The sofa is the most important part of the living room home soft furnishings. Choosing a satisfactory set of couches for the living room design is the icing on the cake, but choosing the wrong sofa will add to the home design. What are the tips for buying a couch? Rayleigh furniture to explain the whole sofa shopping strategy.
1,Sofa style
Low back sofa
A low-back sofa is the best type of lightweight chair. It is a support point to support the user’s waist (lumbar spine); the backrest height of this sofa is low. Generally, about 370 millimetres from the seat surface and the angle of the backrest is also tiny, conducive to rest. This type of sofa is easy to move, lightweight and has a small footprint.
High Back Sofa
The high-back sofa is also known as an airline-style seat. It is characterized by three pivot points that allow the waist, shoulders and back of the head to rest on the curved backrest at the same time. The high-back sofa evolved from the recliner. In order to improve the resting performance, it can also be equipped with a footstool placed in front of the sofa, the height of which can be the same as the height of the front edge of the sofa seat surface.
Ordinary Sofa
An ordinary sofa is a common type of sofa for home use. It has two support points to support the user’s lumbar and thoracic vertebrae and can obtain the effect of matching the curved surface with the back of the body. The width of the sofa’s seat surface should be a manageable size, usually within 540 millimetres according to the standard requirements, so that the user’s calves can be adjusted to sit freely and rest more comfortably.
Folding Sofa Bed
Folding sofa bed function can also help you save space; in the absence of guests, you can fold it at will and place it in any corner of the home. It does not take up space and is suitable for a variety of areas while sitting and lying are convenient and comfortable folding sofa beds. You are a folding sofa bed to consider when buying the right size, solid frame, high-quality fabrics, sponge and elasticity, the flexibility of the folding sofa bed.
2,Sofa Material
Leather Sofa
In modern life, the sofa has become an indispensable household item. However, leather sofas have made it through the trials and tribulations of time, enduring with their opulent, luxurious atmosphere and strong and durable characteristics that people have loved.
Fabric Sofa
Fabric sofa mainly refers to the main material cloth sofa, after artistic processing, to achieve a certain artistic effect to meet the needs of people’s lives. Fabric sofa is characterized by fashion, economy, practicality, and beauty; most or all can be removed and washed.
Solid wood sofa
Solid wood sofas use solid wood and may be combined with leather fabric sofas. Solid wood sofa art design style abandoned the traditional Chinese furniture complicated carvings and patterns, will try to simplify, in line with modern aesthetic point of view and spiritual pursuit, captured the hearts of most young people.
Rattan Sofa
Rattan sofa can be said to be rattan sofa; the meaning is the same: rattan furniture is one of the oldest furniture in history. It is a pretty bold and elegant style, so the rattan furniture retains the pure and simply natural, fresh and crisp features and is full of modern flavour and fashion features and full of modern flavour and fashion flavour.
3,Sofa style
European style sofa
Atmospheric stability, generous style, rustic charm, and graceful and noble temperament are favoured by senior people from all walks of life. Elegant and dignified, the handrail design for the roll is flower-like and very humane; every detail is exquisite and gorgeous, highlighting the connotation of retro furniture.
American sofa
As a unique home genre, the American sofa (seven-foot sofa), with its clean, clear lines and a decent degree of decoration, is deeply favoured by consumers; exquisite and simple are its characteristics.
French Sofa
Emphasizing strength, change and dynamism, the style is atmospheric and solemn; the sofa’s gorgeous fabric and exquisite carvings match with each other, integrating the noble shape with the ground pavement, transmitting the majestic artistic style and showing nobility and elegance.
Korean Sofa
Sofa tone temperament elegant, soft cushion, exquisite solid wood carving embellishment, strict structure. Suitable for young and fashionable families, but also ideal for bookish and steady types of family use.
Japanese style sofa
The most important feature of the Japanese sofa is its small fence-like armrests and short design. Such a sofa is best suited for those who admire the natural and simple style of home. The small size of the Japanese sofa reveals a strict attitude towards life.
Chinese Sofa
The entire exposed solid wood frame characterizes the Chinese sofa. The upper foam cushions can be removed and replaced as needed. This flexibility makes the Chinese couch a favourite of many: warm in winter and cool in summer, convenient and practical.
Modern Sofa
Airy, simple and bright modelling conveys the idea of simple, casual, multi-functional design and comfortable style. The overall set is very atmospheric, good-looking and relaxed.
4,Sofa cushion material
Cotton sofa cushion
Sofa cushions made of cotton fabric feel very good and are not easy to ball, sitting up is an enjoyable feeling compared with plush material; cotton sofa cushions are cheaper, with a higher price than the characteristics of the sofa cushion. Of course, the cotton material sofa cushions can only be used in winter.
Plant fibre sofa cushions
With the strengthening of people’s awareness of environmental protection, the emergence of plant fibre sofa cushions, loved by people because plant fibre is very natural and environmentally friendly; it is sweat-absorbent, breathable, rugged, not easy to break, affordable and so on, the modern many people practical cushions of the cooler is a plant fibre, suitable for summer.
