A Reading by HanaModular Floor Sofas & Teddy Couches
Measuring a cream and dusty rose velvet floor sofa, piece by piece
Four pieces of foam, two colors of velvet, one sunny corner. Most floor sofa measuring goes wrong by treating it as one object.
The quick answer
To measure a modular floor sofa, measure each piece rather than the wall: the base length and depth, each backrest's height and length, and the bolster against the base depth. This cream and dusty rose velvet sofa is four pieces, a long base, two upright backrests and a short bolster, so it needs four sets of labeled numbers.
SaveFour pieces of foam, one low line
This sofa is four pieces of foam. A long base. Two upright backrests. A short bolster laid across one end as an arm.
Each piece is cream velvet in the middle and dusty rose at the ends. The rose goes where hands and heels land. At floor level the end blocks take the knocks, so the darker color sits there. The cream center keeps the whole modular floor sofa light against a warm plaster wall.
Nothing in the corner rises above the seat. The trailing pothos, the open paperback, the ceramic mug and the chunky cream knit all stay on the floor. The eye settles low, where the sitting happens.
Late sun comes through sheer linen. The rose in the velvet repeats that warmth, and that is the idea worth copying: let the end color appear once more in the room.
What will your floor sofa sit against: a wall, a window, or open floor?
Pinned by Hana in the sunny corner
Five marks on the photograph, from the color-blocked backrest to the book on the floor.
- Color-blocked backrest
Rose side panels on a cream center hide the edges hands touch most.
- Bolster armrest
A short bolster laid across the base doubles as an arm and a lumbar rest.
- Dusty rose base end
The end blocks take the knocks at floor level, so the darker color goes there.
- Chunky knit throw
A heavy knit adds texture next to the smooth velvet.
- Book and mug
Props kept on the floor keep the eye at the sofa's low height.
- Color-blocked backrestRose side panels on a cream center hide the edges hands touch most.
- Bolster armrestA short bolster laid across the base doubles as an arm and a lumbar rest.
- Dusty rose base endThe end blocks take the knocks at floor level, so the darker color goes there.
- Chunky knit throwA heavy knit adds texture next to the smooth velvet.
- Book and mugProps kept on the floor keep the eye at the sofa's low height.
What to measure, and where it goes wrong
Start at the floor
Measure the wall or window the sofa will sit against, then mark what must stay clear: a door swing, a radiator, a floor vent. Where it goes wrong: expecting a hole cut for a vent. The workshop makes the seat in pieces around it instead.
Measure the base
Length along the wall, depth front to back, thickness last. Where it goes wrong: sending two bare numbers. Label each one so nobody has to guess which is the depth.
Measure each backrest
Height and length for each one. On the floor-couch style, backrests run 4 to 5 in (10 to 13 cm) thick. Where it goes wrong: sizing backrests to the wall. Two backrests side by side should add up to the base length.
Size the bolster to the base
Laid across the base as an arm, the bolster's length follows the base depth. Where it goes wrong: ordering it long, so it pokes past the front edge.
Mark the color split
Note where the second velvet starts on every piece. Here the dusty rose sits on the backrest sides and the base ends, where hands and heels land.
Have it made
Have this made — ask Hana’s workshop
A good size is a quiet thing. You notice it only when it is wrong. Let the workshop check yours first. — Hana
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