Honest & realistic advice with regards to furniture in Singapore context

Monday, October 26, 2009

Interior of sofa?


Sofa is in a lot of ways similar to a mattress. A lot of times the importance/emphasis is understated, due to the fact that we spend more of our time on a mattress than on a sofa. Usually the emphasis or time spent on choosing a piece of furniture is in direct correlation to the amount of time we spent on this piece of furniture.

Sofa is usually the next most important thing as it’s the other thing that we will have direct body contact with and giving us the comfort which we seek.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, there are different material being used for the interior of a sofa. At times it might be even more complicated than a mattress, which a lot of people are having difficulty in choosing one.

As indicated in the diagram, underneath the seat cushion, there are springs support, however at times there are also sofa with leather belting system, replacing the spring seat springs. A sofa comprises of a wooden structure, then within the seat there are either foam, spring, pocketed spring or polyester or even a combination of all this being laid before the external “wrapping” of the sofa.

One common misconception is the external cover of the sofa matters the most in whether it’s a warm or not so warm. But the most important determining factor is the internal of the sofa. I would like to emphasis on the fact that the softer the sofa the warmer it is. Thus when the interior of the seat or the back is polyester, it will be softer, than it tends to sink in and almost definitely it will be warmer.

Looking at the above one would safely say that a wooden or even a stone sofa tend to be the least warm. Will I have to agree, but a lot of times its not that easy to find a wooden sofa that would blend into our design and there would definitely some compromise on the comfort level.

Thus for those out there who like a softer sofa like me, there is definitely a trade off between the comfort level and how warm the sofa.

A lot of people rush into getting a L-shape sofa just because its something that they never had before and feels that its something different. Though to me its so cliché that I see it like 8 out of 10 new house which I went to. Before deciding on a L-shape you have to see the layout of your house and decide whether it fit into your living room and leaving enough space to watch and not blocking the window. Therefore meaning you would need to decide to L on which side of the sofa. Though some can shift to the left or right whenever you like, but there are some which you need to decide the direction during upon order.

A 3 seater + 2 seater is usually cheaper than 3 + 1 + 1 because of the 2 extra set of armrest and the extra amount of material needed. When deciding on the number of seater you need or whether you like a L-shape sofa or just a 3 seater, please take your measurement 1st before going to source for your sofa. Else a lot of time the sofa might turn out bigger than you imagine when placed in your home.

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