10 Useful tips while choosing sofa settee for your interior

Sofa settee of living room is the heart of your interior designing and décor. It’s the real star of your interior that plays the pivot role. Living room is the place where you receive guests or have a family get-together. Obviously it is the real showroom of your tradition, culture, financial status and architect tastes and everything is fully reflected there. Sofa settee is the centre of attraction around which you place all your decorations and electric equipment including television and CD system. So, let me give a few simple tips to choose the best sofa and to do the correct upholstery work.

1. Your living room may be big or small, square or rectangle, but your settee should suit your interior most, both in size and shape.

2. Choose wooden furniture with royal work for heritage homes while simple designs for small interiors. If it is a modern flat, processed wood or metallic designs with glass add extra space and beauty to your living room. Chairs with thin and lengthy legs belong to this interior.

3. Choose light shade upholstery work for official/formal living rooms. If it is casual or family living room, bright colours can give an energetic feel to family members. Polyurethane foam (PU Foam) is the thin layer used to give shape and thick and colourful cloth is used for upholstery work.

4. If you choose simple shades for upholstery work, place a few attractive cushions. If you have given attractive shades of red, yellow or lime, simple white or pink cushions or those matching the shades of walls is the best choice.

5. You can place a small tea-pow with glass top in front of your settee. Place a flower vase that suits the colour of settee or background colour/contrast colour used for walls. Very often we use bright colours to highlight an object or border. You can choose that colour for throw cushions or flower vase.

6. Sofa is now available in separable parts too that can be separated and used. Sofa settee that can be used as bed for guests in case you don’t have enough space to construct a guest room is also available now. Sofa with pullout drawers for storage spaces and sofa with wheels that can be moved from one corner of your room to another – options are many.

7. Upholstery work plays an important role in adding beauty to your settee. Attractive colours with variety shades and patterns are available in market. Squares, circles and rectangle patterns suit best for formal living room while beautiful flowers and designs suit your family living room. Changing the upholstery work once in two or three years can also bring new look to your interior.

8. Size of the sitting arrangement purely depends on the total members. Keep in mind, the height and comfort needed for senior persons too.

9. Cushion type upholstery that covers the whole settee suits a family living room most. But remember, fully covered settee doesn’t suit a small living room. For formal visits, settee with stiff seating arrangement is the best option.

10. In addition to beauty, give importance to use and durability too. While going for a beautiful settee that attracts everyone’s eyes, make sure that you are paying price for one that’s durable for years. Also, very often manufacturers may use low-cost wood mixed with high quality wood. If you buy a settee with full covered upholstery more chances are there for cheating.

So, we have come to a conclusion of this column. In brief, give importance to your settee and its soft furnishing as it’s the centre of attraction of your interior. But assure that bought product is of good quality too. Choose according to size of your interior so that you can freely walk through your living room; never make it too congested.

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