A corner to the kitchen with a berth, drawers and shelves for storing various things, a minibar and so on is the best option in solving the design interior of the kitchen room. This type of furniture is often a necessity for large families living in cramped conditions, where there is simply no place to get an extra bed.
Sofas for a kitchen with a berth, their features
Such a kitchen corner in furniture stores is slightly cheaper than a full-fledged room sofa, but you should not rush to put simple cheap furniture in the kitchen, it is better to look at the features of the product provided to us. After all, our proverb “measure seven times - cut once” is the best recommendation in this case. You can rush and save some amount, but then be very disappointed in your decision and regret that you were greedy.
The advantages of a sleeping kitchen corner are the following:
- Compact dimensions. Most people have a small kitchen, it is almost impossible to put a soft sofa, but a soft corner will be just right.
- Convenient design. A kitchen sofa with a berth is not made with high backs and large armrests. Most often, there is not even a back in it, it is replaced by removable pillows that are installed on a solid frame made of leather or fabric. There are no armrests at all - they are not needed in the kitchen corner.
- Kitchen sofas are not installed on the floor with their entire mass, but on the legs, which allows the hostess to calmly wash the floor under the furniture.
Folding kitchen corner with a berth
In all types of kitchen soft corners, the same decomposition mechanics is used, which has the name "Dolphin". Such a transformation mechanism is popular and convenient in daily use for small rooms.
Corner folding technology
At the bottom of the sofa there is a retractable platform, pulled with a special handle. This part of the corner in the disassembled position is securely fixed, forming a comfortable berth. The transformation technique is simple and easy, even a child can easily decompose the furniture.
A sofa-corner in the kitchen with a berth cannot be cheap either because it is created from solid wood materials, mainly from coniferous wood. This gives it strength and reliability and protects against displacement of moving parts of furniture. The remaining parts of the sofa can be constructed of chipboard or other material.
Additional containers
The kitchen sofa has special niches for storing bedding. In the side of the furniture there is a spacious compartment for things and various accessories, which in its volume is much superior to similar compartments of sofa-books. Access to this niche is made on the side of the structure. The side part is lifted and fixed at an angle of 1200. If the corners of the kitchen with a berth, the photos of which are presented in the article, are not used as a bed, they are a great place to store a variety of kitchen utensils and other household items.
Kitchen sofa cover
When choosing a soft corner in the kitchen as bedroom furniture, you should pay attention to its upholstery. For example, velor upholstery, although it looks beautiful, and it’s nice to sleep on it, but it quickly erases and becomes unusable. For kitchen upholstery, manufacturers use another, more practical lining, which is represented by the following materials:
1. Faux leather.
When monitoring the furniture market, the upholstered corner of the kitchen with a berth is most often covered in eco-leather. It consists of a cotton fabric, on top of which a polyurethane film is applied. Such a sofa cover is considered the most acceptable, since eco-leather stretches, but does not tear, it does not absorb moisture, but freely passes through it. A well-made leatherette is pleasant and warm to the touch. High-quality upholstery made of this material is no worse than a real leather cover.
2. Flock.
Often you can find on sale a corner in the kitchen with a berth, made of flock. This material is known for its simultaneous softness and rigidity, which allows to increase the service life of the external upholstery of the sofa several times in comparison with a leather substitute. A variety of patterns can be applied to the flock. Therefore, a corner from this material is acquired by people who do not like strict tones and monotony.
3. Chenille
Chenille material is no less popular. In its original appearance, it surpasses all of the above materials. Its differences are in unusual coloring and various patterns that give bedroom furniture a stylish and expensive look.
Recommendations of specialists
Most experts advise to leave various exotic options for the appearance of upholstered furniture for bedrooms and living rooms. Sofas for a kitchen with a berth are best purchased from a plain material that allows wet cleaning on it. This especially applies to small-sized rooms, where something can accidentally be spilled or scattered on a corner. If the furniture upholstery is made on a fabric basis, then any speck or drop of fat can spoil not only the appearance of the sofa and the mood of the owners, but also bring significant financial costs for restoring the upholstery.
Also, experts pay attention that a kitchen sofa with a berth is not the main object of the dining room. It should bear additional color burden and emphasize the background of the kitchen wall, household appliances, wall decoration and so on.
You can decorate a plain corner with soft removable pillows and covers, which can be washed separately or taken to dry cleaning.
Buy or order?
Thanks to a wide selection of various modern upholstered furniture, you can quite easily and simply choose an excellent corner in the kitchen with a berth. However, if there is excess finance, then the best option would be to order a kitchen sofa according to its parameters and requirements. After all, the owners have no right to make a mistake. Do not guess with the size of the furniture, what then do? For example, in the "Khrushchev" kitchen sizes are almost the same with a bathroom or a corridor. Therefore, the parameters and dimensions of the corner must be calculated to the nearest centimeter.
The remaining details of the sleeping sofa can be adjusted at the request of the customer. So, the depth of the seat can be from 40 to 70 cm, and the width of the unfolded structure - 90-130 cm. Also, the height of the furniture racks can be individually adjusted. Manufacturers can make various types of sofa cushions on order: a drop, a square or a rectangle covering the back of the sofa.
It should not be forgotten that the kitchen sofa can be installed not only in the home dining room, but also in the corridors, living rooms and other niches.
Conclusion
The corner to the kitchen with a berth is not just a luxury, but also a very useful acquisition, especially if the living space is small and the family is large. Also, such furniture is suitable when placing guests for the night.
Naturally, a kitchen sofa with a berth is an expensive thing (within 15-20 thousand rubles and above). But why throw money all the time to low-quality corners that are impractical and quickly fail? It’s better to recall the wonderful saying: "We are not so rich as to buy cheap things." After all, the described kitchen furniture has three advantages at once: a convenient and comfortable seating for the whole family, a sleeping area and an excellent capacity for storing various dishes and other necessary household items. In addition, upholstered furniture gives a stylish and rich look to an ordinary kitchen, which cannot but please the hostess.
Thus, acquiring a kitchen sleeping corner, we get three-in-one furniture. In addition, if the size of the kitchen allows, you can ask the manufacturers to add various bookshelves and departments for small items to the sofa.