Transforming sofa: features and advantages (26 photos)
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The main attribute of the organization of space in a living room is upholstered furniture. One of the most popular pieces of furniture is the sofa. It provides a full place to sleep and at the same time is a decoration of the room. Convenient and multifunctional sofa-transformer is especially popular.
Transforming sofas were installed in apartments before, only they were called folding. Today, such sofas are equipped with more advanced mechanisms and can become a bright decoration of the living room, children's room and even the kitchen. In addition, a 3-in-1 convertible sofa can be installed in your office or office.
Types and models of transforming sofas
Today, transforming sofas for the living room are presented in a wide variety. People can choose any convenient model that will fit the functional parameters, purpose and price. Direct and round transforming sofas can be in the form of:
- Euro books
- roll-out model;
- couches;
- accordion.
Direct sofas, which can be transformed in the shortest possible time, include books, couches and “click-gag”. Even children and elderly people can turn a sofa into a sleeping place in one motion. The children's sofa-transformer is equipped with a convenient and simple mechanism, which means that its layout will not cause any difficulties for the child.
Retractable and extendable models of sofas are equipped with special mechanisms and differ from other options in their special fastening. In addition, transforming sofas differ in the location of the box. So the berth can be located along the wall or perpendicular to the back.
Corner transforming sofa is a real find for apartments with a small quadrature. It occupies a minimum of space, and if necessary can provide several berths.
Such a sofa will fit particularly well in the living room if the apartment owners like to receive many guests who need to be accommodated for the night. At the same time, a transformer sofa for teenagers can also act as a full-fledged berth, as reliable and durable mechanisms can withstand the daily layout.
Today, many residents of apartment buildings prefer to purchase furniture that transforms into sleeping places. This applies not only to modular sofas, but also to chairs. If you can get only one berth from one armchair, then a sofa-transformer can provide two or more. A convertible sofa can turn into a bunk bed in just a few movements, and thanks to the folding mechanism in the children's room several children can fully accommodate. Round sofas with a similar mechanism are ideal for families in which twin children and twins grow up.
Advantages of transforming sofas
A large sofa for the living room is not only a sleeping place, but also a real island for rest and relaxation. If you want this piece of furniture at night to turn into a bed, then you should think about buying a sofa-transformer. Its main advantages include: multifunctionality, simplicity and ease of use, saving space in the room, practicality, affordable price, folding in several movements.
A convertible sofa with a berth allows you to save space and make the most efficient use of the space of the room. Moreover, some models of direct sofas are capable of modifications, rearrangement of modules.
Such furniture does not overload the interior of the room and becomes its functional and aesthetic element. Modular sofas help to regularly update the design of the room at no cost. All that is needed is to rearrange the modules, and the interior will sparkle with new colors.
A soft sofa transforming into a table or bed cannot be visually distinguished from a regular model. It does not differ from a regular sofa either in appearance or in size. The only difference may be the price, since folding, sliding mechanisms can reach half the cost of the furniture itself. Some sofas for the living room can be equipped with additional elements, including lockers for storing bedding, things, shoes.
A kitchen convertible sofa, equipped with drawers and shelves, allows you to place many items and accessories, as well as household appliances. Some appliances are used very rarely, and a special drawer helps to assemble all the kitchen equipment in one place.
The cost of unusual modular sofas, which can be transformed into other items of the furniture group, is not overpriced and acceptable for many people. The double design has a lower price than two separate items. When buying a sofa and a bunk bed, a person will spend 2-3 times more money.
How to choose a convertible sofa?
When choosing a sofa-transformer for a small room, it is important to pay attention not only to its visual appearance, design, but also to the quality component. Upholstered furniture should be beautiful, but at the same time convenient to use. A direct sofa should be made of high-quality materials, accessories. If you approach the issue of choosing this attribute competently and responsibly, then it will serve its owners for many years. A transforming sofa with a table, a cabinet or a berth should be selected based on the following parameters:
- convenience and ease of transformation;
- quality and type of filler material;
- availability of additional functions;
- upholstery material.
A three-in-one sofa consists of many modules that can be easily combined and rearranged. Thanks to this, you can form new configurations depending on the preferences and desires of the owners of the apartment. When choosing a straight or round sofa for the living room, special attention should be paid to the quality of the fastening, mechanism, as well as the simplicity of the rearrangement of the modules. If you cannot rearrange them yourself, then you should choose another model of the sofa, with which such problems do not arise. Modular sofas are able to transform a room with the help of simple movements. The main thing is to find a model that is optimal in terms of simplicity and convenience of rearrangement.
Of no less importance when choosing a direct sofa that transforms into a bunk bed is the quality of its filler. Comfort and sleep, and rest depend on it. The best option is the filler, which consists of independent spring blocks. Such a filler does not deform even after many years of use, provides a comfortable sleep, the correct location of the body and spine.
Any upholstered furniture should be multifunctional and equipped with additional options. The transformer for a small apartment should be equipped with additional elements in order to save space. For example, a table, a safe or a built-in bar can serve as an additional element. This allows you to distribute certain objects and things in their places.
When choosing a direct or round sofa for a living room, people, first of all, pay attention to its aesthetic component.The upholstery of a sofa, straight or round, should be made of natural materials, as well as dense synthetic materials that do not require special care. The fabric should not stretch, fade in the sun and lose its functional properties during use. Leather convertible sofas are perfect in this case. Genuine leather is characterized by high strength and resistance to moisture, pollution.
