Contents
- Pro tips: how to choose a sofa
- 1. The choice of sofa and the style of the interior
- 2. The choice of upholstery material for upholstered furniture
- 3. How to care for upholstered furniture
- 4. Choosing the design of the sofa
- 5. How to choose the right sofa
- 6. Room dimensions and sofa size
- 7. Trends in furniture fashion-2016
Pro tips: how to choose a sofa
Summer is the time for renovations and interior renovations. The most pleasant thing about the renovation is its final stage: the choice of furniture and decor. And now you have passed all seven circles of hell, your new interior needs only to be furnished with the furniture of your dreams. But how not to get lost in the current variety and choose exactly what will delight you for many years? Woman’s Day turned to experts for help.
Roman Sazonov, an expert at Woman’s Day, a guru in room planning and interior design of an online hypermarket, told us about how to choose a sofa and other upholstered furniture and how to avoid mistakes.
1. The choice of sofa and the style of the interior
The style of the interior influences the choice of material, texture, color and pattern on the fabric. For example, a light velor sofa is suitable for a classic setting, while a minimalist room is complemented by a squat leather sofa in gray or black.
2. The choice of upholstery material for upholstered furniture
When choosing upholstered furniture, we always want the sofa upholstery to be practical, pleasant to the touch, unmarked and resistant to damage, especially if small children and pets live in your home.
The main wish of the client is to combine such properties as reliability, practicality, convenience and beautiful appearance in upholstered furniture. Today, furniture manufacturers allow these desires to be fulfilled. Most often, when choosing, buyers stop at eco-leather, leather and dense matting. They are not subject to wear and tear, therefore, the most practical are jacquard and leather. Upholstered furniture with removable linen and cotton covers that can be washed are also convenient in everyday life. If there are pets in the apartment, then it is good to choose upholstered furniture upholstered in eco-leather: it is easier to clean and, in case of damage, replacing the cover will not hit your pocket.
3. How to care for upholstered furniture
Many are afraid to take light colors of upholstered furniture, believing that in everyday life it will quickly lose its original appearance. Let’s find out if there is a way to keep the furniture intact:
Do not neglect the use of special detergents that are designed to process various types of fabric. These sprays are able to protect the material from tough stains, as they prevent rapid and deep absorption. But the sofa will be saved from strong and noticeable wear by the careful attitude of the owners and, possibly, the use of a stylish bedspread. Especially if upholstered furniture is a constant place for children to play and family evenings with drinks and snacks.
4. Choosing the design of the sofa
The folding mechanism “dolphin” is suitable for the sofa – the main sleeping place in the apartment. In the open state, the surface of such a sofa bed is flat, it is comfortable to lie on it, like on a mattress. Models with this mechanism are equipped with internal compartments for storing bed linen. A sofa in the living room, which can sometimes be used as an additional berth for guests, implies compactness. For this purpose, narrow sofas with a roll-out mechanism are suitable.
5. How to choose the right sofa
Pay attention to the density, firmness of the pillows and filling. It is worth sitting down on the sofa and checking if the form is restored immediately after getting up. Most likely, you will have to face the problem of missing the sofa if, already in the store, after a slight load, its shape slightly changes or takes too long to recover.
6. Room dimensions and sofa size
A familiar situation: the renovation is finished, you have chosen the furniture of your dreams, but it turned out that only a few centimeters are missing for the sofa or wardrobe to comfortably fit into the intended place for them. We found out what are the ways to avoid this:
When choosing the length and width of the sofa, it is worth considering the distance to doors and windows so that you can move freely around the room without going around it or changing the position of the body (sideways, on tiptoe, bending around). In a small room, the sofa should not be bulky; it is better to choose a compact model. If we talk about the combination with the rest of the furniture, then in this case the classic technique can come in handy – the rule of the golden ratio. So, a sofa and a wardrobe will look harmonious in the same room if the ratio of the sums of their parameters is close to the magic number 0,618. It is easy to calculate: add up the length, width and height of the pieces of furniture and divide the smaller amount by the larger one.
7. Trends in furniture fashion-2016
As true women, we want not only comfortable and practical furniture, but also modern and fashionable, so that we don’t want to replace it already next year, so we learned about the trends:
In the trend, pieces of furniture are extremely simple and affordable in terms of functionality and understandable to everyone in terms of visual perception. Minimalism and natural materials, a Scandinavian accent, eco-style furniture are the absolute favorites of 2016.