and kitchen. Their functionality is rated as 2-in-1 or 3-in-1. Some models are kits that consist of several transforming items.
The market is full of offers from domestic and foreign manufacturers, but Italy remains the benchmark for sophistication. The main feature of modern transforming furniture is a non-standard approach to design, structural solutions. To understand the design for upholstered furniture transformer, drawings of the folding mechanism are provided.
Multifunctional transformer furniture is available in several versions:
- Cabinet;
- Modular;
- Soft.
SoftModularCabinetYou can find out how to use furniture attributes of all kinds from the video, which demonstrates the operation of each type of product. Numerous photos on the Internet will help determine the choice of model for a particular room.
Folding furniture can also be:
- Single;
- Complete.
By appointment, you can divide furniture into the following types:
- Household;
- For public places.
Both household and public, furniture is divided into the following subspecies:
- Designed for sitting and lying down;
- For work and meals;
- Other items.
The most common among them are the products described below. They are appreciated due to the fact that they can perform maximum functions: they will save space, create convenience.
For domestic purposesFor public placesIn the nursery
Particular attention in the development and production should be given to furniture attributes for adolescents. The main objects that equip the room are:
- Bed;
- Desk or computer desk;
- Cupboard.
Products for the teenager’s room are specially designed for maximum comfort for relaxation, study, sleep. Multifunctional furniture are bed cabinets with vertical and horizontal transformation, as well as 2-level models that fit well in small rooms.
A children's room is most often small in size, so a modern wall for a teenager is suitable for it, which is compact in size and, if necessary, a bed with a spacious berth is easily created from the table. Furniture can be placed against a wall or at a window where street light freely flows. There are a lot of varieties of attributes, so for each buyer there is an optimal option that meets all the requirements, which will harmoniously look in the room.
For zoning space
For the design of spacious rooms, you can use transforming furniture. Separate objects (sofas, armchairs, sliding tables, walls, cupboard bars) are used for zoning the space when one room is designed to perform several functions at once:
- Living room - kitchen;
- Living room - bedrooms;
- Recreation areas - a study.
Separate attributes are located on the border of two or more zones. The most practical is a set that includes two functional items, for example, a corner sofa with a minibar, transformer coffee tables. To rationally arrange objects in a room, you can use visual cues in the form of photos on the Internet.
To give
Transformer garden furniture is in high demand. These are practical items designed to create maximum comfort in the fresh air. The original furniture for the garden is made of wood, metal, plastic.
One of the common designs is a wooden bench, which turns without much effort into a comfortable table with benches on both sides. Such furniture for any summer resident will become a real "treasure".
In many cottages, you can find plastic sets of folding tables and chairs. Items of furniture for a summer residence, folding and folding, like a Lego constructor, acquire the necessary shapes and sizes. Specially designed modern models of elite garden furniture for summer cottages. Simple objects can decorate the relaxation area and create a cozy and comfortable atmosphere.
For kitchen
The smart furniture located in small kitchens not only saves space, but also does not occupy useful territory. Items that are not needed for permanent use (accessories - shelves, drawers, worktop, table) are put forward only for a certain time, and then return to their previous position. This includes items such as:
- Modular sets: wardrobe, countertop with shelves, hanging shelves;
- Folding chairs - found in all kitchens.
Models of kitchen sets with folding and sliding elements are designed save place in a small area, making cooking convenient.
Types of transformation mechanisms
Folding furniture is an integral part of our everyday life, as it is convenient and practical to use. The most popular model of folding furniture is a sofa. The variety of species allows us to say that in this subject there are almost all types of folding transformation mechanisms for upholstered furniture, which determines the type and shape of the sofa:
- "Book" is the most common model - this is not only a spacious berth, which is created in two movements, but also the presence of a capacious box for bedding;
- "Eurobook" with a retractable seat, in place of which is located a folding back. Such a sofa model can be installed close to the wall, so you do not need to move it when transforming upholstered furniture;
- The withdrawable system is a reliable mechanism and is suitable for daily use;
- "Dolphin" is used in corner sofas. The disadvantages of this design include the lack of a capacious box for linen, the place of which is a retractable part;
- "Accordion" or "Accordion" - the mechanism is characterized by ease of folding and the presence of a spacious berth;
- "French clamshell", reminiscent of the mechanism of a conventional clamshell.
Due to the fact that there are several mechanisms for transforming furniture, you can choose the best design option. How each mechanism works, you can visually familiarize yourself with the help of photos that depict the phased process of unfolding. Together with the kit, an instruction is provided in which there are schemes for unfolding the item.
DolphinBookEurobookRoll-outHarmonicFrench clamshellWhat kind of furniture is it better to choose a transformer
Cheap transformable furniture cannot guarantee reliability and durability. When choosing, you should pay attention to high-quality models with a small set of functions and at an affordable price. Mobile furniture assumes ease of transformation and transfer, therefore, when choosing a massive object, you need to pay attention to the number of removable parts, their size and transportability. With an individual order for transformer furniture, a project is developed, drawings are made, on the basis of which the design idea is embodied.