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 1^st 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.

Which material is warmer for my sofa?

Been pretty busy lately due to shortage of manpower. Thus you might realise the time lapse since my last post.
Today let’s look at 1 of the most important piece of furniture in the living room. “SOFA !!!”
I always hear people telling me ‘oh leather sofa not so warm right? The pvc sofa warmer right? ’ Well, i can only say it’s true to a certain extent. Why? Whether it’s warm or not, it’s all dependent on your environment and to me both are warm.

You might have the same experience of how come the sofa is so comfortable when i tried it in the showrooms but how come it feels so different when placed in my house? The reason is simple, when you tried it in showrooms you are in an air con environment thus most of the sofa you tried feels quite comfortable and when in your home, most probably, you do not on your air con most of the time right?
In my opinion, all sofa will be warm, its just the difference of how long does it take before you feel the heat or the sweat dripping from your back.
Assuming all condition the same, i.e same sofa, place at same place but with different material, making things easy to understand, you might start to sweat on a pvc sofa in 10 mins, a PU sofa 15mins and a leather sofa 20min and a fabric sofa 25mins. The numbers are just for illustration purpose but if i were to rank their heat dissipitating abilities i would rank them as follows, assuming we are comparing the better grade of the individual material.

1) Fabric (preferable 100% cotton)
2) Genuine leather
3) PU
4) PVC

One most important aspect to take note is that the softer the sofa, which most people consider as more comfortable, it will be warmer. Reason being that when it is softer, our body tend to sink in more at the back and the seat thus not leaving any room for your body to “breath”. That’s also why when we sit on a wooden sofa its more cooling.
Thus whether a sofa is warm or not, its not only dependent on the material of the material covering the sofa but also the material underneath. I’ll touch on this more in my next post. Hopefully i'll have time to touch on how to choose the ideal sofa for your living room.