Corner sofa in the kitchen - a convenient and indispensable thing (24 photos)

A small corner sofa is just a godsend for kitchens with a small footage. Its installation helps to solve several problems at once - to make the kitchen cozy, place a large number of people at the table and increase the number of beds.

How to choose it right?

When choosing a sofa, you need to pay attention to it:

• dimensions;
• price;
• wireframe functions;
• upholstery quality;
• the composition of the filler;
• convenience;
• the naturalness of the materials used;
• design.

Before heading to the store, measure the angle at which you want to put a soft sofa in the kitchen with a tape measure. Before you make a purchase, you must know exactly what size sofa you need. It should not be too bulky or small. The ideal kitchen sofa is proportional to the size of the table. For kitchens in the "Khrushchev" and studio apartments came up with mini sofas. They occupy as much space in the room as three stools, but fit into the interior of the kitchen more organically.

In the store on your favorite sofa you must sit. Rate how soft it is or, conversely, hard. The price for many is a determining factor, but if the sofa is cheap and uncomfortable to sit on it, you should not buy it.

It is also important that the sofa is made of environmentally friendly materials: the frame itself, upholstery and filler. Cheap materials have an unpleasant odor that does not disappear for years. For the kitchen sofa, the environmental friendliness of the materials is especially important, because in the kitchen, where it stinks of plastic and cheap leatherette, you definitely can’t be there and have dinner.

The upholstery of the sofa should be high-quality, wear-resistant and durable. It is advisable to choose a material from which it will be easy to remove stains from tea, fatty meat, red sauces and other products. In this case, a leather sofa will be an ideal option, but not everyone can afford to buy it, and even then, many people opt for soft fabric upholstery.

Cost for many buyers is a determining factor. If the task is to save, it is better to choose small-sized corner sofas from domestic manufacturers. Their price will be lower than that of imported ones, but the quality is good.

Sofas Features

Folding sofas in the kitchen can perform several functions at once. Namely, to be:

• a place for sitting;
• a place to store things;
• extra bed.

A corner sofa in the kitchen with a berth will be ideal for families who often have relatives or friends as guests. Depending on the size of the sofa, the berth can be single, one and a half or double. Such a transformer has one of the disassembled sides, as a rule, at least 180 cm. Based on this, you can calculate whether such a folding sofa will fit in the kitchen or not. Today you can find a variety of models of transformers that can be folded out of a sitting position, and when assembled, their width does not exceed 60-70 cm.

Transformer can be of the following types:

• Eurobook;
• roll-out;
• "dolphin";
• Verona
• couch;
• "tango".

All these sofas are laid out in different ways. The most optimal and suitable option is the dolphin model. It unfolds very simply: just pull the bottom berth out from under the seat.If the mechanism is high-quality, then it can be decomposed and folded in one motion. Also, for small-sized kitchen, the Verona transformer is suitable. When assembled, it almost does not take up space, but it decomposes into a full double place. In a disassembled form, such a sofa has a length of more than 2 meters, so when buying it, consider whether it fits in the kitchen.

A sofa with a berth can also additionally be a place to store things. Under the seat, such sofas have a drawer with a height of 30-40 cm and a minimum width of 40. Here you can put kitchen utensils that are not used every day, as well as towels, bed linen. Some make a bar out of such a drawer, which is also convenient, but, of course, there is no need to put plates and pans there - you will get tired of opening and closing the sofa several times a day to get the necessary dishes.

Important structural elements

How long the sofa will serve you depends on the strength of the material the frame is made of. He can be:

• metal;
• wooden;
• Chipboard;
• MDF.

The most reliable is considered to be the metal frame. It will not break even from a sharp blow or from a heavy load, but a sofa with such a frame has a lot of weight, so in order to decompose it, you need to make an effort. A wooden-framed sofa weighs less. And if the wood is of high quality, then in strength it is not inferior to metal. A sofa with a frame made of chipboard or MDF will cost several times less, but it will also last less. These materials do not have the necessary strength.

Sofa for the kitchen should not be as soft as for the living room or bedroom. It should have a rigid padding and a straight back with a thin layer of filler, then it will be comfortable to sit on it and have lunch. The cheapest models of sofas are filled with foam rubber. It is soft, but can crumple and deform over time. A better filler is polyurethane foam, to which special fibers are added. They make the filler more resilient and durable. Corner leather sofas for the kitchen can be with a thick layer of filler and strong springs, but they are expensive and have large dimensions, so they are not in such great demand as sofas with polyurethane foam.

Upholstery for the kitchen sofa

Today, different materials are used for upholstering sofas. The most popular are:

• skin / eco leather;
• jacquard;
• shenill.

The eco-leather sofa is considered the perfect solution for the kitchen interior. Spilled tea or soup can be wiped off with a single rag. High-quality eco-leather is not afraid of temperature changes, so nothing will happen to it after boiling water. Cheaper ecoskin has a limited lifespan: over time, it begins to crack, climb and becomes unusable.

A serious drawback of such sofas is that it is impossible to sit on them in the summer, legs and hands sweat and just start to stick to such a sofa.

In winter, you need to transport this sofa according to special rules. It must be wrapped in several layers of dense fabric, because at low temperatures even the highest quality material can crack.

A cheaper option is fabric upholstery. For a kitchen sofa you need a cloth saturated with a special water-repellent composition. Fruit juice, fat, vegetable oil, wine and other stains should be easily removed from this material. The appearance of food stains on the kitchen sofa can not be avoided, no matter how you tried. The fabric for the kitchen corner transformer must be with a short pile - it removes dirt more easily.

Choose color and design

The color of the kitchen sofa-transformer needs to be selected for the interior, but attention should be paid to dark shades. It is extremely impractical to put a white sofa in the kitchen - it will get dirty very quickly, but it will be difficult to remove dirt from it. For a kitchen sofa with a berth, it is better to choose the upholstery in gray, sand or any dark color.

You can also pick up a beautiful fabric with an ornament. Moreover, this fabric can match the color of the floor, curtains and pillows on the chairs. You can order a plain dark sofa and sew on it bright pillows suitable for the interior. For the kitchen sofa, the pillows should be small and thin. Otherwise, they will take up a lot of space, and it will be uncomfortable to sit on it.

Sofas made of dark or light wood with fabric upholstery are suitable for interiors of various styles. For example, they fit into classic cuisine, as well as in Provence or country. Solid color upholstery is suitable for classics, and a small flower upholstery is suitable for rustic style.

In the minimalist style kitchen, you can install a sofa with chromed legs and eco-leather armrests. His back may be light and his seat black. Wood and metal elements should match the tone of other kitchen furniture. If you have a kitchen set made of natural wood, then you do not need to buy a sofa with chrome legs.

Choosing a corner sofa for the kitchen is quite simple, because most of them have a neutral color and can fit into any interior. Another thing is important: do not make a mistake with its size and choose the right upholstery and filler. Today you can find a budget option for a sofa, but you should not save on it much, because the kitchen is the place where friends and family members are most often. That is why there should be a comfortable, beautiful and modern sofa of good quality.