The Leather Sofa World, Signature Range

We are committed to providing high quality leather sofas and suites at incredibly low prices to the private and public sectors. We like to keep our customers up to date with our news and views and today we would like to tell you about our new Signature Range. The Signature Range is our series of supremely crafted top of the range leather sofas , suites and recliners. The models in the range including the ‘Emperor’, ‘Royale’ and ‘Monarch’ are fast becoming some of our customer’s favourites! With many of our Signature Range being made from high class Semi Aniline leather (take a peek at our guide to leather types for more info on this) there is no wonder why they have become so popular as it would prove difficult to find sofas of this level at the same incredibly low prices anywhere else! Our Signature Range sofas are all derived from stylish Italian designs and feature pocket sprung cushions which are made from independent springs allowing them to adjust individually for phenomenal comfort and support, alongside solid wooden feet and not to mention their incredible pricing!

Take a look at our website now to see for yourself how affordable one of our new Signature Range of sofas . With more and more items being added to this range it really is worth checking out as the feedback that we have had from our customers regarding the quality of the sofas has been stupendous! But don’t take our word for it – take a look at our customer testimonials page to find to read their views!

Guide To Modernising Your Home

Leather Sofa World is committed to supplying high quality low priced leather sofa suites and furniture to our customers across the UK. We try to keep up to date with ongoing issues that our customers face that relate to home living. Many of our customers want to bring their home up to date and in the world today most things are modernized, be it interior design, clothing or even music. We think of being modern as being in trend with the latest fashions and being in style. Modernising things can make life easier, it provides a beautiful look to one’s life and in terms of home decoration there are a lot of modern things that are created to put this contemporary feeling in to our homes.

If you look around you can see the difference of the past and the present in a lot of things. By looking at some pictures in your photo album, you can see it on how an individual may have dressed then and how that person has changed today. We must accept the truth that nothing is permanent in this world so we need to adopt those modern things that are now being introduced.

If we are going to talk about clothing, almost every month the trend is fast changing. Though it may be too expensive to be in trend, there are things that you can be in fashion with but don’t need to spend a lot of money. Modernising a home is one way of putting yourself into the trend without breaking the bank. Instead of spending a lot of money buying fashionable clothes and shoes that can be obsolete in the future, why not spend some time and money making your home modernised ?

Modern furniture will help you make your home into a stylish place to live, and, the trend in fashion on homes has a longer time span than the fashion on clothing. In this way you can always be in fashion having a beautifully designed house. Use modern furniture as a start of blending other things in your home. You can read some magazine or surf the internet so you can have an idea on how to start designing your home. Choose styles and decoration that will fit the architecture of your home and those things that you want to have in your living space.

Leather Sofa World has a fantastic range of sofas, beds, glass and wood furniture all for unbelievable prices so why not take a look at www.leathersofaworld.com now to see how you could catapult your home in to a chic place to live!

7 Top Tips To Buying Your First Sofa

Leather Sofa World not only provides exceptionally low discounted leather sofas and furniture, we also like to advise our customers on what sofa choice may be best for them by offering professional advice and opinions. Our 7 steps to buying your first sofa are a few suggestions about what you should take in to consideration if this is your first time buying a new sofa.

1) Budget: It is really important that before you even start looking at sofas that you decide what your maximum budget is to spend. Be realistic with what sort of investment you want to make in a piece of furniture that will hopefully last for a number of years. Once you have organized you budget you may be surprised at what you can get for your money!

2) Space: Don’t make the mistake of being disappointed when your chosen sofa won’t even fit through your door! Measure carefully your doors or windows to make sure that you will manage to get the item in to your living room. It’s also vital that you choose a sofa / suite that is not going to completely take over your room, so have a good idea about how much space you have to play with and how much of this space is going to be filled up by your chosen sofa. For small rooms why not think about purchasing a corner sofa unit? These are compact and a real space saver - take a look at our ‘Rio’ model which shows this brilliantly.

3) Users: Who is your sofa going to be used by? If you live on your own you may feel that you only need maybe a single 2 or 3 seater sofa, if you are a family with children then you may want to opt for a 3 piece suite to accommodate for all those people.

4) Comfort: It is imperative when selecting a new sofa that it is comfortable for you; after all, you are going to have to sit on it practically every day for the next few years! The majority of our leather sofas have pocket sprung seat technology made from independent springs allowing them to individually adjust to your body weight and position for a supremely comfortable and supportive seat.

5) Leather: When buying a leather sofa you should always do a bit of homework to see what type of leather you are actually buying. For more information on this you can check out our blog on Leather Types. It is important to keep in mind that leather does need looking after so we strongly recommend our leather care kits to make sure that you get the best out of your sofa for years to come. Also, little things like keeping your sofa away from heat sources that can induce cracking and splitting of the leather is a great way to keep it in good condition.

