Dressing tables in the interior

Dressing tables in the interior embody the female territory and are the object of desire of every modern fashionista. This charming piece of furniture is useful not only as a repository for women's "secret weapons", but also as a sophisticated design accent in the bedroom, hallway or bathroom.

The name of this item comes from the French word toilette, meaning "personal canvas". This antique piece of furniture appeared in France at the beginning of the 18th century, during the graceful Baroque era. In those days, noble ladies inspired beauty, admiring in the mirror of their boudoir table.

Currently, the dressing table has not lost its relevance, it has acquired new forms, which allows it to harmoniously fit even into a modern high-tech apartment. The shapes, sizes, design changed, but the purpose of this item remained the same. It is pleasant and comfortable to sit behind it during face and hair care, apply makeup, do styling, and also store cosmetics, perfumes and personal hygiene products in it. Due to its appearance (the presence of mirrors decorated with ornaments, pretentious curved legs and cute drawers), the boudoir table also performs a decorative function, emphasizing the style of any interior.

The boudoir table is not the only model. In the modern furniture market, you can find designs of different types. Depending on the design and additional elements, the following categories are distinguished:

• Dressing table - a simple classic version of the dressing table. By design, it is a table on legs or on wheels with a large mirror attached in the center. In addition, there is a built-in storage box for various accessories. This option is very well suited for a small room: the mirror is close to the wall, without cluttering the space and creating the visual effect of a larger and bright room.

• Trellis Is a structure with a superstructure of one central rigidly fixed mirror and two movable mirrors on the sides. This type of boudoir table is very convenient for evaluating yourself from all angles, especially when it comes to creating a complex hairstyle.

• Console - dressing table with a folding mirror mounting system. A console table is a very functional option, if necessary, the table can be folded and placed on it a laptop and a cup of coffee, for example. In addition, such a system allows the mirror to remain clean, dust does not adhere to it, however, usually the console mirror is small, approximately corresponding to the size of the table top.

• Side table with double-sided mirror. This model has a transforming mirror fixed on both sides. On the one hand, this is an ordinary mirror, and on the other, a magnifying one. This type of mirror is very handy when applying makeup.

• Side table without mirror - economy option. Most often it is a separate table top with legs or a hinged table without legs, which has a wall mounting mechanism. This design is often used in hallways, corridors, but sometimes in small bedrooms, additionally equipped with a wall mirror. Women's hanging table is a convenient model for those who rent apartments. It is easy to take a small structure with you and place it in a new home.

• Folding table - a simple system consisting of a sliding table top with swivel legs and a folding mirror. This option will also be useful for people who often change housing.
• Toilet chest of drawers - multifunctional option. This model combines a boudoir table and storage space for a large number of different things, for example, hair dryers, flatware, lotions and shampoos, as well as underwear or bed linen and towels.

• Angular table - wall-mounted or side-mounted design for furnishing corner rooms. Such a model will be convenient for saving space in small bathrooms.
• The Bureau - originally this table was used as a writing table. The model has a sliding lid, drawers and shelves for storing useful things.

Beautiful designer models of functional tables will become a real decoration of any interior. It is not necessary to buy this type of furniture in the store, you can also order an exclusive version according to your taste preferences.

Regardless of the variety, any dressing table with a makeup mirror should fulfill its main functions - be convenient to work with and sufficient to store all the necessary accessories. In order for this type of furniture not to clutter up the space, and at the same time to be multifunctional, modern designers design dressing tables with many additional useful elements. In any furniture store, you can find various models with drawers, shelves, holders for accessories, jewelry boxes and pull-out trays.

A dressing table combined with a chest of drawers, in addition to the main large drawers, may also have additional shelves on the countertop. If you are interested in a serious storage system, the option of a small mirror combined with a high chest of drawers will be very convenient. In bathrooms, variants with a sink built into the countertop are popular. As a rule, such models are made to order.

If you decide to purchase an ottoman separately, you should pay attention that it fits in height to this type of furniture, moves under the countertop and, of course, does not spoil the overall picture in the interior and is combined, if not with the table itself, then with a wardrobe, bed or with a bedside curbstone.

Modern furniture manufacturers offer various models of tables for every taste and color and for any interior. Dressing tables differ from each other not only in the design of the mirror, the presence of cabinets, but also in the shape of the tabletop itself and the mirror adjacent to it:

• The classic form in this case is rectangle with sharp or smoothed corners... This form allows you to provide the model with many items for storage.
• Corner models will be appropriate in small bedrooms.

• Rectangular countertop options, rounded mirror, will fit well into the interior of the bedroom, the bed in which has a semicircular headboard.
• Models with concave top allow you to comfortably sit down and tidy yourself up at your favorite table.

