Upholstered furniture: how to choose?

At present, the range of upholstered furniture is extremely large. In stores you can find a huge variety of different sofas, pouffes and other items. When choosing furniture for your room you need to be guided, first of all, by personal preferences. At the same time, do not forget about the design of the room itself, for which this or that set is selected.

Nuances of choice

First of all, you need to make all the measurements so that the furniture you choose fits perfectly into the interior of the room. To simplify the measurement, make a plan of the room. On the plan, note the dimensions of the room, the place where the furniture will stand, and the dimensions of the furniture that fit the dimensions of the room.

When you are in the store, be sure to measure all furniture using a tape measure (take it from home). Having measured and checked the parameters of the plan you have already made, you can clearly determine whether this model fits the room or not.

Frame of furniture

Most often, wood or metal is used in making the frame. In more expensive models, the frame is made of hardwood species (oak, birch, beech). In cheaper models, pine is used. Regardless of what kind of wood is chosen, the main thing is that only dried wood should be used to make it, otherwise furniture will start to creak very soon, bringing discomfort.

Fillers

To date, the following materials are used as fillers:

• Spring blocks;
• Polyurethane foam;
• Foam rubber.

Before you buy this or that model, ask the seller what is the density of the filler. Remember that the higher the density of the filler, the longer you will have furniture. But in any case, the density should be at least 30kg / m3.

the cloth

An enough important criterion in the evaluation of upholstered furniture is its upholstery. Now the stores have at their disposal a wide range, among which you can often find leather furniture - sofas and armchairs. For finishing can be used:

• leather. It is considered a very strong material, because it is produced from good quality products. But here again there is a place of disappointment. On the leather furniture after a short period of time, there may appear scrapes or cracks. This can mean that the manufacture used poorly made leather or imitation leather. Therefore, in order not to spend money in vain for the prestigious and very expensive leather upholstery, when buying it is necessary to find out from the store seller information about the quality of the goods.
• the cloth.

The most common cloth upholstery is:

• tapestry,
• jacquard,
• Velor and many others.

Fabrics with pile require a separate care, wear out quickly and have long been out of fashion.

Types of upholstered furniture

There are several types of upholstered furniture. The first type includes, for example, a chair-bed with a folding system. It consists in the fact that the sleeping place is located under the sofa seat and is laid out in a flat surface. The second type is furniture with a "book" mechanism. In this case, the bottom seat of the sofa needs to be pushed forward, and the backrest can be folded. Finally, the third kind is furniture with a rolling mechanism. With the roll-out mechanism, a certain plane is rolled out of the sofa, which is leveled by the cushions.

Quite often, for giving mobility, chairs and sofas are equipped with wheels: then furniture can easily be moved to a new location. When buying furniture with any of the three listed mechanisms of transformation or on wheels, you must check their performance.

When choosing furniture, the overall interior solution of your apartment is very important. For the classic style of the interior, it is best to choose lush furniture with wooden armrests and decorative trim. For the modern style of the interior most suitable simple in the performance without unnecessary decorations.

Color is not less important. There are several colors of the skin - from beige to dark tones, and the options for the colors of the fabric are even greater. The fabric can be monochrome or with a pattern, classic white or black, bright green, blue or red. In order to give the upholstered furniture a new look, it is not necessary to drag it and, moreover, to buy a new one. In this case, you can change the appearance of removable covers. They can be bought together with furniture or bought later.

When buying soft furniture it is necessary to remember: quality products will serve much more if it is made of natural materials. The ideal variant of the sofa is a sofa with a solid frame made of natural wood, a stuffing of expensive filler and leather upholstery.