Corner sofa in a modern interior

The desire to maximize the rational use of the useful space of dwellings and surround yourself and your family with comfortable conditions leads to an increase in the popularity of such furniture elements as corner sofas. Practical, comfortable, aesthetic and at the same time incredibly spacious, corner sofas have long been an important component of the modern interior. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of using a sofa of just such a modification in small areas where every centimeter counts. An equally important role is played by angular sofas in living rooms located in the combined kitchen and dining room with an open plan. With the help of angular items of upholstered furniture, it is possible to most rationally zone the recreation sector of the living room.

If your living room is a modest room, the corner sofa will be the best option for organizing a recreation area. The corner modification sofa holds much more seats than its “regular” counterpart. At the same time, a sofa in the shape of the letter “G” takes up less space than a regular sofa and two armchairs, which can fit as many seated household members or guests at home.

If your kitchen, dining room and living room are located in the same room, equipped according to the principle of an open-plan studio, then a corner sofa will help create a conditional division of space into zones.

It will not be superfluous to systematize the advantages of angular sofas:

• obvious high capacity;
• the ability to provide the maximum possible number of seats in the room with a minimum amount of usable space;
• the possibility of transformation - a quick change of scenery and methods of zoning the room;
• most models of corner sofas have internal cavities that can be used as storage systems;
• many angular sofas have folding (sliding) mechanisms that allow you to transform furniture into a berth;
• a wealth of design options, upholstery materials and color solutions, allows corner sofas to integrate seamlessly into the room with any stylistic interior design.

In addition, corner sofas have one of the most important abilities - to occupy the least popular places in terms of furniture arrangement - the corners of a room near window openings. In these so-called "dead zones", perhaps, only sofas with an L-shaped look organically and spend the available space rationally.

Before you go to the store and choose your favorite sofa model, you need to answer a few questions for yourself so that the purchase of such an important (and not cheap) piece of furniture does not happen only for aesthetic reasons:

• what size a sofa should be (the assortment of modern furniture stores is incredibly wide, the concept of “standard” sizes does not exist for many manufacturers, so accurate measurements of the space in which the sofa will be installed are necessary);
• whether the sofa will stand in the corner or zone the room in the center (the shape, size, configuration of the piece of furniture depends on it), whether it will be pushed to the wall with the window (the choice of the back height depends on it);
• whether it is planned to use an angular sofa as a sleeping place every day, occasionally for organizing an overnight stay for guests, or whether this function may be completely absent (the choice of the folding mechanism, the quality of the fittings, and therefore the cost of the model, depend on it);
• the function of the room in which the sofa of the angular modification will be located (after all, it can be an important part of not only the living room, but also the kitchen, dining room, study, children's room, porch and even the open terrace - the choice of model depends on the manufacturing method, upholstery material and style of performance)
• style of decoration of the room into which it is planned to integrate the sofa;
• the presence of small children, pets (largely determines the choice of upholstery material and its ability to dry clean or remove covers for washing)
• purchase budget.

Even when you can answer all these questions and clearly imagine the model of the sofa, which will become not just a practical piece of furniture for your home, but also its decoration, it is important to choose the right product that is called “live”. It’s not enough to see the right model in the online store and make sure that it suits you in size, color and type of the folding mechanism (if any). Before buying, you need to make sure that the sofa is comfortable for you in all options and configurations - that it is convenient to sit on it and if necessary to lie, that not only the owner of the house, but also other family members will cope with the folding mechanism. The sofa is purchased for more than one year and is responsible for the comfortable location of households and their guests in the lounge area. That is why its device must be checked in all possible positions and to verify the quality performance of all elements.

After you have clearly decided on the size of your future acquisition, you need to decide what material your sofa will be upholstered. In many respects, the choice will depend on the lifestyle of your family - can children have a snack while sitting on the sofa in the living room? Or maybe a pet can run into a room with dirty paws and sit on upholstered furniture? If your corner sofa will often be contaminated, then light and expensive upholstery fabrics that can only be dry cleaned are not your choice.

The easiest way to care for upholstered furniture with upholstery made of genuine or artificial leather. But natural material is incredibly expensive, and an artificial analogue is unable to "breathe" - as a result, in a cool weather, it is cool on such a sofa, and "wet" in hot weather. This problem can be solved using a cape, bedspreads. But many buyers simply do not like the sounds that certainly accompany the operation of upholstered furniture with leather upholstery. A corner sofa with leather upholstery is also not suitable for those who plan to often use this piece of furniture as a sleeping place - bedding will slide on the surface of upholstered furniture.

If you choose fabric upholstery for a living room located in an apartment or a house with young children, then give preference to models with removable fabric covers. As a rule, such covers can be washed in a washing machine in the delicate washing mode. The best option for choosing a color palette is almost all shades of gray. The dark gray corner sofa is a versatile piece of upholstered furniture that not only organically fits into the modern style of the room, but also does not cause you trouble with constant cleaning of the upholstery.

