What is a modular sofa
A sofa that consists of separate independent elements is called modular. It includes the buyer's choice:
- poufs;
- chaise longues;
- backrests;
- armrests;
- modules with built-in cabinets, tables and shelves;
- corner and end elements.
Also, such a sofa can be equipped with a system for storing linen or a mechanism necessary to transform it into a sleeping place.
Each manufacturer has a different composition of modules and depends on the design and features of a particular model. Some options can be assembled from more than fifty elements. In others there are about ten.
Buying a modular sofa occurs as follows:
- the buyer chooses the model, color and upholstery of the furniture he likes;
- depending on the customer’s needs, he is offered various combinations of modules and their arrangement;
- the furniture is assembled based on the above requirements and sent to the new owner.
Accommodation in different rooms
The placement of a designer sofa depends on its purpose. For guests, the blocks are arranged in the center of the room next to the table. There is a sofa nearby for periodic daytime naps or relaxation. For a spacious room, you need to choose large models, otherwise the space will simply “eat up” the sofa and distort the room. When choosing such sofas for a bedroom, living room, or children's room, the main thing is to correctly combine and design the blocks to suit the overall design of the room. But, since this design can be easily assembled into any piece of furniture, the overall interior will most often look good.
Living room
The designer sofa in the living room is a great place to relax, watch a movie, or receive guests. By purchasing the required number of blocks, you can create new pieces of furniture every day.
The dimensions of the sofa can be changed by removing and adding individual sections. It’s simple and even a woman can do it. You can create new furniture using blocks of different shapes and dimensions, which come in any height, length, width. Transformable sofas have a lightweight design and great functionality.
In small apartments, you can place a modular sofa in the corner of the living room. This arrangement is suitable for any room.
If the designer sofa in the living room will be used for daytime naps, then it is better to choose models with armrests and compartments for storing bedding. A sofa in the living room is a necessary piece of furniture. The dimensions and location of the product depend not only on the area of the room and the existing interior. It is also necessary to take into account what exactly it will be used for. Is it worth including drawers, tables, armrests and other furniture elements in its design?
Bedroom
Most often people buy beds for sleeping. But the furniture market is changing so quickly and is increasingly surprising with new products. Sofas have long been a piece of bedroom furniture. If the appearance of the furniture is important for the living room, then comfort during sleep is more important for the bedroom. If you have a designer sofa for the bedroom, you need to choose soft blocks with oval corners to make sleeping comfortable. Choose models that have a separate sectional bed that has an orthopedic base.
It would be better if such a bed included drawers for storing linen, books, and a table for coffee. When choosing an interior for a small bedroom, the task arises of using the space as rationally as possible. It is advisable to include drawers in the furniture so as not to buy large cabinets that take up a lot of space and light.
If your budget does not allow you to buy sofas with drawers, but you need to put things somewhere, then it is better to choose construction sets in the form of poufs. The absence of retractable mechanisms reduces the cost of furniture by a third. Poufs are like a box with a lid, simple and convenient. If you wish, you can always buy blocks separately and change the interior of the bedroom. If a financial opportunity arises, then you can think about elements with drawers or a table, for example.
Children's
Sometimes people stop at choosing designer sofas for installation in a children's room. This is understandable, because there are special frameless blocks filled with polystyrene foam or polyurethane foam of varying hardness. These modules are so light that even a child can move them.
The opportunity to independently assemble a sofa, armchair or other structure, to realize your childhood fantasy by moving the blocks as you please, is now possible for every child. Let's remember how they used to build houses from pillows and blankets. And now these are not just sofas for sleeping or relaxing, they are a real dream come true. For children, manufacturers have prepared a bunch of all kinds of parts, different in color, shape, size.
Parents should also pay attention to the quality of the furniture filling, because the correct formation of posture and the quality of the child’s sleep depend on it.
It is important to clearly understand what age the construction set will be for and its purpose. For example, for children over 3 years old, a sofa with soft sides would be preferable. For older children, you can buy a Claire sofa, which has many modifications.
For teenagers, choose frameless models that do not have joints and are easy to move.