6) Rented Accommodation: If you are living in rented accommodation it is critical that your sofa meets British Standard UK Fire Regulations as it is against the law to have an unsafe sofa if you are renting. All of Leather Sofa Worlds products exceed these regulations as safety is a major priority when we select our new sofa ranges.

7) Style: Remember that you are going to have to live with your sofa for a few years to come so choose a style that will wear well with the future trends that may come about…for example…in five years time will you still love that lime green low backed sofa that you love so much now? Maybe not, so think wisely and purchase something that will blend in with whatever décor you may subject your home to in the future!

Leather Sofa World advises taking these 7 factors in to consideration before buying your first sofa

Guide To Leather Types

Leather Sofa World not only provides high quality leather sofas and furniture for remarkably low prices, we also like to keep our customers happy with researching in to commonly asked questions to try to give a better understanding of issues that we deal with on a regular basis. Many customers question what different types of leather there are as descriptions nowadays contain all sorts of names for the material that has been used to make the product. The following are the main types of leather that you would usually find sofas being described as and we will explain a little more about them as we go along:

Top Grain Leather: This is the outer most layer of the hide, considered to be the best cut and of a much higher quality to split leather due to its higher resistance to damage.

Split Leather: This is leather is made from the lower layers of the hide that lie close to the flesh of the beast. It is split away from the upper layers and is generally more fragile in that it is not as durable as the higher quality grains and can be prone to splitting with continuous wear.

Aniline Leather: This is leather that is coloured all the way through with a transparent dye, only the best hides can be used for this as the transparent dye allows for the beasts natural scarring/markings to show through.

Semi-Aniline Leather: This is Aniline Leather to which a protective coating is added leaving more of an even colour and ensuring that the leather is at less risk from damage and staining.
Corrected Grain Leather: This is leather that has been buffed to remove imperfections which is then covered with a pigment and finish that provides a uniform man made grain to ensure that the same pattern is shown throughout the product.  

Bycast Leather: Made using either Top Grain or Split Leather it is ironed out very smooth to remove a lot of natural graining and then coated heavily with a protective seal that enables easy cleaning and protects the surface from damage.

Bonded Leather: This is an artificial product that is made from around 80%+ real leather fibers (often derived from workshop scraps). The fibers are mixed with latex binders and finished with a man made ‘grain effect’ look. This type of leather is much cheaper than most of the other types of leather and a quality example can be hard to distinguish from real leather.

Faux Leather: This is not made from leather at all. It is made from PVC and is designed to look like leather but is very inexpensive and can often be recognisably different from leather. It is easy to clean and varies in quality.

So, we hope that this introduction in to the different types of leather may have been of use to you whilst deciding what type of leather sofa is suitable for you. For more tips please sign up for our blog to be sent to you directly to keep up to date with new products, Leather Sofa World news and articles in relation to leather sofas, furniture, design and research that we have carried out.

More detailed information about leather is available from the BLC Leather Technology Centre

Predictions For Living Room Style Winter 2008 / 2009

Leather Sofa World understands the needs of their customers so as well as offering astonishing discounted prices on many of our sofa and furniture ranges we also like to keep one step ahead in the fashion stakes. Through research in to the upcoming ranges of leather sofas and furniture becoming available on the market, this winter we predict that all that glistens will be gold – well, antique gold! We will be seeing a sudden step away from shiny steel and chrome finishes that have made such an impact on the way we present our homes. Gone are the perfect right angles and loud colours!

This winter it is all about going back to nature – imagine natural woods, burnished bronzes, dirty golds and tree bark browns, added to a hint of creamy straw and your there! This new wave of relaxing and rich colours will bring warmth and life to your home and we have a few items that may come in useful for you to achieve this look! Take, for example, our range of Shesham wood products made from the finest Indian rosewood that will add instant atmosphere and authenticity to your surroundings. Couple that with one of our unbeatable value chocolate brown or cream leather sofas to make a central relaxation place for you and your family – all you need now is some rustic looking mirrors and a shabby chic gold chandelier to finish the look!

Stand out from the crowd and enhance your home this winter using Leather Sofa Worlds predication for Winter 2008 / 2009 – you can visit our site to discover our new ranges to complement your living space now.

Beating The Credit Crunch

With so many increases in bills and rates at the moment with the current ‘Credit Crunch’ situation its becoming increasingly difficult to find good deals on home furniture that will really save some pennies - if not pounds - as a number of large retailers are hiking up their prices to cover their huge overheads. As a purely online retailer, at Leather Sofa World we have stuck to our incredibly low prices and are still making even more discounts day by day! 

We can afford to do this because we don’t have the expense of running multiple showrooms; we do in all online from one site. That’s also how we promise to deliver within 7 days – we keep a huge stock off all of our ranges in one place and our own drivers deliver straight to you – simple! With things looking drab for the near future in relation to energy costs and the like at least you can rely on us to continue providing quality leather sofas at exceptional prices.