Corner Sofa Buying Guide
Introduction
Transform your living space by making a dramatic style statement with a corner
sofa that's been designed to fit your home precisely in terms of both size and
style!
The sections in this detailed buying guide consider all of the important
decisions that you need to make
when buying your corner sofa.
Maximise your seating
No doubt one of the most popular sofa choices for living rooms up and down the
land
is a three seat sofa or failing that a three seat and two seat sofa combo with the
sofas arranged on opposing walls, typically with this sort of arrangement you have
dead space either side of the sofa or in the corner of the right angle formed by
the
2 seat and 3 seat sofas.
You can sometimes use up the dead space with a side table or an ornament but
wouldn't
it be better to utilise it for additional seating? Yes you say! Well it's this
dead
space that a corner sofa arrangement is perfect for making the most of, a corner
sofa,
by its very nature has a corner seat and that of course is an extra space for
somebody's
bottom but it also can be made to have 3 or 4 or 5 seats in any given direction
and so
make the very most of the space that you have available for seating in your home
or any
given room.
Dead Space in the Corner
Extra Space for Seating!
Top Tip:
Do a quick sketch of your home with some basic measurements of your room and
your
existing sofas, by comparing these to the space available you should be able
to get
a good feel for the extra seating space a corner sofa will give you.
Where to position it?
So the obvious answer to the question where to position your corner sofa in your
room
is in the corner! Right? Well as obvious as this may seem it may not necessarily
be the
answer, we'll explain why...
Positioning your corner sofa in the corner of the
room
Obviously, most of the time, this is where your corner sofa is going to be
positioned,
even so there's still a lot for you to think about such as will you fit it
in your room?
Will there be enough space to walk around it. Will it obscure any windows
or doors?
Apart from these there are many more considerations too, we'll cover these
questions and
many more issues besides in the rest of this article.
Positioning your corner sofa in the middle of your room
This option isn't as crazy as you might think. Corner sofas can work great
in the middle
of your room or at the side, though this option depends quite a lot on the
size and shape
of your room and works best if you have a large open plan space - suffice
it to say that
if you have a large open plan space they are great at breaking up a room
and dividing it
into functional spaces.
Corner sofa shapes
There are two popular shapes of corner sofa available, these are the symmetrical
corner
sofa shape and the asymmetrical L shape corner sofa. The shape that will work the
best
for you is largely going to be dictated by the amount of space that you have
available
in your room and that's a subject that we will discuss next.
L Shaped Corner Sofas
Symmetrical Corner Sofas
How big should it be?
When you are buying your corner sofa you need to get the right balance between the
amount of seating that you have in your room and the amount of space that you have
to walk around in your room, there's not much point in having loads of seating
space
if you can't get in the door!
A lot of corner sofa manufacturers tend to focus on producing and selling 5 seater
corner sofas, that is those with a corner seat that has two seats and an arm on
either
side of it, not so at nabru, we offer a vast range of corner sofas in all shapes
and sizes
and you can even design your own tailor made corner sofa using our
design your own sofa tools,
and, we are also really good at offering lots of options for small corner sofas and
large corner sofas.
Small corner sofas
We offer a large number of off the peg small
corner sofas in all shapes and sizes and a
number of options including chaise ends, armless ends and a number of
different seat sizes,
but when you are looking for a small corner sofa our design your own tool
really comes into
its own and will help you make the most of that tiny unused and unloved
corner in your home,
with this tool you can design corner sofas that are as small as 154cm in
each direction and
which can be increased in size by increments of just 10cm.
Armless Corner
Chaise Corner
Large corner sofas
Of course you might be one of the lucky few that has a huge lounge or
family space
that they are looking to fill with seating for important family events and
social
occasions, if that's the case you needn't despair, you don't have to make
do with an
average sized corner sofa that looks dwarfed in your large lounge, that's
because our design your own
corner sofa tools will allow you to create a large corner sofas that's
tailor made to your space.
The corner sofa design tools allow you to create corner sofas that are as
big as 7
meters in each direction that have as many as 13 seats, but your ambitions
for your
corner sofa don't have to stop there, as by adding in an armless end and
an armless
sofa your corner sofa can get even bigger.
Armless Right Sofa
Armless Corner Sofa
Top Tip:
Don't end up with a bog standard 5 seater corner sofa that's the same as
everybody
else's. Create your own custom made corner sofa that's tailor made for your
home in
terms of both size and style using our design your own corner sofa tools.
Can you fit it in?
Now that we've finished discussing just how big your corner sofa could be it seems
an
apt time to discuss the important consideration of how you are going to fit your
corner
sofa into your home, this can be a tricky one, especially if you have a narrow
front door
and narrow or windy stairs and the situation isn't made any easier by the fact
that corner
sofas are normally large and bulky items.