The dimensions of the dressing table are determined, first of all, by the dimensions of the room in which it will be installed. Agree that a tiny console will look ridiculous in a 30-meter bedroom, as well as a massive dressing table in a narrow corridor.

The dimensions of the product depend on its design, the presence of a mirror, shelves and drawers:

• The standard for the height of the table top is a constant value equal to 75 centimeters. It is defined as the level at which the body of a person sitting at a table will be located.
• The depth and width of the table top change, as does the height of the mirror.
• The narrow version of the table top will be up to 26 centimeters. And the minimum length of the product is 45 centimeters.

• It is difficult to name the standard dimensions of the product. Usually, it is believed that the dimensions of 80x40 centimeters provide the necessary proportions for this type of furniture.
• A large dressing table, as a rule, includes many pedestals and shelves, because of this it looks quite massive. This option of furniture will look proportionally at a height of no more than 80 centimeters. The width of such a product should be 50-60 centimeters, and the length should be up to 140 centimeters.
• If the mirror, in addition to its main function, also plays a decorative role, then you should choose models where the width of the mirror will be at least half the length of the tabletop itself.

When choosing a dressing table, namely the material from which it is made, you need to focus on the general style of the premises:

• For example, for a high-tech bedroom, a wooden table case made of rattan, and option made of plasticon the contrary, it will fit well into such an interior.
• The body of this type of furniture is most often made made of wood... Popular products are made from pine, walnut, mahogany and oak. At the same time, both solid wood and more modest cost options (laminated chipboard, MDF) can be used, not inferior in appearance to products from a solid solid wood.

• Full metal the table is less common. Usually, forged legs and fittings for drawers are made of metal.
• In a modern bathroom interior, it will look very practical and beneficial. glass table with a metal body. In the production of this type of furniture, tempered glass is used, due to the fragility and fragility of this material, which does not have any special processing.
• When choosing furniture in the Empire style, sometimes preference is given to options that have a finish made of eco-leather. You can choose a leather pouf for such products. The kit will look very expensive and harmonious.

In the modern furniture market, you can choose a product not only of a certain color range, but also of a certain shade. Due to the variety of materials for making boudoir tables, there is a wide range of products that combine different colors. And this is very beneficial when combined with the interior. For example, a silver metal mirror case, the same legs and a black table are a win-win option in a discreet modernist style.

The colors of wood products depend on the texture and type of wood. Of the dark colors, you should pay attention to options such as wenge, cherry, mahogany. If the interior is light, you should, on the contrary, take a closer look at less bright colors. These will be ash, bleached oak, sonoma oak, shimo color, walnut.

In Scandinavian interiors, the emphasis is often placed on some contrasting, but not bright color. Among these pastel colors are blue, beige, pink, straw. To create these several artificial colors, designers use natural dyes, stains with the addition of special pigments. Light matte options look very noble, and dust is also invisible on them.

Metal is usually not painted. It is customary to limit yourself to the usual gray and golden-bronze shades.

The style of the product must correspond to the design and concept of the room:

• For a bedroom in style baroque available in wood with carved patterns, gold decor and curved legs.
• Classic will prefer a simple symmetrical shape with a simple design. Products from solid wood or chipboard in a classic restrained design are appropriate here.
• Neoclassic accepts options in the manufacture of which, in addition to the usual, modern materials were used. The combination of wood and glass and decor using enamel will fit favorably into this interior.

• Modern characterized by unusual combinations of textures and shapes.For this style of interior, for example, a tabletop made of beautiful stone with elements of metal carving is suitable.
• For styles hi-tech and loft it is better to choose minimalistic options in cold colors without patterns and graphics.
• For premises in scandinavian style an interior that assumes lightness and simplicity in the design of furniture, products made of light wood or painted in pastel colors, large mirrors, ceramic and glass finishes will be appropriate.

• Romantic style retro prefers antique finish. Dressing tables with bronze legs, velvet finishes and romantic wood patterns will fit perfectly into such an interior.
• Graceful models in the village style will suit the interior in the style of Provence and shabby chic. These should be pastel wood options with forging elements and trimmed with artificially aged fabrics.

A dressing table is not just a piece of furniture. Individual models are real works of art. Graceful curves of the legs, unusual, sometimes even bold solutions framed by mirrors, a carved wooden case made in antique style - all this gives the product its own meaning and zest. Even the simplest products look very beautiful and unusual. Needless to say, how original, skillfully forged models of boudoir tables will transform even the most ordinary-looking room.

In addition to options with forging, in the modern market there are more non-standard solutions that are no less pleasing to the eye. For example, it has become popular to decorate the body of furniture using the image of fragments from famous works of art. A beautiful ornament and bright accents in the fittings can be easily combined with other design elements of the room. For example, ceramic handles with floor or table vases of the same material and leather inserts with the same headboard.

