Carriage coupled sofas: features, models and choice

In recent years, a carriage screed of furniture upholstery, especially sofas, armchairs and wall coverings, has again entered into fashion. With the help of furniture attributes with a carriage screed, you can decorate a variety of rooms and interiors. This technique of upholstery is very popular with true connoisseurs of luxury.

The carriage coupler, also called capitone, has been widely popular for more than one hundred years. It is believed that she came into fashion during the use of French aristocratic carriages in the XVIII century.

In the old days in Europe sofas and armchairs with a carriage screed could be afforded exclusively by noble and wealthy people, Today, such furniture attributes are much more accessible to the masses. Previously, such a processing technique was used only for expensive and noble fabrics, for example, for velvet, which was often upholstered in sofas, today a carriage screed is performed on a variety of fabrics, including even budget materials.

In products with a carriage screed, there are always decorative nails with wide furniture hats. Buttons are often made of the same material as the upholstery itself, but there are often cases when they are made entirely of metal. Today you can also find rhinestone buttons.

Carriage screed of sofas and armchairs:

• fits perfectly into any interior, giving it an aristocratic appearance and a special magnificent appearance;
• will make any interior “premium” and emphasize the taste of homeowners; moreover, it is very comfortable to relax on such sofas;
• can be very diverse, because it is made on velvet, suede, leather, artificial leather and some other budget materials.

It is also important to note that sofas with a carriage screed are very strong, durable and wear-resistant, but provided that they are made by professionals from quality materials. Many of these furniture attributes can become a family value. Masters note that the carriage screed after time and if necessary, it is quite possible to repair and restore.

Of the minuses of a carriage coupler, the following can be noted.

• This technique is quite expensive, if you trust its implementation to professionals. Also, the high price often consists of the fact that the craftsmen have to work with fragile and expensive materials.
• Such furniture is very difficult to care for. If a sofa with a carriage screed is made of leather, you can easily wipe it with a damp cloth, but you will have to tinker with suede and velvet, especially in hard-to-reach places.
• Some budget fabrics from which the screed is made may crack or burst over time, and tears may also be noticed on the couch.. Usually this applies to very thin fabrics and plain weaves, but there are also cases when artificial leather “crawled”.

Today you can custom-made or purchase a ready-made sofa with a carriage screed in the following forms:

• semicircular;

• straight;

• angular;

• modular;

• couch.

Also a sofa can be:

• folding (sofa bed);

• non-folding (2-, 3-seater);

• without armrests and with them.

Carriage screed can be performed on:

• natural fiber materials;
• synthetic and artificial fabrics.

Of the materials for quilted finishes, the most relevant are:

• leather;

• suede leather;

• velours;

• velvet;

• shenill;

• jacquard with a variety of prints;

• flock;

• imitation leather.

Choosing this or that material should be based on the available budget, as well as the planned design in the room. As for the colors of sofas, today there are a great many of them. You can choose the color of the upholstery both among natural shades and "acidic", which is not the first year in fashion.

By design, the carriage screed can be made with squares or rhombuses, depending on the idea. Sofas are appropriate in this technique in both classic and modern interiors. However, the latter should be carefully thought out, rarely a carriage screed can be found in high-tech style. But in interior design minimalism, art deco or loft such sofas can look very good.

When selecting upholstered furniture, you should first carefully approach the choice of upholstery material. To maximize the cleaning time, preference should be given to well-washable fabrics, on which dust, for example, to the skin, is least sticky. Leather sofas are very durable and easy to clean.

Small sofa with a carriage coupler can be skillfully placed in the hallway or small living room. If the style of the apartment or house is classic, then the color of the sofa is better to choose in calm and natural shades, and if modern, then you can give preference to something that stands out, for example, black or red sofa.

Ready-made direct sofas with a carriage screed, you should choose in large premises, for example, in combined kitchen-living rooms and studio apartments, while corner and semicircular should be placed in those rooms where space should be competently saved.

Sofa couches with a carriage screed are very compact, usually they are placed in places of rest, often near the fireplace.

Concerning modular sofas, then they are best made to order. Such models have a built-in folding mechanism, and therefore they can easily replace a full berth.

Designer models of sofas can best suit the design of a room already developed by a specialist. Such furniture attributes look very advantageous in classic interior styles.

Sofas with a capitone always look elegant in classic interiors, for example, for the English interior, the use of a sofa with a carriage screed and rounded armrests is typical.

A light (milk or gray) sofa with a carriage coupler can successfully fit into the loft style. It can blend in with the textured brick walls of the room.

Often, a carriage screed can be found in the interior of Art Deco. We recommend that you pay attention to the indigo sofa with gilded legs.

Luxurious and pompous sofas made of natural materials most often show off in the interiors of Baroque. We recommend that you take a closer look at the sofa and armchair with the capitone, which are made of soft pink material and complemented with decorative pillows with buttons.

See how to make a carriage screed with your own hands in the video.