Folding sofa

It is impossible to imagine a modern living room without a soft sofa, where you can relax, have a cup of tea or coffee, read or watch TV. The sofa for all of us is a kind of symbol of home comfort and coziness. Therefore, it is very important that this piece of furniture fits well into the overall interior of the room, it is convenient and reliable.

Folding sofa can be used in the living room or bedroom, in the kitchen or in the nursery. Very comfortable in small rooms folding mini-sofas without armrests.

For the lining of folding sofas are used a variety of furniture fabrics: jacquard, flock, chenille, tapestry. For the kitchen upholstery folding sofa is better to choose leather or leatherette, but if the house has animals, then stop your choice on imitation suede called "antikogot."

Choose the necessary sofa bed is not so simple. After all, folding models have both advantages and disadvantages. Let's look at the main ones.

Types of folding sofas: advantages and disadvantages

1. The most proven, reliable and simple design of a folding sofa bed is the so-called book. To lay out the sofa, one half of it is raised and lowered. Such models are strong and low price. The disadvantage is the need to have a free space between the back of the sofa and the wall for its unfolding. In addition, in order to decompose the sofa, you need to put some physical effort.
2. Improved book - sofa click-klyak, which has three positions: sitting down and reclining. However, as in the previous version, for the sofa click-clack you need a free space behind the back, and for the daily unfolding mechanism is not very suitable.
3. Many people like a folding sofa like a French clamshell. For its unfolding, you must first remove all the pillows, then lift the seat up, pull on yourself and put on the appeared legs. These models are very compact, but they do not have space for bed linen.
4. Folding sofa accordion operates on the principle of a clamshell. This sofa is suitable for a spacious living room, because in the unfolded form it needs a lot of free space. Folding accordion sofas come in direct and angular execution. In a corner folding sofa of this type, there are more sleeping places compared to a conventional clamshell.
5. Another popular type of folding sofa - eurobook or euros, as it is also called. When he unfolds the seat must be pushed forward, and in its place to put back. Such a fold-out sofa-couch has a box for laundry. In addition, the back of the couch, unlike a regular book, can stand close to the wall. The price of such sofas is very democratic. The drawback is that it takes up quite a lot of space.
6. Puma - a model that looks like an eurobook, is equipped with shock absorbers and when folded it seems to jump forward. Since no effort is required to do this, such a compact folding sofa is suitable for a children's room. However, its price is quite high.
7. The design of a dolphin is most often used for folding corner sofas. They are laid out very simply: pulling on a special strap, from under the seat rolls out an additional section, on which the pillows are laid-and the guest version of the folding sofa is ready. In such models there is a box for linen, and its price corresponds to quality.
8. The variant of a folding sofa the telescope in the combined kind is very compact. However, due to the complicated way of layout, such models are not very suitable for daily use.