One has only to skillfully choose the right option and the room will take on a luxurious look. And since the shapes and sizes are very diverse, you should not limit yourself in acquiring this item, even for those whose area of ​​the room does not allow placing such, at first glance, superfluous elements of furniture. After all, such furniture is also useful in that its mirror gloss can visually increase the space of a small room.

This item can be bought, perhaps, in any furniture store. The choice is so huge that it is difficult to stop looking at something specific. Before going to the store, you should first study the manufacturers, the features of the materials with which they work, the price segment and design features.

Malaysia and Indonesia offer a wide range of furniture made from quality materials at affordable prices. At the same time, manufacturers focus on current trends and reflect them in their models.

Russian and Belarusian manufacturers also offer furniture from affordable and acceptable quality materials. Perhaps the design of their models is not distinguished by a great variety and elegance of forms, but the quality is at a fairly high level and can easily compete with Italian manufacturers.

Despite the fact that the materials used are not the most expensive, Chinese care about the design of their products. Perhaps that is why you can find furniture from China in many houses. It's beautiful, practical, and inexpensive. And if a renovation is planned, involving the renovation of the interior, then such furniture will not be a pity to change.

Models of European manufacturers are always somewhat more expensive, this is no wonder, because in the manufacture of their products they use high-quality technologies and high-quality materials.By purchasing, for example, an Italian dressing table, you can be sure of the naturalness and safety of the materials from which it is made. And the design of such products will delight the eye for more than one year.

Before choosing a dressing table for your apartment, decide on the functional purpose of this type of furniture:

• For example, if the table, among other things, will play the role of TV stands, working area to accommodate a laptop, you must first take care of the dimensions of the table top. TV options should be wide enough so that the corners of the display do not extend beyond the table. This is impractical, ugly and unsafe.

• To pick up furniture into the hallway, you also need to measure its dimensions so that the purchased table fits perfectly into the room, fulfills its task and does not clutter up the space. If the table in the hallway is intended for storing little things, it is convenient to purchase a console, and if its task is also to help in creating an image and hairstyle, you should pay attention to the option with a large full-length mirror (of course, if the size of the hallway allows it).

• If this type of furniture is supposed to be placed in the bathroom, you should pay attention to such details as the material (it must be moisture resistant), the shape and dimensions of the table. A convenient option in the bathroom must necessarily have a large mirror, drawers for storing personal accessories, while not being cumbersome. You can choose a model with local lighting.
• Certainly when buying you need to pay attention to the quality of the material, not just in appearance. After all, this acquisition should not only please the eye, but also serve as a faithful assistant for many years.

When placing this type of furniture, it is better to choose a place near the window so that when you hover the marathon, there is a good illumination of the mirror.

Sockets near the table are of no small importance. They allow you to use electrical appliances at a distance close to the mirror, create beautiful hairstyles without leaving the workspace. This will save you from unnecessary fuss and keep the apartment in order. If the bedroom area is small, but there is a dressing room, it would be a good option to place a table in its niche without cluttering the bedroom space.

When equipping a dressing table, they use various elements that make it more beautiful and comfortable to use:

• In addition to the well-known shelves and drawers for storing small items, additional elements are often used: hooks, hangers (if it is a massive dressing table).
• Ottomans and banquettes - very interesting accessories. They allow not only to be conveniently placed in front of the mirror, but also serve as a real decoration and highlight of any bedroom.
• In dark bedrooms and bathrooms, additional light will be very relevant. Built in mirror backlight will create a cozy aura in the boudoir area and will save energy by using only local lighting.

Of course, first of all, a dressing table is a female piece of furniture, and it is usually present in the bedroom of every self-respecting lady. But do not so limit the scope of use of this type of furniture. The bedroom boudoir is undoubtedly the most feminine place, but not every bedroom has the opportunity to place an elegant table with a mirror. But we solve this issue for those who have organized a dressing room. In addition, this option is appropriate if, for example, a man thinks that the bedroom looks too feminine with this type of furniture.

An elegant table in the living room will create an atmosphere of coziness, because you can place fancy accessories and figurines on it, as well as place frames with family photos or a vase of flowers.This versatile item will also be useful in a narrow corridor. A laconic console will not create a bulky effect and will be an excellent place to store small gizmos.

Please note that these pieces of furniture should be present not only in living quarters. They are simply irreplaceable in hairdressing salons, beauty salons and dressing rooms. They are imbued with a cult of fashion, style and carry their aura with them wherever they are.

It doesn't matter where the dressing table will be, because this is not a sofa that will look out of place in the bathroom, the main thing is to follow the style solutions and choose the appropriate dimensions.

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