It would seem that what could be easier than choosing upholstered furniture for the living room? So you came to a store or opened an online catalog, looked at the assortment, chose what you liked, added to the cart, bought – and that’s it, then delivery and use with complete comfort, isn’t it?

However, in fact, you need to understand and know a lot in order to find such a set of sofa and armchairs that will last a long time, fit beautifully into the interior, and become a favorite vacation spot for the whole family. Therefore, we have compiled for you a detailed checklist on how to accurately choose comfortable and high-quality upholstered furniture like sofa, concrete garden table, etc.

For convenience, we have divided all the criteria into several groups.

What should be the frame of a sofa or chair?

• Configuration (corner or straight sofa ). Straight sofas are more laconic and fit in any room. The corner sofa, in turn, gives unconditional comfort and more folded seating, which is also great.
• Transformation system. The most popular sofa layouts are accordion, eurobook, pantograph, dolphin and scissors. Also, the well-known mechanism of the book does not lose its popularity. There are other transformation systems, but these are recognized as the most durable and reliable. Please note that armchairs are not always equipped with a sleeper folding system. As a rule, the transformation system is a rather complex mechanism, the installation of which makes the chosen model more expensive. That is why, in budget chairs, the possibility of turning into a single bed is not provided.
• Filling: reinforced housing and flexible foam or Bonnel spring block. Elastic foam is the modern take on foam. But ordinary foam rubber (PPU) often shrinks, and a similar problem is solved only by a complete replacement of the filler. Whereas elastic foam keeps its shape longer and can even serve as a substitute for an orthopedic mattress! With Bonnel spring blocks, everything is simple. They have been used in the furniture industry for years and during this time they have earned the reputation of a reliable and comfortable option for filling a sofa.
• The size. Choose the dimensions of the sofa strictly according to the size of the room, taking into account that you will need to bring the sofa or chairs into the room and here the width of the doorway is no less important.

You may have your own wishes for the technical part of the sofa and armchairs. For example, many of them now equipped with an orthopedic lattice – a full-fledged base for people with spinal problems. And corner models not always L-shaped sofas: there are complex circular or U-shaped designs among them. Those we have told you here only about the most important parameters. The rest of the points determined individually.

How to choose the right sofa design?                  

• Style. In minimalism and Scandinavian style, gray and gray-blue upholstery, combined with simple shapes and tall furniture legs, are welcome. The desire for laconicism also emphasized in the case of the loft style and other modern trends. Therefore, if you do not know what to choose, just give preference to a sofa without unnecessary patterns, curls and structural elements.
• The quality of the seams. The seams must be uniform, even and even. A situation not allowed when the seam either disappears or appears, because any pass will then result in a complete absence of seams.
• Upholstery type. The most popular upholstery options: chenille, flock, micro-velor, etc. If you have cats or dogs at home, choose artificial upholstery made of non-woven materials, they better resist the claws of pets.
• Will the sofa used as a divider into functional areas? If so, then pay special attention to the design of the back wall of the sofa or armchairs. Often, in order to save money, technical fabric used there. Visually, it is very different from the rest of the upholstery. Therefore, if you have the opportunity, choose the upholstery that is the same on all sides of the upholstered furniture.

And remember that in the design of upholstered furniture, the only important rule is that you sincerely like the chosen set for the living room and that you enjoy every minute of relaxation in your renewed living room.