Guide To Measuring Your Home For A New Sofa

Whether you’re redecorating or moving into a new home, getting a new sofa is always a cautious move. Asides from the thoughtfulness required for choosing color, comfort, and style, the primary concern is how the new sofa will fit into your space. It is not uncommon to find homeowners struggling to move things around after buying a new leather sofa and furniture. 

This is because they paid little attention to the living area and furniture fitting before placing the order for a new couch. As comfortable and pleasing as a new sofa may be, getting it through the door or up the stairs can be exhausting (if at all it goes in). In this sofa measurement guide, you’ll find essential steps to ensure your sofa fits nicely into the home without any hassles.

Identifying Vantage Spots For Measurement

1. The first step to measuring how a new sofa will fit into the home is by checking for the dimensions of the couch itself. This product information is usually available on the website you’re ordering from. Don’t fret if this is unavailable as we’ll show you how to measure a sofa below.
2. After noting your new sofa dimensions, the next step is to identify where you will place the couch. This helps to determine the route through which you will bring the sofa in. You will need to measure the width of any obstructions such as doors, hallways, staircase spaces, and lifts to see if you can move your sofa through them without difficulty.
3. You will also need to measure the intended location of your new sofa to ensure you have enough room for it. This can be done by mapping out the sofa dimensions with cardboards or old newspapers. Also, try to ensure that key locations like windows, shelves and socket plugs are not obstructed by the sofa. Your sofa should complement existing decor rather than ruin it.

How To Measure

Now that you know the measurements to take, it is essential to know how to measure each side of the home and couch. This can be a bit tricky and should be done carefully to avoid hitches when your couch finally arrives.

• Measuring The Door Space: 

Doors represent the primary source of obstructions when moving your sofa into a new home. From the front door to other entrances in the home, door frames are unbending and require skilful adaptation. You can calculate your door space by measuring from the lowest tip of the frame to the ground (height) and from the farthest ppoints of the two opposing pillars (width) while the door is fully open. The same process can be repeated for doors, lids and elevators.

• Measuring The Stairs:

Stairs are a bit tricky to measure, depending on their structure. You can measure the height of an individual flight of stairs from any of the initial steps to the lowest point of the overlapping ceiling while measuring the width from the wall to the inner part of the railings. On the other hand, if your home has a stairwell, you’ll need to measure the depth of each landing (the inside of the handrails to the beginning of the next flight of stairs), as well as the height and width (same process as above).

• Measuring The Sofa:

Lastly, the sofa. The most important part of the fitting process is identifying the sofa measurements. You can get your sofa dimensions from the retailer or by consulting a sofa measurement guide. The dimensions for a standard sofa size include the length (of the back cushions), height (from the ground up), and depth (distance from the wall to the leg area when sitting). 

However, things are different when taking the dimensions for a corner sofa. You can take your corner sofa bed measurements by treating them as two distinct sofas to simplify the measuring process. The hack to getting corner sofas into the home is by starting with the larger end. Once the larger end fits, you’re good to go.

Conclusion

After measuring the above, you can draw up a table to compare the sofa dimensions with different parts of your home. This enables you to identify areas of concern and where to expect difficulty. The measuring process is time-consuming and strenuous, so enlisting our trial service and home accessibility for a more straightforward setup is advisable. You can also place orders for our bolt-on sofas to make the moving process easier.

Written by: Liam Goddard

Liam Goddard is a furniture expert with many years of experience in this industry. He knows the business inside out and is always keen on exploring new solutions and possibilities - that's what makes him the best person to ask whether you're interested in the newest trends on the market, furniture design, or manufacturing process.