Lessons in choosing furniture with Elena Andreeva: how to choose the right sofa

The sofa is the most important piece of furniture in the living room.It sets the style and general mood of the entire space. A huge assortment of this piece of furniture is presented in the salons. But how to choose the right sofa so that it will last for many years? Now we will tell you, one of which is to put on a stylish sofa! The best thing . However, in the difficult matter of choosing a sofa, many questions immediately arise. You cannot do without the help of a professional. Interior designer Elena Andreeva told us about the secrets of choosing this piece of furniture. Elena Andreeva, interior designer, decorator Graduated from the International School of Design. In 2001 she founded the studio Well-Design, which works on the design of residential premises. Elena has been designing interiors for 13 years. well-design.ru “There are several pieces of furniture, the choice of which must be approached especially carefully. It is absolutely impossible to save money when buying a kitchen, bed and sofa. It will be much easier for you to make your choice if you follow my advice. Determine the purpose First of all, you need to understand what you will most often do on this sofa - sit or sleep. Sofas are installed not only in living rooms, but also in offices and apartments. Remember the purpose of the premises and the people who come there. A piece of furniture must first of all meet the needs. Choose shape There are sofas of different depths andrigidity, it depends on its content. The softest sofa contains down, and the hardest one - polyurethane foam. Medium hardness is characteristic of a product that is filled with these two materials at once. In addition, you need to remember about aesthetics - a sofa that is stuffed with fluff looks careless, it is always crumpled. Therefore, if you like sofas with the perfect shape, then you should choose a product made of polyurethane foam. When buying a sofa bed, you shouldn't rely on comfort. A piece of furniture of this type simply cannot be comfortable due to the fact that it has a grate and a mattress. These mechanisms do not fully make the sofa comfortable. Another important aspect is depth. Now the sofas have become deeper, the most popular models have indicators of 90, 100 and 110 cm. The sofa in my apartment, for example, has a depth of 1 meter 30 cm when seated. Leather or fabric? Customers have different tastes.Some do not like it because they consider them cold, while others, on the contrary, dream of such a model. I prefer to use soft fabric sofas in my projects, but not woolen sofas. It is necessary to pay attention to the composition of the fabric. It should be quite dense and have a special impregnation. Before sewing a product, manufacturers always wash and clean fabrics so that they take their final shape and do not accidentally shrink. Many models of sofas have removable covers, and if they get dirty, they must be taken to dry cleaning. Welcome Before ordering furniture, be sure tothink about how you will enter it. Very often there are cases when the purchase simply does not fit in the doorway. As a result, the sofa has to be returned to the furniture store. So think about it ahead of time! In one of my projects, I used the Baxter sofa, which consists of two parts, because such a voluminous sofa cannot be taken away entirely by an elevator and brought into the room. When assembled, this piece of furniture is held together from the bottom with metal brackets and looks like a single piece.