Buying the house furniture, many stake not so much on exterior how many on its quality. And it is clear — the situation not for few years is got. But time goes and demands novelty. Today's mode is very democratic and allows to leave old furniture, suggesting to replace only upholstery fabric.
Instruction
1. Choosing material for sofa upholstery, it is necessary to pay attention to its structure. Often, beautiful fabrics are synthetic that confuses adherents of natural. Well and, of course, the range of application itself dictates what fabric to choose for upholstery.
2. For nurseries and bedrooms fabric has to be cotton. Children's furniture is fitted cloth which is similar to calico. Here have well proved the Finnish furniture fabrics. The cloth with the stuffed children's drawing not just is pleasing to the eye, but also in addition develops the kid.
3. For sofa upholstery often buy tweel. It is fabric with diagonal weaving, cotton content in which not less than 100%. Tweel is monophonic, in strip and in the Scottish cage. At upholstery they are often combined that remarkably looks on furniture. It looks it is fashionable, new and fresh.
4. Fleecy fabrics, such as velvet and plush, were always popular at upholstery of furniture of living rooms. Now these matters replace with flock and velor. The flock consists of two layers — fabric basis and pile. This fabric very nobly looks, but over time loses the original form. Velor looks not worse than flock, but its surface always remains plain, without pellets. Besides, velor is remarkably cleaned — all spots on this upholstery are removed by normal cleaning agents.
5. Jacquards look richly and beautifully. This fabric is made of cotton and mixed yarn on the special equipment. Jacquard is both monophonic, and multi-color, and he is good not only for sofa upholstery. Portieres and draperies from jacquards look incredibly beautifully.
6. Upholstery fabric of alkantr is similar to nubuck and is widely used for furniture upholstery. This fabric not only well looks, but also is plain in leaving. However the alkantra is pure synthetics which is produced from plastic, by means of long chemical treatment. Naturally, ecologists oppose this fabric, but on sale it is always.
7. By the way, cotton fabrics are also exposed to chemical treatment for giving of durability to them. Besides, they are done water - heat - and dirt-resistant, and it is impossible without intervention of chemistry too. Therefore, buying even natural fabric, it is worth taking an interest in its environmental friendliness.
8. Some European textile companies produce fabrics for furniture upholstery without the slightest intervention of chemicals. It means that cotton for fabric was grown up without pesticides, was processed and bleached without chlorine, and has been painted by natural dyes. Besides, now there is completely eco-friendly color cotton. Its natural color can be beige, greenish, yellowish and orange.
9. All material is surely checked for toxicity. And on the purest fabric from impurity the badge of ecological security - BIO, EKO or GREEN is put.
10. Choosing material for sofa upholstery, it is worth studying samples attentively. Also there is nothing terrible in overpaying a little for quality fabric. It is much worse to spend for drugs then.