Kitchen sofas with storage box: types and selection criteria

The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in any home. It is necessary to devote a lot of time to its arrangement. When designing a kitchen space, it is important to pay due attention to all components: the headset, and the decorations, and lighting. Many people put a sofa in the kitchen. It, like all other objects, must be chosen correctly.

Today, many people are faced with a lack of squareness in their home. That is why it is not so easy to choose the right furniture. You can put a sofa in a small-sized kitchen, but it must be compact, otherwise there is simply no place for it. In more spacious rooms, it will be possible to place a large, solid sofa of a suitable style and color. In both cases, the spacious storage systems provided by the furniture design will be useful.

A kitchen sofa with a storage box is a very useful and functional piece of furniture. Even a small sofa can comfortably accommodate several people at once. The provided storage systems will allow you to place in them all things that did not find space in cabinets or on shelves, as well as hide them from prying eyes. Usually, additional drawers or pull-out / folding mechanisms in such furniture are completely invisible.

Sofa mechanisms and designs may vary. If it is not possible to put furniture with a drawer, since it will be inconvenient to use it in a small kitchen area, you can choose models with a seat that rises up and opens the storage. There are many variations of these products. It is important to take into account all their design features and nuances, especially if you are furnishing a small-sized kitchen, where every centimeter counts.

Kitchen sofas equipped with storage boxes are very popular today, as they can be selected not only for large, but also small rooms. We will find out what the advantages of such pieces of furniture are.

• The sofa in the kitchen will be very convenient to use. It will be able to accommodate several people at once, which will come in handy if there is a table next to it. With a good sofa, you can skip a lot of chairs in the room.
• The boxes, which are present in many models of sofas, will allow you to store a large number of different things in them. Some people choose to store bedding, kitchen utensils, and even groceries there.
• Many sofa models have an extra bed that can be pulled out or unfolded.
• The sofa is not only a privilege of a large room. Today on sale you can find compact or corner models that not only do not constrain the space, but also make it more practical and organic.
• The kitchen design, complemented by a matching sofa with storage systems, will look more complete and complete. In some cases, upholstered furniture can be used as a bright accent.

Sofas with drawers have their own weaknesses. It must be remembered that upholstered furniture in a kitchen will definitely get dirty. For such environments, you will have to select only practical models that are easy to clean. Leather specimens will be optimal, but in most cases they are expensive.

Seating on kitchen sofas is usually cramped. This is especially true for small models designed for small rooms. For a large company, you will still have to prepare additional chairs, because everyone is unlikely to be able to fit on upholstered furniture.

The range of sofas for the kitchen is striking in its diversity. The choice of consumers is presented by many different models, differing in style and color, and in materials of manufacture, and in design. Let's take a closer look at what types of sofas can be chosen today for the kitchen space.

Beautiful and trendy options. They allow you to save free space in the kitchen and have impressive storage systems. L-like options are ideal for small kitchens - they can accommodate many people at the table. Often in such models, an additional sleeping place of a decent size is provided.

Storage boxes in corner sofas are often spacious and roomy. Usually the storages are folding. In them, you can leave a large amount of kitchen utensils or other things that were not found anywhere else. In addition, corner sofas often provide various additions: from a safe to a small bar. You can find the perfect option for every taste and budget.

Classic sofa models, but less popular in the kitchen. With such furniture, the owners will have fewer opportunities to organically arrange all the components in the kitchen, and these options often take more useful space.

The set of functions for such furniture is not as impressive as, for example, in the case of corner options.Modular structures consist of several separate parts that can be interchanged at your discretion or transferred to other rooms. Most often, these sofa models are used to emphasize a certain style of the interior. They are more expensive than standard designs.

According to experts, the most spacious and spacious storage boxes are present in folding sofas., equipped with mechanisms of the book, eurobook and click-gag. True, for the listed models, you will have to allocate enough free space. In the case of a very small and narrow kitchenette, it is worth turning to stationary models with a drawer.

A sofa with drawers for storing linen or kitchen utensils must be chosen taking into account the materials from which it is made. For the kitchen, you should buy such models of upholstered furniture that are as practical, wear-resistant and reliable as possible., since it is in this room that many negative factors take place (temperature drops, high humidity).

• Chipboard. Cheap stuff. Not the most reliable and sturdy, but affordable. However, it contains formaldehydes that are hazardous to health. If you buy a sofa from laminated chipboard, then only models from raw materials belonging to the classes "E-1" or "E-0": they are more environmentally friendly.
• Plywood. Provided in more expensive sofas. Special moisture-resistant plywood is used in production - this material is suitable for the kitchen.
• Metal. Sofas on metal frames show themselves to be strong, durable and reliable. These models often include a fold-out or pull-out berth, as well as convenient storage boxes. True, these species have an impressive weight and often leave marks on floor coverings.
• Natural wood. Furniture with such frames is of the highest quality and environmentally friendly. Woody bases last a long time and give off pleasant odors. True, such furniture is expensive (especially if it is made of rare species) and requires constant care in the form of treatment with antiseptic impregnations.

It is important to choose a sofa for the kitchen that has practical upholstery, which can be easily cleaned of the resulting dirt. The most unpretentious materials will be: leatherette, leather or eco-leather. You can easily remove any stains from their surface, armed with a damp cloth and soapy water.

The highest quality material is genuine leather. Sofas with such upholstery are expensive, but they serve for a long time and are unpretentious. Leatherette is less practical, because it “doesn’t like” temperature extremes, and scuffs quickly remain on it. Faux leather is an attractive yet delicate material that can be easily damaged.

With woven upholstery, the situation is more complicated. Even the most practical fabrics can be difficult to clean of stains, so you will have to use furniture with such upholstery as carefully and carefully as possible. For cladding, the following pile materials are most often used:

• velours;
• flock;
• chenille;
• artificial suede.

For the kitchen, the ideal solution would be a sofa stretched over a lint-free fabric:

• jacquard;
• tapestry;
• skochgard.

The kitchen sofa should be equipped with high-quality and practical filler that will keep its original shape. Experts say that polyurethane foam is the best option. It holds its shape perfectly, is wear-resistant and durable.

Kitchen sofa, complemented by a spacious drawer, should be selected based on a number of main criteria.

• The quality of the materials. Choose only environmentally friendly and safe sofas made from non-toxic raw materials.Try to give preference to models, the design and upholstery of which will not deform and lose their presentation in the kitchen. Buy only practical models that can be easily cleaned in case of contamination.
• Build quality. It is important to make sure that the selected sofa is assembled "conscientiously". Check the working order of all mechanisms present in the furniture. Open the drawers, pull out the sleeping place (if there is one). During these manipulations, the sofa should not creak or crunch, nothing should stagger or move inhibited.
• Size and design. Measure your kitchen before buying your sofa. It should not interfere with movement around the room or take up too much free space. Furniture design should harmoniously fit into the existing environment.
• Brand. Buy upholstered furniture from well-known brands that value their reputation. Branded sofas can be expensive, but they will please with high quality and long service life.

For information on how to make a kitchen corner sofa with a storage box with your own hands, see the next video.