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To create a room that you love some would say to start with the paint color, then move on to your furnishings. While that is certainly one way to do it, however, you’re not going to be sitting on the walls. Maybe you should consider finding a sofa to fall in love with first. The sofa, often the largest furniture piece in the living room, can provide inspiration for all of your decorating decisions. For instance, the style and scale of the sofa can help guide other furniture choices, while the upholstery fabric provides the perfect starting point for building a color scheme. The right sofa reflects what you’re all about; it is your sense of style and comfort.
A Sofa to Fit Your Lifestyle
So, how do you go about picking the right sofa for you? To start, think about your lifestyle. Is this sofa for the elegant, “we don’t go in there much,” formal living room? How about a sectional for the great room with the big TV and a big appetite for sports, movies, popcorn and fun? Or maybe your style is something in-between?
Next, assess your needs. Do you need a lot of seating? Or maybe your mind is set on relaxation? Don’t forget to think of your needs if you have pets or small children. All of these variables should play a part in guiding your decisions.
Our sales associates, by knowing your lifestyle, can show you the huge selection and choices we have available. They can explain the array of fabrics, leather and assortment styles to take the mystery out of this decision and help you create the perfect room for your lifestyle.
Consider the Fabric Cover
Now more than any other time you can buy what were beautiful, but expensive fabrics at a fraction of that cost. Not only that, but the fabric mills have become more technologically advanced and are now creating those expensive fabrics with more durability. So between the new wear ability factor in the fabrics and the Guardian fabric care products offered by Hank’s, these sensational fabrics that were expensive and delicate can now be enjoyed by the most active family.
Beautiful, sensuous, fabrics are back in living room furniture because of the affordability. Intricate weaves such as satins, damasks, tapestries and brocades are now regularly used as marvelous accent pillows, giving the sofa a very expensive look. Natural fibers such as silks, linens and cottons are also high on the list of sofa “chic.”
One of the most amazing advances in fabric manufacture is an innovative spinning technology that has created micro-fiber. Micro-fiber’s popularity can be attributed to its ability to repel moisture and its strength and durability. The fibers are so small that they can be tightly woven together, and as a result prove to be a perfect fabric for “lived on” sofas.
Have a Seat
That’s the only way to tell if the sofa or chair you’re considering is the one for you. Choose the feel that pleases you and matches your needs. Most importantly, if the seat isn’t comfortable, don’t buy it. We have short sofas, long sofas, sleeper sofas, elegant sofas, contemporary sofas, casual sofas and the ultimate in relaxation, the reclining sofas!
We have the sofa that you are looking for. So come see us, try them all, and see which one will find a home in your home; then go to the paint store.
Click here to browse our Fabric Sofas, Leather Sofas, Motion Sofas, Sectionals, or Theater Seating.
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