Picking a sofa is more than just finding something that looks fine. You must look at the actual dimensions… Width, depth and height are the most important.

The width is the distance from one arm to the other. Depth measures how far the chair extends from the front support. Height is the distance from the floor until the highest spot, usually the back cushions or the frame itself.

Measure Your Sofa and Room Before You Buy

And there is also diagonal depth, that is secret, which few think about. It goes from the bottom back corner until the upper front, and that measure is key when you move a sofa through doors

A normal three-person sofa usually works, although it becomes a bit tight if three adults sit together. But if you put one adult and two children? That is perfect.

Before spending money, take time to measure your room. Most spaces look best when the sofa takes up around two thirds of the available area. Moreover, leave at least 30 inches of free space between the sofa and other furniture.

Like coffee tables or TVs, so that the room does not feel too full. Here is a trikc, that saved me many times: use tape to mark the form of the sofa on the floor before buying. Seeing it physically helps a lot.

Comfort is as important as the figures. The cushions must properly support your hips and thighs, keeping the knees in a right angle with the feet flat on the ground. The internal depth, the height of the chair and the back support all affect whether the sofa genuinely feels good for your body.

Think about the purpose of the room. Whether you will sit here before the television, or whether it is your place for work at home? Whether you prefer to sit straight or more extend for be comfortable?

Here happen the most problems, when you try to put the sofa through the door. A sofa with measures of 93x45x30 inches maybe will pass through a door of 80×35 inches, because the smallest dimension of the sofa beats. But when that does not work?

Be creative. Try another doorway, remove the door from its hinges or tilt the sofa differently. Moving it through the frame surprisingly often helps.

Some folks even cut the wooden frame for putting it in, and later fixed it when it was already in the room (a lot of work), but occasionally necessary. If you are entirely blocked, some even succeeded to hoist sofas through the windows.

L-shaped sofas are excellent for rectangular rooms and widely give more places for seating than traditional combination of three- and two-seaters. Modular bits are excellent, because you can mix and rearrange the sections for any space. Even in little apartments, a big family-sofa can work.

Sectional sofas also are easier for children, who love to climb and sit together.

Always measure twice before deciding. That simple step will save you a lot of stress when the dayof delivery arrives.