An angular sofa always has a larger size than its "ordinary" counterpart and inevitably becomes the main element of any interior. If your L-shaped sofa also has a bright upholstery, then the role of the focal point of the room is provided to it. Surrounded by a neutral color scheme (wall decoration in pastel, light colors), a colorful sofa will look especially impressive.

In addition to the dimensions of the sofa, its external qualities, the composition of the filler and the upholstery material, the models may differ in configuration. The sofa can have equal sides of the “corner”, and can be presented in the form of the letter “G”, where one and the sides are significantly shorter than the other. In addition, there are models assembled by the type of modular composition. You decide which side and how many modules to place for you.Such opportunities are very convenient for transforming the layout of the living room, design flexibility. Depending on the type of vacation (family gatherings, watching a movie or receiving a large number of guests), the modules can be arranged in various configurations.

Often, complete with a corner sofa, you can buy a small ottoman made of the same material and having the same height and style of execution as the main furniture. The mobility of this module allows you to create various variations in the location of the soft rest area, depending on the situation.

One of the questions that you will need to solve before choosing the right model for the corner sofa is the height of the seating and sleeping places in relation to the floor and whether the piece of furniture has legs. When designing a living room in an oriental style (Japanese, Indian, etc.), rather low furniture, without legs, is most often used. There is also an unwritten rule for buying beds and sofas depending on the age of the homeowner - the older the person, the higher the surface level for sleeping or relaxing in relation to the floor. It will be difficult for an elderly person to rise from the embrace of a soft sofa deeply sunk “on the floor”.

Equally worthy of attention is the choice of height and configuration of the back of the sofa. In this case, focus on your height. Ideally, when placed on a sofa, your back should feel relaxed, comfortable, i.e. the back should have a pronounced lumbar region, and the head should be located freely above the upper part of the structure. Currently, there are many models of corner sofas on sale with the ability to adjust the backrest (at least two options are always present - a floor angle of 90 degrees for a sitting position and an angle of 45 degrees for a reclining position when watching movies, for example, or reading books).

It is also necessary to decide whether your corner sofa will be equipped with armrests or at least one of these supporting elements. It all depends on your preferences and the compliance of the assortment of stores with expectations for a harmonious implementation of the corner sofa in the living room or any other room. On the one hand, the armrests serve as excellent support for the hands and sometimes even play the role of a tabletop, but on the other hand, they are limiters when seating households or guests at home.

Another version of a large sofa, which can hardly be called angular due to the lack of that same corner in the form of its execution. Semicircular models look original, stylish and unusual. But such sofas are suitable only for spacious enough rooms and cannot be used as a berth.

To organize the most comfortable atmosphere in the lounge area of ​​the living room located in the studio room, the corner sofa fits like no other piece of furniture. The maximum possible number of seats, a compact arrangement even in a modest-sized room, an aesthetic appearance and clear zoning of a functional segment in an open-plan space are the advantages for which most designers and their customers choose angular sofas.

In rooms of small sizes, where every square centimeter of usable area counts, the ability to install a piece of furniture by the window is an important part of drawing up a space layout. Due to the low back, many models of corner sofas can be installed one of the sides to the window, while not restricting the room in the amount of sunlight.

A small corner sofa located in the dining area, in our country it is customary to call a kitchen corner. It is quite roomy, compactly occupying a corner of the room with soft upholstery.Most often, inside such corners there are cavities that serve as storage systems, which is very convenient for a room in which it is necessary to place a large number of kitchen utensils, household appliances and various devices.

The corner sofa in the dining room looks organic, giving the owners the opportunity to place a large number of people sitting at the dining table (convenient for receiving guests). Depending on the stylistic choice of the design of the living room itself, you can find an angular, narrow sofa that is suitable for design. But it is important to understand that the location of households and guests in the soft zone, at the dining table, can lead to the absorption of much more food than necessary. Nutritionists recommend using as tight seating as possible in the dining area. But for Russian hospitable hosts who love long feasts, such a dining environment is the best option.

A small corner sofa can be an effective solution for organizing a relaxation area on a small veranda or covered terrace. Even on a glazed loggia or balcony (larger than the standard size), you can organize a cozy and comfortable place for gatherings with excellent views of the city or countryside landscape.

Wicker rattan corner sofas with soft seats and pillows for supporting the back are often the basis of the relaxation area on open terraces, platforms and patios in the adjacent area. A large family and several guests will fit on such a sofa. As a result, it is convenient for the hosts to have barbecue parties on their personal plot or to use an outdoor terrace for these purposes even within the framework of a city dwelling. The corner seating used on the street can be made of wood, metal and even concrete. The main thing is that the soft part of garden furniture can easily be removed from the sofa frame.