It happened almost to everyone to have an unexpected guest for lunch or dinner and having to add a place at the table. A situation that, for those who own homes with wide environments, does not involve any problem, while it is difficult for those people who do not have much space at their disposal. Among the best solutions to remedy this problem, especially in small homes, perhaps those of young families without children or with small families, there is the use of Extendable kitchen console.

The extendable console Over time, a truly functional and practical furnishing solution have become in various respects and which allows you to buy space if necessary, without however excessive dimensions. The extendable console, in fact, can be inserted both in Kitchen that in any other home environment, in order to expand the support spaces to eat, store objects or other. Let's see anyway What are the extendable kitchen consoles and what the types on the market.

Extendable consoles

As already mentioned, these are nothing more than furnishing solutions that consist in extendable tables of various sizes, shapes and models, which can be inserted in different home environments. When the latter is small in size: for example studios, two -room apartments or three -room apartments. However, the most common use is the one in the kitchen, be it one of the habitable ones or a Open Space with an adjoining stay in common. This kind of furniture solution allows you to easily expand the support spaces, in case of need.

A typical example is, in fact, on the occasion of lunches or dinners with various guests. However, they could also be used as comfortable work plans. As extendable dining table, some models can quadruple the starting dimensions, allowing you to make up to 16 people sit at a total. In addition, their use and deployment is really simple and quick. Hence, therefore, the success and spread of this kind of extendable console in recent years.

The types of extendable kitchen console

Exist on the market Extendable console with extension door, which are equipped with special spaces (generally a hidden compartment) in which to store the extensions, when they are not used. Then there are Extendable console without extending door And therefore without a compartment where to insert the lengthens, which will be placed somewhere else. Finally, there are extendable console with integrated extensions, in which the extensions are part of the structure of the furniture and therefore must not be placed inside or outside it.

As for their size, they range from the smaller ones between 1 or 2 meters to the much larger ones, which can also reach 6 meters in length (which need central legs for greater overall stability). Of course, the larger console needs more space and therefore can be used perhaps in the kitchen as support table, on which to store tools, the food processor or the coffee machine or useful objects.

The materials of these kitchen console

On the market there are extendable console made of different materials. The structure of them is generally in general aluminum, iron, steel, laminate or stratified glass, while the plane can be done in wood (lacquered or not), ennobled, melaminic or crystal. As for the wood, as well as for other types of furniture, this material is very solid, resistant over time and with an aesthetically refined style. In addition, it can be inserted in various types of furniture style, especially classic.

The enlarged, on the other hand, is a chipped wooden panel with external coating with melamine film, a sort of plastic material. In addition, it turns out to be considerably resistant and adequate to be painted or lacquered with extreme ease. Further advantages offered by this material are its resistance to humidity and water, as well as scratches and spots, to which is also added an excellent overall conservation. From all this a considerable diffusion of this kind of console.

Another material that has a certain success in the case of extendable console is the so -called MDF, which represents the acronym for Medium density fiberboard namely a wooden fiber panel at medium intensity. In practice, it consists of a series of very fine wooden fibers, linked with special glues, in order to make the structure extremely compact. The advantage of this solution is a certain ease in processing, then combined with considerable resistance and conservation, also aesthetic.

The styles of the extendable console

As well as other furnishing components, these too Kitchen console They are made of different styles and therefore can be combined with the rest of the furniture in the environment. There are extendable classic style console, like some made of wood, which adapt optimally to this kind of furniture. They provide a refined and valuable aesthetic touch, while keeping considerable functionality and practicality of use. This model is ideal for vintage -style environments.

They are also very widespread Modern -style extendable kitchen console or even so -called "industrial". It denotes modern lines precisely combined with various shades of gray, which produce truly remarkable aesthetic effects and which perfectly adapt to contemporary furnishings. The materials most used in this case are the iron of the structure together with the wood of the plane, for a perfect combination between the modernity of the metal and a touch of style provided by the wooden material.

The final choice of the console must therefore take into account both personal tastes and the style of furniture of the kitchen and the rest of the house. All combined with the functionality for which you buy a furniture component of this kind. Fortunately, there are many and different models on the market, with which to satisfy every kind of need and find the most suitable solution to your domestic environments.