Classic sofas

If you want your living room, study, dining room or kitchen to emphasize your status and respectability with all your appearance, then you should take a closer look at the classic style of room decoration. It is always at the peak of popularity and demand, its elements can be found even in the most modern apartment, not to mention the country houses, the area of ​​which allows to embody the most original interior ideas.

Basically, classic sofas are an expensive element of the interior, which only wealthy people can afford to buy. But modern manufacturers of upholstered furniture, copying classic elements, produce relatively inexpensive options that can be bought by a family that does not differ in large incomes.

You can easily choose a classic sofa from the abundance of other models on the market, if you know its main features:

• Classic shape - implies the presence of a rectangular seat, a rounded or curved back, armrests and legs (in some models, they can be hidden).
• Moderate color palette - assumes the use of a gray-white and brown-beige range as the basis, natural shades of minerals: emerald, sapphire and burgundy tones.

• Patterns and decor in retro style - floral or damask print, strip.
• Elements of decor - the use of carved legs, armrests, bases for the back, inlaid with semi-precious stones or ivory, metal fittings.

The classic combines several stylistic trends, depending on which upholstered furniture has certain characteristics and can be framed in different ways:

• Empire Sofas of this stylistic direction belong to elite and status furniture. Luxurious massive products in the Empire style emphasize the belonging of their owner to the high society. Materials for the manufacture of such products are selected with special care. Carving, brass and bronze overlays, precious woods, decoration with precious metals and semiprecious stones are used as decorations.The main colors are silver, ivory, wood of light shades. Having seen a large number of decorative elements and a little motley upholstery, you will get the impression that such furniture was brought from the royal palace.

• Baroque. Sofas of this style have soft and smooth lines. They are made of high quality materials and decorated with carvings. This style suggests ergonomics. You can order such a product specifically for your physiological features and then you will get great pleasure while relaxing on the furniture in this style.

• Rococo uses a large number of decorative attributes: carving, stucco, a variety of patterns. Most often, this furniture is made in light shades.

• Gothic involves the use of expensive velvet, which is made in dark colors, for example, red, purple and black shades. Despite the fact that the products of this stylistic direction are not so much decorated with carved elements, they are more massive in comparison with the sofas of other directions.Along with this, gilded moldings or forged elements can be used as decorations.

• Neoclassical. The sofas, made in this style, differ smooth graceful and airy lines in comparison with other representatives of the classics. This element of the interior can be easily associated with traditional English or Italian furniture, as it incorporates the main features of the first four styles.

Due to the fact that the sofas, made in the classical style, most often belong to the premium class and are exclusive models, then expensive natural materials are used for their manufacture.

For the production of the basic elements of a classic sofa are used:

• Frame It is made of valuable wood species, for example, walnut, oak, yew, chestnut. Sometimes it can also be used plywood or metal additions (for the budget option).
• For filler individual spring mechanisms are applied, foam latex. For additional elements, such as pillows and armrests, hollofiber or compacted polyurethane foam can be used.

• As upholstery genuine leather or expensive textiles made in Italy or France are used, for example, it can be brocade, velvet or satin fabric.
• For decorating in addition to carved elements and stucco applied attributes of ivory and tortoise shell. If such details are present, then the cost of upholstered furniture increases several times.

It is very difficult to remain indifferent, having seen such a luxurious sofa. But acquiring an expensive, and sometimes exclusive classic sofa, you must weigh all the advantages and disadvantages of such a purchase.

The main advantages of classic furniture include:

• Long service life - thanks to the use of natural wood species, such a product can last more than a dozen years.
• Fashionable interior element - the classics never goes out of fashion, therefore the sofa, executed in a similar style, will always be a fashionable highlight of the room.
• It has increased comfort and convenience, as many items are made by hand.

To the main disadvantages of the classic sofa are:

• High costs for the purchase of such products.
• Expensive restoration work the more expensive and exclusive model you acquire, the more expensive it will be to repair, replace wood elements, and upholstery.
• Difficulties in transportation and transportation due to the large size and design, which practically does not understand.

Despite the high cost, such an element of the interior can become a family heirloom and is passed on from generation to generation, symbolizing the wealth and wealth of the family.

To create a concise design, made in a classic style, it is not enough just to buy a sofa, you must follow certain rules for the combination of furniture and its arrangement:

• The ratio of colors. Traditional colors of the classics involve the use of strict shades of white, milky, beige, brown, black tones. Bronze, brass, gold, tin and copper elements are used as metal attributes. Chrome or nickel-plated surface will look out of place and cause dissonance in such a situation, so it is better to abandon it. To add color accents, choose textiles made in green, blue, burgundy or terracotta.
• Draperies are the most important element of the classics. To create the impression of luxurious abundance, place a carpet on the floor, hang heavy curtains on the windows, use exquisite blankets. Textiles must be massive and expensive in appearance. You should be extremely careful, combining a variety of colors and patterns, so as not to make the room too colorful and screaming in appearance.

• Go to the selection of furniture, too, go in detail. It should also be made in a classic style and be made of solid wood or have wooden facades.The best option can be Italian frame facades. As additional elements, you can use columns, portals for the fireplace, carved supports.
• Details must also be selected with taste. Various lamps, statues, paintings, mirrors and flowerpots will become a natural decoration and addition to the room, which is made in the classical style.

A classic sofa can be located not only in a chic and status living room, a leather sofa will be a great place to relax and get energy in the office, and a small corner sofa can comfortably sit in the kitchen or in the dining room. Correctly select and combine elements of decor, and even royal persons will envy your room.

In this video you will see sofas in a classic style.