7 Best Tips for Choosing a Sofa

It's time to think about the cottage and the choice of furniture for her. Today, a huge selection of literally every step of upholstered furniture, different prices, respectively, and quality. How to understand this sea of choice? On what to pay attention and not to guess with purchase that the furniture bought by you served correctly throughout long years not only at home, but also on a country site? To registration of a country site and a house it is necessary to approach seriously also, after all you there not only to work, and to have a rest! The real relaxation is possible only on good furniture!

1. Convenience and function check

Not only is it possible to use the model you like, but you also need to sit down and even lie down. Folding sofa be sure to try to spread out several times. Of course, there is not always such an opportunity, if the upholstered furniture is acquired online in the online store. So you should make a purchase in a store that you can trust.

7 Best Tips for Choosing a Sofa


2. Sofa frame

The cheapest option is a chipboard frame. You will recognize it by its weight - the sofa will be heavy. Very popular are combined frames made of different materials, combining the use of elements of metal, plywood and various wood-based panels (MDF, chipboard, fiberboard).

Sofa frame. The cheapest option is a chipboard frame. You will recognize it by its weight - the sofa will be heavy...

Certainly, such skeletons are more reliable, easier, but also cost more. In case of use for a skeleton of a natural tree it is significant that it has been dried up enough, differently in the near future the sleeping bed will give cracks and will begin to creak.

Carefully inspect the sleeping compartment to determine the quality of the wooden parts. It will immediately become clear that this is a wooden bar, plywood or chipboard. Professionals also advise to be wary if you notice that the laundry box is covered with fabric. Quality treated and dried wood simply does not need to be closed.

3. Pay great attention to the upholstery of the sofa.

A reliable and environmentally friendly option is a good old spring block, covered with two layers of sack top and bottom, and then batting. However, this is an expensive option. Therefore, guided by the mass consumer, factories combine spring blocks, mainly with foam and coarse calico.

Pay great attention to the upholstery of the sofa. A reliable and environmentally friendly option is a good old spring block, covered with two layers of sack top and bottom, and then batting...

Sofas without springs at all are much cheaper. Their stuffing is usually sprayed on the frame foam rubber. The softer the foam is, the more it will crumble. Sofa cushions filled with foam chips will soon lose their shape. The use of a solid piece of foam is considered a sign of good tone for the manufacturer.

Today, artificial materials such as: synthetic padding, polyurethane foam, comporella, hollofiber are used for padding. Modern technologies allow to receive good effect of elasticity of a seat by creation of the thick multilayered stuffings alternating rigid and soft layers. Externally and to the touch you will not distinguish such sofas from their spring brothers. But here they will serve not so long and yet in due course will sag.

It is very convenient when all sofa covers are equipped with lightning. First, the buyer will be able to find out what he has to rest on, and secondly, change the padding later.

4. The technical execution of the folding mechanism

The folding mechanism is probably the most important part of the sofa. There are three types: a "book" (the seat is partially extended and then the backrest is tilted out), a "folding bed" (the sofa is placed in the sleeping place under the seat) and a "retractable" sofa.

White triple sofa bed for living room

5. Folding sofas

If you have chosen a sofa bed, ask what the "sleeper" support of the folding device consists of. The best support is made of lattes - spring-loaded veneer plates (preferably at least 12) arranged across. The second place is given to the belt support and the third place to the metal mesh.

Green folding sofa for living room or bedroom

6. The next important point is the upholstery

The most expensive upholstery is made of large layers of genuine leather. Sometimes natural leather is combined with artificial leather. The most widespread and popular type of upholstery is furniture fabric. Almost every manufacturer gives the client a choice - a whole range of materials that can satisfy him in color, quality and price.

The most expensive upholstery sofa is made of large layers of genuine leather. Sometimes natural leather is combined with artificial leather...

The flock (the pile is put electrostatically by a duster on a nonwoven basis) is short-lived though has the big plus - without effort it is cleaned and not markable. The upholstery from woven materials - a velour, a tapestry, a jacquard or шинилла more wearproof.



Especially strong furniture covering - a special fabric of a microfiber (jaguar). Its invaluable advantages: does not absorb water and a dirt, does not molt, does not wipe in due course, does not fade, does not rush, is simple in leaving, and thus is capable to "breathe", that is to pass air.

Teflon-coated fabrics are also popular today. They are durable and do not absorb dirt, easy to clean. Water, coffee or tea just flow down from this upholstery sofa, leaving no trace.



7. Fabric and upholstery

Self-respecting manufacturers use the same fabric for the backrest upholstery as for the front, and the same fabric covers the space between the cushions and the bottom. Check the quality of the upholstery: consider whether the seams are gently sealed, and how even the row of staples is when the upholstery is sewn.

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