Sofa Fabrics: Which One Is Right For Your Home?
Comfortable, cosy, plush, cool or luxurious? When it comes to choosing the perfect fabric for our sofas, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the choices available. With each individual fabric offering its own unique set of styles, properties and characteristics, it can be hard to match the perfect fabric with your specific home, interior design style and routine.
Should you opt for something timeless, decadent and elegant – a fabric designed to catch the eye and make a statement in your living space? Or perhaps you should choose a fabric that’s child-friendly; something easy to keep clean, that’s bright and colourful and ready for playtime?
At Milola, we know that the right sofa can be the difference between a happy, comfortable home and an impractical one, and in our guide today, we want to break down the options available for your sofa fabrics, and help you choose the perfect material for your home.
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Choosing furniture is a big decision. That’s why we offer up to four free swatches of your favourite fabrics, leathers, or woods - so you can touch, see, and compare finishes in your own home before you buy.
It All Starts With You
As with any big decisions for the home, the first thing to consider is you. What does your normal at-home routine look like? Is it time spent playing with children and pets on a cosy, practical and family-friendly sofa, where snacks can be eaten, juice is often spilled and paw prints are a common occurence?
Is your sofa a space of relaxation and rest, however? A place of reading, recuperating, reclining and simply enjoying the softness and stillness of your calm, serene home?
You might even consider your sofa a space for hosting – for those impromptu family drop-ins, cosy coffee mornings, late night chats over glasses of wine and celebratory occasions spent together in your living room, snuggled up on your perfect sofa.
The fabric you select for your sofa should serve as a reflection of both the routine you have and the environment you wish to create, whether you see your sofa as a play space, a reading nook, a catch-up corner or something else altogether. The fabric should work for you, in as many ways as possible, from the cleaning and maintenance process to the texture and feel of the material under your hands.
When to Choose a Luxury Sofa Fabric
For those looking for a refined, elegant and luxurious sofa fabric, the range of materials and colours available is generous. From soft velvet to sumptuous chenille, these higher-end fabrics are a beautiful choice for sofas designed to make an impact.
The T-PAD Modular Sofa from Twils, shown above, is a stunning, modular sofa design with clean architectural lines and inviting proportions that is pulled together here perfectly by a bold velvet fabric and is customisable in a range of shades to fit to your existing style. The smooth finish of the velvet adds to the overall impact of the T-PAD Sofa and delivers something comfortable and inviting, yet striking and timeless at the same time.
Designed for homes of cohesive, classic and bespoke interior design styles, luxury fabrics can help to elevate a living space, bringing a tangible feeling of opulence to even the most minimalist of sofa shapes. Whilst still easy to care for and clean, their natural finish allows them to stay looking quality and stylish over years of use.
When to Choose a Cosy Sofa Fabric
For many of us, the sofa is the place to curl up, watch TV, nap under a soft blanket, enjoy a good book or simply relax after a long day. We want our sofa to feel like an extension of our bed, something welcoming, comforting and soft.
Cosy fabrics like bouclè, wool blends and cotton are great choices for sofas that really feel like home. With our cosy sofa fabric options, your living room can be transformed into a haven of softness, comfort and relaxation – from the JUSTUS Sofa in white bouclè to the beautiful Twils KAMARI Sofa.
Ideal for those spaces where comfort is the priority, cosy sofa fabrics also have the added bonus of durability, with bouclè in particular having a high Martindale scale score, being able to withstand up to 100,000 rubs over time. Finally, these thicker, more dense fabrics are the perfect accompaniment to chilly Swiss winters, keeping that comfortable warmth at the very heart of your home.
When to Choose a Practical Sofa Fabric
Whilst many consider ‘practical’ to be the antithesis of style and comfort, our selection of sofas here at Milola offers a beautiful range of both – delivering on both effortless style and family-friendly practicality in one. With fabrics such as polyester, vinyl and leather offering low maintenance, easy-to-clean properties, sofas in these fabrics are typically popular with families and those with pets and young children.
Cooling and relaxing in the summertime, leather is a great choice for sofas such as the AVENUE Modular Sofa from Twils, or the HUGO Sofa from SITS, offering durability, style and comfort without sacrificing those important practical elements too. With a rich selection of colours available, these essential fabrics can be perfectly customised to suit your interior style, from rich dark vinyls to light, neutral polyesters.
We know how important your sofa is in the everyday routines of your home, and finding a fabric that’s soft and inviting but still works practically in a busy family home can be a game-changer.
How Can I Explore The Right Fabrics for My Sofa?
At Milola, we believe that finding the right fabrics for your soft furnishings should be about more than simply checking a box or clicking an image – it should be a process of feeling, understanding and really experiencing your fabric before making your final selection.
Through our online Swatch Selector at Milola, you can order four free fabric swatches of your choice to be delivered straight your door – allowing you to explore each material in person and in your home. With easy to navigate categories and collections, divided by colour, fabric, price and style, you can choose from a library of swatches from our partnered brands.
We know how much your sofa means to you, your family and your home, and we’re here to help through every step of the decision-making journey. Whether you’re searching for the perfect leather couch, a cosy bouclè corner sofa or an elegant velvet modular, our curated sofa collections are a great place to start your search.
Feel free to speak to one of our team for more information, check out our site to take advantage of our Swatch Selector or book a visit to our showroom to experience a selection of our beautiful sofas, in person.
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