There are bolsters as backrests. Removable covers are convenient to wash and change as needed. And for sleeping, such models are equipped with a mattress so that the blocks do not move apart.
Most often, a construction set is chosen for a children's room to organize a play corner. For small children's sleep at night, they prefer to use standard beds. It is worth considering the fact that children love to jump and tumble on blocks, which become deformed over time. Therefore, do not skimp on the quality of the product so that you don’t have to buy new furniture in a year.
For older children, you can already choose the same models as in the bedroom for adults. A big child is unlikely to build houses and jump. But the presence of a table, pouf, drawers can be useful. All the guys love to host friends in their room. It is easy to rearrange the blocks from the sleeping place to another piece of furniture. You can make a table and chairs and play board games. Comfort is guaranteed for everyone, as models for children's rooms have the ability to take the shape of the body, providing complete comfort.
Kitchen
When filling the kitchen space with furniture, it is worth considering all the nuances. The style and dimensions of the designer sofa will depend on the size of the kitchen and what happens in it every day. If the room is used only for cooking and has small square meters, then you should only choose compact models. The best placement is in the corner, along the wall, near the window. Innovative sofa sets include compartments for storing utensils. The design of such models allows for rearrangement at any time. In small kitchens, you always want to change the decor, choosing a more advantageous arrangement of furniture to ensure space and comfort.
A corner sofa can quickly be converted into two couches and placed on opposite sides of the table.
If the kitchen is large and is used as a dining room where the whole family gathers, then even more so choose designer sofas. During the celebration, the blocks are placed around the table, forming comfortable chairs. At other times, the sections are assembled into a sofa, which is installed near the wall or in the corner.
When choosing such a model for the kitchen, it is worth considering that the upholstery should be made of materials that are easy to care for. Maintaining furniture in the kitchen is not an easy job. Therefore, it is better if the covers on the sofa are removable. Today, standard models of corner sofas are installed in the kitchen, and soft chairs are bought for guests, which are constantly getting in the way under the table. A designer sofa is an alternative solution to this problem. The blocks are assembled as the owner of the house wishes. At any time it transforms into other furniture that is needed.
Thus, this decoration is a novelty among its fellows. Manufacturers provide a huge selection of this furniture. Everyone will find their own model according to their budget, style and room size. Such upholstered furniture will suit everyone, in any room.
Who is a modular sofa suitable for?
Modular sofas are not just a tribute to fashion; in some cases, such furniture is the optimal solution for interior design. Similar designs are suitable for:
- large families whose members prefer to gather together in the living room to watch TV and spend time together;
- spacious rooms in which it is necessary to effectively and functionally zone the space;
- modern interior styles.
It is worth understanding that if your purchasing budget is limited, then it is better to purchase a standard model, since a good system is not cheap. Another feature is that a modular sofa does not fit into a classic, vintage, rustic interior. There are practically no examples of this style on the modern market.
Mostly modular sofas are purchased for large houses, apartments, and reception areas of large companies and corporations.
Combinations in the interior
Life without a sofa is not possible. This piece of furniture is found in almost all room interiors, as it performs a large number of irreplaceable functions. Sofas are large pieces of furniture that are immediately noticeable when entering a room. Almost the entire home design depends on the appearance. When choosing a sofa for an existing interior, you need to take into account all the nuances and old experience in order to avoid past mistakes. Then such furniture will bring pleasure and will last for a long time.
The sofa must have an appropriate appearance so as not to break the entire interior. Not every style of room allows you to install construction sets. The modular set is well suited for modern, hi-tech, practical modern interiors. The “country” direction will not look harmonious in combination with the minimalism of a modular sofa. Retro and vintage are also incompatible with such furniture. In such cases, you need to try to choose the right upholstery. Then the designer sofa can fit into any interior. When choosing the upholstery color for the blocks, it is worth considering how they will harmonize with each other during the transformation. Otherwise, it may turn out that if there is a desire to turn the sofa into two armchairs, and the color scheme of the blocks located next to each other will no longer be combined. The fashion of buying armchairs and sofas in the same tone has become a thing of the distant past. However, the owners of the house will feel bad taste, even if the sofa blocks are so multi-colored and colorful, when the overall interior carries a strict design style. For a complex apartment design, it is more difficult to choose upholstered furniture. Fortunately, today there are a large number of models and shapes that you can choose your own model even for a small apartment. And this is where modular sofas come to the rescue.