Woollen plush sofa cushions
Wool knitting cushions, because of the low cost, have a variety of styles and characteristics that have been popular with the public; it can also be based on their type of living space, colour, and to create their favourite sofa cushions. It is a famous fashion element in the current market, suitable for winter.
Linen sofa cushions
Linen fibre, with its natural, simple, rare, honest and noble colour, is known as: “natural fibres in the fibre queen”. Linen’s function is similar to human skin:
- Temperature regulation
- Skin protection
- Antimicrobial, moisture absorption
- Fast heat dissipation
- Eliminating static electricity and other natural health functions
Sponge sofa cushion
Sponge plus spring structure, generally with a bag spring package filling core, the surface covered with a layer of 1-inch sponge, plus complete duck feather filling, full sponge cushions generally to ensure the softness of the character, will be bonded to the sponge surface of the 2-inch thickness of the spray adhesive cotton is very suitable for winter use.
Chenille sofa cushion
Chenille sofa cushions have the advantages of high-grade luxury, soft touch, plump velvet, and good drape.
5,Sofa Sizes
Single sofa size
Length: 800-950mm; depth: 850-900mm; seat height: 350-420mm; back size: 700-900mm. European furniture is generally more atmospheric, occupies ample space, and is suitable for large families. The comfort of the single sofa is essential; single sofa armrests are naturally high, 560-600mm. The couch should be soft and moderate; too hard or too soft a sofa will cause back pain.
2-seat sofa size
Length: 1260-1500mm; Depth: 800-900mm; Seat height: generally 400mm. With the living room coffee table’s almost flat height, so that the seat is more scientific and reasonable, the living room furniture looks more spacious.
3-seat sofa size
Length: 1750-1960mm, depth: 800-900mm. If your living room space is ample, it is recommended that you buy a European sofa, which also takes up more space. If you are a small family, pay attention to the size of the couch to get the living room layout space size in the right place.
6,Sofa for spacing
Living room sofa
Living room sofa selection is more delicate; one should consider the style, and the second should consider the size and the living habits of the family; sofa diameter depth is significant for physical health; sofa bearing capacity, resilience, comfort, sofa wear, and washability are very important.
Bedroom Sofa
Small rooms should be placed in a smaller volume of solid wood sofas, and buy wider armrests so that you can eliminate the “coffee table” so that the room is larger; secondly, the colour of the couch should not be too bright; you can choose to sit on the sofa underneath the storage space of the type, access to the items is very convenient; mansion suitable for the opposite, a large room to put a giant sofa, and then put on the coffee table.
Office Sofa
A general office sofa is used to receive guests or office workers’ rest. So, in the choice of office sofa, comfort is quite essential. The decorative style of the office should match the style of the couch to show coordinated beauty. It is also necessary to consider the overall layout.
7, Steps of Sofa purchasing
Check the quality of the frame
Put your hands on the whole sofa before and after the left and right force repeatedly shake, shake, if you feel better that the frame is solid. No rotten, no moth, no scars, no bark, and materials and materials at the interface with the mortise and tenon or carve each other, and then glued.
2, Check the quality of internal cushioning
The bottom surface of the seat and back of the high-grade sofa is mainly made of a nylon belt and snake spring cross-network structure, padded with high-elastic foam, spray cotton and light body foam. This kind of rebound is good, and the sitting feeling is comfortable.
Look at the fabric, sewing
Buy a leather sofa to choose the leather surface; the leather surface should be rich and glossy, with no scars and delicate texture pattern; buy a fabric sofa, should pay attention to the sofa seat; the back cover is suitable for the live set structure, high-grade generally have cotton lining, other easy to dirty parts should be able to wash.
Check the fabric
It was wrapping fabric to see whether the material was tightly covered with internal filler, whether flat and straight, especially the two armrests and seat, back to the combination of natural transition, no broken folds. If it is round and semi-circular handrails, to see whether the arc is smooth and smooth, full and beautiful.
Check the choice of foam sponge
High-grade sofa cushions should be used at a density of 30 kg / cubic meter above the high elastic foam sponge, and back cushions should be used at a thickness of 25 kg / cubic meter above the high elastic foam sponge. To improve sitting and lying comfort and anti-ageing, some cushions set vertical springs.
Check the brand
Sofa brand has a direct impact on our quality of life and personal mood. Therefore, in the purchase, consumers should go online to inquire about the sofa brand and other aspects of the relevant knowledge but also refer to some brand rankings.
7, Style of the sofa
If you pay attention to the grade of high-grade style aristocratic style, consider choosing leather sofas. If you pay more attention to personality and modern fashion, consider choosing a fabric sofa.
8, Crafting of the sofa
If you pay more attention to the quality of craftsmanship and pay attention to detail, consider choosing a solid wood sofa. Otherwise, you can view other types of sofas.
9, Price of the sofa
If you pay more attention to cost-effectiveness, you can consider fabric sofas. Otherwise, consider a leather or solid wood sofa.
10, Maintenance convenience
If you want to save more trouble, you can consider a rattan sofa. If you do not worry about maintenance trouble, consider leather sofas.
11, Service life of the sofa
Although leather sofas are generally expensive, the service life of leather sofas is undoubtedly long.