HOW TO MEASURE A CORNER SOFA?

A corner sofa is a fantastic choice of sofa for any home. Because it can essentially replace a two seater sofa + armchair setup, a corner sofa can save you quite a bit of money, without compromising seating capacity. There’s also the obvious space saving benefit, as corners that are usually under-utilised can now offer a relaxing place for you to stretch out those frayed legs at the end of a long day.

While corner sofas are fantastic in every way possible, you have to remember that you have to get them to fit into your home first!

Follow this quick guide to figure out how to measure for a corner sofa, to be assured that the corner sofa you buy can be brought into your home.

HOW TO MEASURE A CORNER SOFA?

If you are buying your corner sofa online from AbakusDirect, every one of our corner sofas has an illustrated depiction of the sofa’s exact dimensions, at the bottom of the product’s catalogue page.

If you are buying offline, you might have to take a measuring tape of yours, to manually measure out the dimensions yourself.

Once you have the dimensions like shown in the illustration here, you can begin to cross off the following checklist, to ensure that your corner sofa can be easily brought into your home.

HOW TO KNOW IF A CORNER SOFA WILL FIT?

• Weight – Most lifts can easily accommodate the weight of an entire corner sofa, but it doesn’t hurt to double check!
• Height – When made to stand upright, check if the sofa’s height will vertically fit into a lift, if you live in a multi-storied building
• Depth – Check if the sofa’s depth will fit through the breadth of a door, stairwell or lift
• Length – Check if the sofa’s entire length will fit into the space between your door and the wall on the opposite side of the door
• Diagonal Depth – Check if your corner sofa’s diagonal depth will fit through the width of doors and stairwells, as diagonal depth must fit if you plan to turn your sofa into places
• Other precautions – Check if the area around doors, stairwells or lifts have bulky or protruding installations such as radiators or meters that might hinder the movement of your corner sofa!

HOW BIG IS A CORNER SOFA? VISUALISING ONE IN YOUR HOME

While a corner sofa’s dimensions might give you a vague sense of how it will sit in your home, it makes sense to physically visualise it as well. How do you do this? With newspapers is how!

Measure out the depth and length of the corner sofa you wish to buy, on the floor space where you plan to place it. Now, cut out newspapers to fill out this space. Though this little hack won’t let you visualise your corner sofa’s height, it will at least give you a good sense of how snugly or voluminously it fits into your living space.

While the newspapers are laid out, you can also open and close doors or walk in and out of doors to get a feel of how ample a space there is around the corner sofa!

Now that you know how to measure for a corner sofa, it’s time to shop for one! Browse through AbakusDirect’s very popular corner sofa selections here, featuring over 50 very popular, affordable and comfortable models!