Advantages of modular upholstered furniture
The advantages of modular sofas include:
- a large number of seats, which can be selected based on real need;
- multifunctionality, as they consist of comfortable armchairs, poufs, chaise longues, comfortable couches and beds, spacious drawers for linen, tables and shelves;
- the ability to transform and change the existing configuration, so that the living room can be regularly rearranged and updated;
- ergonomics and the ability to adjust furniture to the architecture of the room, hiding shortcomings or emphasizing the advantages of the layout.
Design features
Modular sofas are divided into two large groups:
- sectional;
- transforming.
The first include models whose elements are selected individually taking into account the needs of the buyer, but after that they are connected to each other at the factory and it will be difficult or impossible to separate them independently.
The second group includes designer sofas, which give owners a lot of scope for imagination and implementation of design ideas. Such a system can be modified at any time, swap modules, purchase missing elements for them, etc. Between the individual blocks of such systems they even place other furniture, for example, a coffee table, a bookcase, or a cabinet. The largest elements of transformable sofas - corner ones or in the form of an armchair - are used independently, separately from its other parts.
Design
The main feature of choosing a designer sofa is almost no different from other models. However, it is worth paying attention to some details. It is better to choose a frame from plywood, solid wood or metal. If we consider cheap spring mechanisms and foam rubber, then soon the blocks will creak and lose their appearance. As a filler, it is better to choose polyurethane foam together with an independent spring block. The appearance of the furniture and its service life depend on the upholstery, so even in simple models it is not advisable to give preference to thin material. There are also additional elements - drawers, shelves, armrests, tables, which make the product more functional, but also more expensive. Sofas of this type have a free and rigid design. Sometimes furniture consists of elements that are not fastened together in any way. Other items provide some form of fastening, such as straps or Velcro. Prefabricated sofas for the interior can have any design, shape, size. The buyer needs to decide how and for what the sofa designer will be used, where it will stand, and how the sofa is planned to be transformed into another piece of furniture in the future. A sofa consisting of independent elements makes it possible to choose the required number of sections to maximize the space in the room. What cannot be done with standard sofa models.
Material for frame and upholstery
Ideally, it is better to make the body of a modular sofa from solid wood, but in practice such models are very expensive. Therefore, manufacturers are reducing the cost of furniture by introducing equally durable, but more affordable materials - chipboard and thick plywood. High-quality samples of such raw materials guarantee the strength and durability of the frame. Sometimes they are even more practical, since wooden elements can shrink, which causes an unpleasant creaking sound.
The upholstery of a modular sofa should be chosen based on taste preferences, budget and operating characteristics. So, if there are small children and animals in the house, give preference to flock, which is not afraid of scratches, does not attract dust and hair, and is easy to clean. Also popular as upholstery are plain practical matting, natural and artificial leather. It is noteworthy that modular sofas are usually covered with material without a pattern. This is due to the style of such furniture, because modern examples in a jacquard cover with a printed print will look out of place.
Availability of a berth and transformation mechanism
A folding bed is not a mandatory element of a modular sofa, since the dimensions of this furniture can be such that without additional manipulations it can accommodate one or two people for proper sleep. But if you plan to use the product every day for a night’s rest, then you should give preference to models with a transformation mechanism. The most suitable systems for such furniture are the Eurobook and French folding bed systems. Both mechanisms are compact, reliable and durable. With their help, the sofa is transformed into a comfortable bed with a flat surface.
Price policy
The price of modular furniture is influenced by the quality of the transformation mechanism and design. Standard products with standard sizes belong to the budget category. Author's projects are made according to individual measurements, taking into account the wishes of the customer and are distinguished by their high cost.
The pricing policies of manufacturers are also different. Furniture from Russian enterprises is presented in budget and mid-price categories. Interior items supplied by European manufacturers are several categories higher.
The cost of the system is affected by the presence of additional functions, the quality of the frame and upholstery fabric. The material can be economical, mid-price and luxury.
