As you enter a furniture showroom or browse online, it can get pretty overwhelming with the endless choices of sofas available. But fret not, we’re here to simplify sofa shopping for you! A sofa is commonly thought of as a home furniture, but it can also play an integral role in making the office space a more conducive work environment. The most important thing before buying a sofa is to understand the space you have and work with the style that would suit your living room or office space. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to choose the best sofa!
1. Start by Measuring the Room You Have to Work With
Before shopping for a sofa, you have to measure the room you want to furnish first. After knowing how big the room is, make sure the size of the seating furniture fits the rest and doesn’t overwhelm the space. There are different types of sofa which you can commonly find such as a 1-seater, 2-seater, 3-seater and L-shaped sofa, from which you can easily mix and match to fit your living room or office space.
2. Choose a Sofa Based on your Needs
Ever wonder why you never want to get up from your seat sometimes? Aside from being really tired, the sofa can be so comfortable, you just don’t want to do anything else but sit around the whole day. There are many types of sofas that are designed with special features to make it extra comfortable.
A Kayama high-back sofa can provide good support for the head, neck and back, while sofabeds like the Plopped and Siesta can function as a chair, bed and chaise. Sofabeds are convenient especially for smaller homes to accommodate guests who are sleeping over. Just convert the sofa to a bed, place a bed sheet over it and your guests are ready to crash for the night. If you’re looking for space-saving, easy seat configuration, our modular sofas offer that flexibility so that you can configure them to your favourite seating arrangement. For sofas to suit the corporate environment, check out Comfort Furniture’s Kirei and Ruffle!
3. Decide What Sofa Shape Is Suitable for the Room
A clean L-shape sofa is great for open areas that need to be divided — such as separating the living room from the dining room, or the office TV lounge area from the pantry space. For example, our Owen L-shaped and modular sofa. Other than L-shaped sofas, rounder-shaped ones such as Bulge and Oat are more conducive for a smaller space, particularly when it’s used as a small gathering area or a media room.
4. Find the Right Material for Your Lifestyle
Choosing the right sofa that completely fits you and your family is a demanding task as there are many types of sofas available, and even moreso for its wide range of fabric selections. Aesthetics are important, but functionality and maintenance care are just as essential when it comes to finding the right material for your sofa.
To know how to choose a sofa fabric, think of the type of room you’re furnishing. For living rooms and refined executive offices, consider furnishing with leather sofas. Particularly for leather sofas that are made from pure aniline leather, these have the much-loved authentic, natural leather look compared to semi-aniline leather. Expectedly, pure aniline leather sofas will require more care as this type of leather is given minimal treatment to the original material to maintain its natural shine.
Apart from genuine leather sofas, there are also the faux leather and boucle fabric sofas. Boucle sofas are popular and trending because it gives off the coveted hygge look and feel in a room. Its highly textured fabric in just a single colour tone creates a modern Japandi interior design that celebrates Scandinavian functionality and Japanese rustic minimalism. Want to transform your regular sofa to one with boucle upholstery? Comfort Furniture offers a variety of couch material types for upholstery customisation.
For easier clean-up, sofas with removable seats and backrest covers are the best fabric. Comfort Furniture’s Kimberly is a practical sofa that can co-exist peacefully with children, pets and coffee-loving colleagues.
5. Poufs and Loungers Make Great Sofa Sidekicks
If the room has odd corners, choose a smaller-sized sofa and add a pouf or lounger as additional seats. Take a look at our Bruno, Wakano and Torino poufs as well as the Fantasia, Cassano, Realm, Vinder and Russell at Comfort Furniture’s showroom or online store if you already have decided. We also recommend our adorable Polar Bear which can be used in a variety of ways — as a stool, ottoman or even as a kid’s furniture in the living room.
In a nutshell, choosing a sofa is dependent on your style and function preferences. If you aren’t sure where to buy sofas that come in different types of seater, fabric, design and colour in Singapore, why not pay us a visit at Comfort Furniture’s showroom to have a look and feel of our sofas or explore our online store today?
