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Stylish extended console in a modern interior
The living room console is a piece of furniture that, according to many contemporaries, has always been relevant. After all, the table is a durable and comfortable item, a kind of universal accessory for any living space. It can accommodate numerous household items for decorative and functional purposes - lamps, candles and much more.
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Accent lemon console cabinet
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Light semicircular console attached to the wall
Description and features
A console is a decorative furniture element located near the wall. A huge variety of designs are offered. For example, products made in a classic style contain notes of minimalism, but if we consider modern products, they are more saturated with additional elements - pull-out drawers, cabinets, shelves.
Wall mounted shelves in the living room
The console is represented by a narrow table, which is usually long. The element is often attached to the wall, so it can resemble a wall shelf. The prototype of this furniture element is a support that supports the protruding area of the structure, so the original products were often placed against the wall.
The beach-style interior will be emphasized by the console in sea shades
- From 70 cm to 110 cm - the average height of the console;
- Tall products serve decorative purposes;
- Seating tables usually have a height of 75 to 85 cm.
The abundance of designs allows you to make the right choice and create a cozy atmosphere within the interior.
What is a console?
A furniture console is a narrow and often quite long table or stand. Usually attached to the wall, which resembles a wall shelf. The console can have one, two or four legs.
The prototype of a furniture console is an architectural support that supports the protruding part of a structure. Therefore, the classic interior console was originally wall-mounted, which determined its semicircular shape.
There are also mobile models that are characterized by good stability and therefore do not require fixation to the wall.
The height of the console varies on average from 70 cm to 110 cm. High consoles are used mainly for decorative purposes. If you plan to sit at the console table, its height should be 75-85 cm.
Console tables are made from a variety of materials, including wood, plastic, glass, stone, and wrought iron.
The design of the table may include drawers, closed cabinets, and shelves.
Application in the interior
Tables are classified depending on the purpose of use and are divided into decorative and functional furniture designs.
Narrow table for placing various small items in the hallway
Decorative consoles in the interior
These tables are preferably used to fill voids, but the main advantage of such a table is its compactness. A console can be used to decorate a small corridor, niche, or wall. Lamps and vases, photo frames, candlesticks and figurines are placed on it, and mirrors are often hung above the console; large floor vases can be placed nearby. In the course of small machinations, the table becomes an object of art and is endowed with the ability to transform any area. Decorative tables are most often used to disguise radiators.
Long wall-length console with transparent shelves
Functional tables
- If we are talking about the bedroom, the product will be appreciated as a place to store cosmetics or for reading.
Creative wooden dressing table for bedroom
- In the living room, consoles are most often placed near the sofa - on the side or back.
Wooden cutout table in the living room behind the sofa
- Console tables can be used to furnish the TV area. The table is wide enough for a TV.
Long table with shelves that acts as a TV stand in the living room
- In the hallway you can place the console in almost any corner, making the entrance area more comfortable.
Console in the form of a small shelf, screwed to the wall in the hallway
- If the kitchen is small, you can transform a small console into a bar counter, giving the space the proper style direction.
Kitchen console on wheels with shelves
If you decide to buy a console specifically for the living room, then the modern furniture market offers you a large number of options for all occasions. Having considered the basic design ideas for yourself, you will be able to cope with any task and get a cozy and comfortable interior.
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Ideas for placing a console in the interior
In modern homes, a common option is to place a console in a bright color, and the size should be appropriate to the surroundings, so that the design does not stand out from the general style direction, but at the same time is not faded. If the background is neutral, then the bright console is designed to attract the eye.
An expressive indigo console will highlight the uniqueness of the interior
Advice! If the interior has a classic touch, a textile table design is suitable. It can be covered with a “skirt” - a kind of fabric cover.
Symbolic legs on a table built into the wall
Modern interiors are often decorated with imitation tables - a shelf with a support. Creating a “fake” is quite simple; to do this, hang a shelf on the wall, and the support for it is formed from special materials and fixed to the wall.
Types of furniture
Looking at the ideas and photos of the console for the living room, you can see that there are literally a sea of varieties. Let's consider the main types and directions in the design of these exquisite tables.
Hanging bright console with cabinets
- The corner elements of the console will be undeniably useful when decorating any room, because it is important not only to create decorations in corners and niches, but also to defuse the situation by arranging the necessary elements. A bedside table can serve as such a design element.
Corner console against the wall, serving as a dressing table
- A console table can act as the most comfortable piece of furniture, being purely a decorative item on which you can place ashtrays, newspapers and magazines.
Narrow table in the living room with forged legs
- The table can be an excellent exhibition area for showing off your collection of antiques to guests. Today, the console in the form of a display case is especially relevant.
Console with cabinets as a shelf for your home collection
- Often, a console is a side table that surrounds the back of a sofa and at the same time looks very elegant, stylish and modern.
Empire style table in a traditional living room
Today, similar designs are produced as sets: console + mirror + seat. If you install this composition in the bedroom, you can create maximum coziness and make the room truly comfortable. Furniture elements today are not only equipped with numerous configurations, but are also offered in a variety of materials, designs and functionality. A console table in the living room is the optimal solution for successful interior design.
Bright accent set: console + mirror
The use of tables in the living room in different styles
Minimalism
Such tables in this style act as an appropriate reminder of the simple truth “less = more.” Instead of choosing a table with an abundance of decor, you should give preference to a small transparent design and place a table lamp on it. Mirror tables should be decorated accordingly.
A light table in a minimalist style blends with the color scheme of the living room interior
Advice! To prevent these trinkets from distracting the eye from the real beauty, you need to choose tables made of glass or plexiglass.
