When buying a sofa, you like the style, design, and material, and then you can place an order? Wait, did you ask for the size? Are you sure that the sofa you bought is really suitable for the living room? Like my cousin recently encountered: the 3+1+chaise longue black walnut sofa he bought was not suitable for his living room.

The sofa he wanted to buy was shown in the picture. I looked at the picture and wondered if the length of this model was more than 3 meters. Then my cousin said that the merchant said this model was about 3.3 meters long, but the background wall he reserved to match it was less than 3 meters...

So in the end he had to choose to return the product and exchange it for the same style 3+ chaise longue specification, because after removing the single chair 1, the length of this sofa was within 3m.

Therefore, it is very important to figure out what size sofa is suitable for your living room. Here I will give you some knowledge about sofa size and living room size.

1. The area of ​​a small apartment is generally less than 75m², and the living room area is about 15-16m²

1. In a small living room, it is recommended to place a double sofa (or one that can barely seat three people) to match the coffee table and TV cabinet.

The size of a small living room is generally 4.5m long and 3.5m wide. The length of the reserved sofa background wall should generally be less than half the length of the living room, and the double sofa matching the background wall is generally within 1.8m in length.

2. You can place a double sofa in the middle of a small living room, and then place single sofas on both sides.

Single sofa size example

3. It is not recommended to place a regular three-seat sofa or a corner sofa with a chaise longue in a small living room.

For example, a regular three-seat sofa (three people can sit without being crowded), the length is 2.2m-2.5m

Forcing a three-seater sofa into place will take up more than half of the length of a small living room, making it difficult to leave space for you to move around in the living room.

The corner sofa with chaise longue is placed as shown in the picture. The length of the sofa should be at least 2.5m, and generally more than 2.7m-3m.

After placing a sofa with a chaise longue, as long as you add a single-seater seat, the whole living room will feel crowded.

2. The area of ​​a medium-sized apartment is generally between 75m² and 100m², and the living room area is about 25m²

The living room of my cousin's house is of this size, and there is enough space for a sofa background wall of 3m or more.

If the sofa wall is less than 3m long, only a 3+chaise longue three-seater corner sofa can be placed.

But if the length of the sofa wall is greater than 3m, it is also suitable to place a single sofa to match the corner sofa.

In addition, a medium-sized living room can only place an ordinary three-seater sofa (without a chaise longue or a single chair), but if three people sit side by side, the communication between the three of you will be hindered. (The person in the middle will become a wall)

3. The area of ​​larger apartments is generally 100m²-130m², and the living room area is more than 25m².

Only in a living room of this larger size would it be suitable to place a black walnut sofa like the one my cousin liked.

If the reserved background wall in a large living room is less than 4m, then it is suitable to place a 3+1+chaise long 4-seater sofa that is more than 3m long.

If the reserved background wall is 4-5m, you can place another single-seat sofa.

In short, before buying a sofa, the first thing to do is to figure out the size of your living room, or the length of the reserved sofa background wall, so that you can know what size sofa to buy in advance, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation of buying a sofa that does not match the size. I hope this article can help you!