The living room is one of the main rooms of an apartment or private house. As a rule, all relatives, friends and guests gather in the living room, so the sofa is the main piece of furniture in such a room.
On the Internet and design magazines there are a lot of different photos of a sofa in a living room of different sizes and styles.
Brief overview of the article
Tips for choosing a sofa for the living room
To make it easier and simpler to choose a good sofa for the living room, it is worth considering some recommendations from experts:
- The sofa in the living room interior should not stand out too much, so you should select its design according to the style of the room.
- For a small living room, you should choose a small-sized sofa model.
- Corner or U-shaped sofas are well suited for a spacious living room.
- If there are pets in the house, then special attention should be paid to the upholstery of the sofa.
- A warm-colored sofa will add extra coziness to the living room.
- In a small living room, it is best to place a sofa by the window.
- The sofa with spring blocks is very durable and practical to use.
Bright accent with furniture
Do you want to highlight it in the living room? The simplest accent option is a bright upholstery color. Rich shades influence our perception of the entire room; they attract attention and greatly enliven the atmosphere.
The brightest accent of the room
You can try shades of berry, plum, orange, lavender. Such a sofa will lift your spirits and focus attention on the relaxation area in the living room. At the same time, it is advisable to keep the rest of the interior in calm colors, without additional bright accents.
At the same time, the interior looks calm
A sofa with a soft upholstery texture looks attractive and interesting. It is simply impossible not to pay attention to him. Typically, such aesthetics have a second side to the coin - a high price.
The main types of sofa designs
One of the main aspects of choosing a sofa for your living room is the type of construction. The most popular and practical:
- modular. Modular sofas for the living room are a good option, they allow you to easily and quickly arrange furniture, very convenient when you need to seat a significant number of people;
- straight design is a traditional type of sofa. This type of sofa is perfect for any size and living room design;
- a sleeping sofa in the living room is one of the popular sofa designs for both small and large areas;
- transformer - this type of sofa is characterized by the fact that when unfolded, the sofa becomes an orthopedic mattress for sleeping.
Hanging
Swings have long moved from the streets to residential buildings. If previously they were associated exclusively with children's rooms, today hanging structures are found in bedrooms, living rooms, and offices. One of the options for home swings is hanging sofas. They are attached to the ceiling with metal chains or ropes.
Hanging sofas add mood, lightness, and playfulness to the interior. At the same time, they cope well with their functional load, replacing the classic sofa, rocking chair and bed for children's lunchtime sleep.
The soft zone is a place for gatherings with friends, evening tea, family conversations, watching movies, reading and sleeping. It should be as comfortable and visually attractive as possible. When choosing sofas, rely less on interior fashion trends and more on your own feelings, not forgetting about the unity and harmony of the space.
Sofa shapes
There are a significant number of different forms of sofas, the most popular and which have proven themselves to be good:
- classic leather sofa;
- a sofa with curved legs and smooth lines;
- sofa with back cushions and rounded armrests;
- the sofa with back and armrests is made as one whole element;
- sofa with a smoothly curved back;
- transformable sofa.
Also very popular are corner sofas in the living room and English sofas in country style.
Upholstery fabric
Upholstery fabric will help to correctly combine upholstered furniture in the interior with wall and floor decoration, as well as cabinet furniture. It varies in composition, texture and color. Tapestry, silk, velor, velvet, wool, leather, eco-leather, suede and other materials are used to cover sofas, armchairs and chairs.
Leather sofas are elegant, presentable and stylish. They are used in living rooms, studies, offices. Such furniture is very expensive, and leather is quite capricious in care and use.
Eco-leather is a more noble name for ordinary leatherette. Externally, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between natural and artificial leather. The difference between them is in price, and in terms of durability, artificial ones are inferior to natural ones.
Additional functions of the sofa
You can choose a sofa for your living room, either a standard classic one or with various additional functions.
Very practical sofas in the living room with a sleeping place and a drawer for storing things. They also often give preference to a sofa that has a built-in bar or music speaker.
Fillers
The most popular fillers for upholstered furniture are synthetic winterizer and foam rubber. Today, they are increasingly abandoned in favor of more durable and beneficial ones for the musculoskeletal system. Such, for example, is latex, both natural and artificial.
If the price of products with latex filling is scary, you can return to foam rubber, but multi-layered. If the sofa is planned to be constantly used as a sleeping place, it should have not only filling, but also springs to reduce the load on the sleeper’s spine.
How best to place a sofa in the living room
The placement of a sofa in the living room depends on the size, spaciousness and shape of the room, as well as its style and design. A square-shaped living room allows you to install a sofa in any desired place, be it in the center or in a corner.
When the living room is rectangular in shape, it is better to install the sofa by the window or against the wall; it can also be used to zone the room, for example in the living room-kitchen. If there is a niche in the living room, then a classic-shaped sofa will fit perfectly into it, and if you have a staircase, you can install it under it.
Durable frame
The maximum load during use is borne by the frame of the product, that is, its especially strong base. As a rule, the choice of materials for its manufacture is determined by high strength requirements, so wood species, such as pine, spruce and birch, confidently hold the lead.
It is customary to fill the frame frames with commonly available materials: fiberboard or chipboard.
Color solution
The color of the living room sofa depends directly on the style of the living room itself. The most classic and popular colors for sofas in the living room are: white, gray, beige, soft peach, mint, light brown, light green and lilac and their shades.
It is also worth remembering that white color can visually expand the space of a room, and warm colors give additional comfort and a feeling of warmth. As an image, they most often give preference to: cages, stripes, various patterns, floral images, ornaments.