Glass console in a mirrored hallway
Traditional style
In this direction, it is worth giving preference to symmetry, and it can appear when decorating a console even near a wall. If you want to fit more details into such an interior, you should distribute things symmetrically across the surface of the table, which will make the entire interior more orderly. A similar effect can be achieved if you place a console under the TV for the living room, and also symmetrically place the main decorative items on it.
Wooden table in the hallway in a classic style
Advice! Remember the importance of choosing color combinations and furniture textures. Sophistication can be added by using decorative elements. For example, you can place simple ottomans next to the table and create a bright centerpiece in the middle of the room.
A traditional-style table serves as a stand for stylish items
If you have a small “creative space” and your apartment is not large, you should give preference to small but practical designs equipped with additional shelves for storing small items.
Console with unusual legs in Art Nouveau style
Console under the stairs
From a practical point of view, the placement of furniture under the steps is not very correct - after all, it is difficult to avoid excess dust and debris. But the end side of the staircase up to the first flight is often quite an impressive space that can be brightened up with a console. Decorate the console under the stairs by placing beautiful compositions of decor and lighting elements on it. Use the game of several heights to switch attention from a boring monochromatic wall to this element of the interior. This console can serve as a place to store small, but not too frequently used items. Also remember to frequently clean the console located here and do not buy many small decorative elements.
Design features of consoles
The console in the living room interior has an attractive appearance, but it is worth distinguishing between such products by design. A typical console has two basic elements - a support and a tabletop. They are different in modernist and classic models.
Console in the hallway made of solid wood blocks
- In the classical style direction, the furniture has a rich variety of decorative elements: mosaic laying, painting, natural stone on the legs and tabletop. The edge is not complete without decoration - it is equipped with special decorative carvings.
Classic small table with additional shelves
- Modern products are aimed at restraint, conciseness and functionality. Many of the models are equipped with drawers located under the countertop, and can also have a full-fledged cabinet instead of small knives. Often, when we are talking about such an element as transom consoles for the living room, a small tabletop can turn into a full-fledged dining table.
Small drawers will make the console more functional
Thus, going into antiquity and paying tribute to modernity, it is worth noting the wide variety of designs that are ready to delight you with beautiful details.
Console table in a modern interior
Initially, this type of table was quite simple in configuration and consisted solely of a table top and several supports. Today you can find many photos of console tables with additional shelves, drawers and bedside tables.
The material for making a modern table can be wood, glass or plastic, artificial or natural stone. That is why this piece of furniture looks harmonious in any interior.
Most often, console tables are used in the hallway, allowing you to free up space for other pieces of furniture. A small console table with forged legs can always be combined with an unusual hanger, an umbrella basket, a pouf, or a mirror in an elegant frame.
However, you can use console tables not only in the hallway, but also in the living room, placing a variety of figurines or vases on it. A wooden table with elegant legs looks great in a classic interior, while a glass table will perfectly complement a minimalist living room.
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The work area of any room can also perfectly accommodate a narrow console table, on the surface of which office supplies can be conveniently placed. Small IKEA console tables are ideally placed on a loggia or in a small room.
An inexpensive transforming console table will easily fit into a small kitchen and allow you to expand the countertop.
Design options for consoles for the living room
Narrow table in the living room on four forged legs
Freestanding Consoles
Such products look like an ordinary, but very narrow table. If necessary, it can be installed against the wall or in the central part of the room, periodically moving it to the sofa. Manufacturers of bedroom sets today offer very practical models on casters. Such consoles can be located near the bed and act as a kind of table.
Convenient mobile table on wheels
Attached structures
The models are presented in the form of tables, sawn into 2 parts and moved to the wall. Such structures are equipped with one or two legs, so they are unstable, and to give stability, these elements are not only pushed tightly against the wall, but also screwed to it. This requires special fastenings or improvised partitions.
Free-standing console located in a niche
Wall structures
This product is a hanging shelf equipped with a decorative leg. Typically, such models are placed under the mirror and act as a dressing table. The tabletop can have any shape. Often such products look like a shelf or a small cabinet.
Fixed TV console with cabinets
Console for the living room: materials for manufacturing
Buying a console for the living room inexpensively will not be difficult, fortunately, the modern market offers many options. Furniture can be made from any materials.
- glass;
- tree;
- chipboard;
- MDF'
- plastic;
- metal.
Console made of wooden boards mounted on the wall
To give a perfect look and protect the structure from external negative influences, a special coating of paint, veneer, inlay and mirror can be used. Such models are made from several materials - usually a combination of wood and glass or plastic and metal.
Metal narrow table in Art Nouveau style
Thus, when choosing certain furniture products, you need to make sure of their high quality and that they are selected in accordance with the characteristics of the interior style. Modern elements are offered in a wide variety and are ready to please owners and guests with practical and thoughtful solutions. Choose the best for your home and be happier!
Wooden console of original shape
Material of manufacture
The console is made from the same materials as any other piece of furniture:
- natural wood (beech, oak, hornbeam, cherry, walnut, pear, pine, spruce, larch, alder, etc.);
- natural, artificial stone (granite, quartz, marble, porcelain stoneware, agate, acrylic stone, etc.);
- plastic;
- Chipboard, MDF;
- metal (chrome-plated, forged parts);
- glass (frosted, transparent, colored, patterned);
- rattan.
Several materials are often used at the same time - wood for the table top and forged legs, stone bottom with glass top, MDF with decorative elements made of stone and wood.
It is advisable that some other pieces of furniture be made from the same material as the console.