So you are going to need to measure your corner sofa and the obstructions,
such as doors
and stair cases, that it is likely to face on its way through your home very
carefully,
there's nothing worse than imagining that brand new corner sofa in pride of
place in your
home only to discover that it won't get past the right angle in your stairs
and you are going
to have to send it back. Aargh!
Of course nabru specialise in self
assembly corner sofas and all or our sofas come as a kit
of parts that you carry into your room and assemble in situ, so you can be
certain that you
will get one of our corner sofas into your room whatever the access
restrictions.
Left Hand or Right Hand
A really popular question for our customer services department goes like this: "Is
it a left
hand corner sofa or a right hand corner sofa?" Of course whilst the answer to this
question
might seem completely obvious that isn't necessarily the case.
However, before we answer the question we should point out that this is only
ever an issue
if your corner sofa is asymmetric or an L shaped corner sofa.
Right, so now to the answer, well the answer is that it depends on your
perspective, i.e.
are you sitting on your L shape sofa or are you looking at it? It's really
important to
get this right and you wouldn't believe the confusion and mistakes that this
point can cause
so our advice to you would be to read all of the information that your sofa
retailer provides
really carefully, and, if you are still not sure give them a call and discuss
it in detail with
customer services first so this point is clear in your mind, there's nothing
worse than having
to send your sofa back or get it modified because it's sticking out the wrong
way!
Left hand sofa
Right hand sofa
Open ended or closed
You can really change the look and feel of your sofa by adding a few elements of
customisation
to it, the most popular ways that nabru offer to make your corner sofa stand out
from the crowd are:
Armless end
An armless end is great at opening up your corner sofa and avoiding the
"closed off"
feeling that an arm might otherwise create, armless ends really come into
their own when
space is restricted, so you might for example decide to forfeit an arm so
that you can fit
an extra seat into your room. They are also great when a corner sofa is
used as a break between
two sections of a room, adding an armless end to this configuration opens
up the corner sofa
and makes it more inviting for you and your guests.
Chaise end
Chaise ends are a great stylish addition to your sofa too, and they are
great at opening
up your space in just the same way that armless ends do, the major
difference to an armless
end here is that they are much more open and, when space is at a premium,
they might potentially
work well below a widow that would otherwise be obscured by the back of
your corner sofa, thereby
ensuring that you get just a little extra seating space!
Extension seats
Extension seats are hugely popular additions to your sofa or corner
sofa and we sell a lot
of these at nabru, if you've ever put your weary feet up on a sofa
with an extension seat you'd
understand exactly why! It can be hugely satisfying to rest your weary
legs and lay back on an
extension seat, the only issue that this writer finds with them is
that they all too often induce sleep...
Combining an extension seat with a corner sofa is also a great way to
create a U shaped sofa.
Corner Sofa Options
Here at nabru we offer you a huge amount of options for customising your corner
sofa your
choices include
75 different fabric choices in a
large range of textures and colours, solid
beech feet or an attractive brushed steel finish, different levels of seat
comfort, piping detail
and arm options, we have discussed the latter in more detail below.
Wood Feet
Piping Detail
Top Tip:
Take a look at the sofa
options section of our website
for more information on the options that we offer and ideas on how to design
your own sofa at nabru.
Arm styles
The choice of arm that you make for your corner sofa can make a big difference to
the size
of the sofa and the style statement that your sofa makes, here at nabru we offer 5
different
styles of arms, and if you include the chaise and armless end options which might
technically
be described as arms this takes the total number of arm options that you can
choose from up to 7.
So a little bit more information about the arm options we do offer, these are:
- Low Narrow Arms - neat and compact and our most popular arm offering.
- Low Wide Arms - low as the name suggests, but also chunky and great for
cuddling up against on a cold winter night.
- High Narrow Arms and High Wide Arms - taller versions of the above.
- Curved Arms - stylish curved arms.
Narrow arms
Curved arms
Wide arms
See all Nabru Arms Options
Corner sofa fabrics
It can be so disappointing to find exactly the style of corner sofa that you are
looking
for only to discover that you can't get it in a fabric that will suit your room's
decor.
This leaves you between a rock and a hard place, do you A give up and look for
another
corner sofa? Or B buy it in a less than perfect colour?
Well the great news is that you'll never have to make a frustrating choice between
options
A and B when you purchase your corner sofa at nabru, that's because we offer a
choice of 75
different fabrics in a huge range of different colours and textures so you are
sure to get
the combination of the perfect style and colour that you are looking for, we even
offer a two
tone colour combination option whereby you can combine any two of the 75 different
fabrics that
we offer on your sofa.
75+ Different Fabrics
Give it a test run!
There are so many things that you can do on the internet these days including buy
a sofa!
But having said that, and we are online retailers, there's nothing quite like
kicking the
tyres, so we'd always recommend that if at all possible you get down to your sofa
retailer's
showroom and give it a good look over and ask a few questions before you buy.
We'd love to see you at Nabru! Our
showroom can be
found in West London and the address
in Unit 7, Sarum Complex, Salisbury Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2RZ.
