Choosing the Right Living Furniture for Your Home

With a myriad of modern furniture selection out in the market today, choosing the right furniture for your living room could be stressful. More so if your house is new and you are just about to buy the first set of living room furniture for your home. Whether your house is new or old, or you are just about to throw out your dilapidated, rickety furniture and have plans of buying new ones as replacements, here are few general points to consider before you take the plunge.

Properly selected furniture will bring a sense of style, warmth and ambiance to any room. Choosing the right living room furniture for our home is essential as it is the furniture that is first seen as you enter your home.  The living room furniture dictates the general “feel” of the house. There three essentials in choosing the right furniture for your living room:  budget, usage and décor of the room. 

Before you set out to buy furniture, set a budget for each piece that you intend on buying. This way you will not overshoot your budget. If you have set a certain budget for your living room furniture, it is best to stick within its range. So, the first thing for you to do is look for several pieces that falls within your budget. Once you have done that, inspect the quality of the products. If you have picked out a leather sofa, there are four things that you should inspect:  the frame, cushion, its spring system and the tailoring. 

The frame should be kiln-dried wood. The framing’s legs even and sturdy preferably built into the frame and not just screwed. The cushion should be quite heavy and not light.  If the sofa has a spring system, check if it’s the S-type springs.   If the cushion is polyurethane foam, check for its density. Check the upholstery. The seams should be even and any piping well-lined up. Ask for the quality of leather too. If the sales person says its leather match, it’s not leather.  A fine example of top-grain Italian leather sofa is the Hamburg Functional Sectional Sofa by Abbyson.   This modern furniture is elegant enough to fit in most living room style.  A bit pricier is the Scoop Relax Sofa by Polaris. This sofa is perfect for sitting, relaxing and napping.

If your prefer printed fabric upholstery for the living room, make sure the printed fabric or the colored fabric  should match  all pieces that comes with the set. The fabric should also  match in the back, front and  sides.  A great piece of fabric furniture to go with a modern living room is the Soho Modern Sofa. Available in 16 colors, this sofa can integrated easily into any color scheme.  Another fine example is the Dansk Modern Sofa which is also available in 16 shades.

The price tag on any piece of furniture dictates its quality. If your budget is way too low, you might have to set your furniture standards bar lower too.