• Sofa covers
    • Aniline leather – The best leather for your sofa?
    • From leather to sofa cover
    • How to find the right sofa fabric!
    • Different types of fabric for sofa fabric
  • Sofa types
    • German Ostfriesensofa
    • Chesterfield Sofa
    • Ottoman, Recamiere & Chaiselongue
  • Care
    • Remove stains from the sofa
    • Cleaning sofa – 7 quick tips
  • Furnishing tips
    • 10 sofa manufacturer brand check
    • The big 5 colors for sofas
    • 5 examples of how to place your sofa
  • Buying advice
    • 15 tips for buying a sofa
    • How much should a sofa cost?
    • Buy modern sofa cheap
    • Dog sofa – favorite place for your pooch
    • Seat depth and seat height
  • Knowledge
    • The zig zag spring
    • Recover sofa – Is it worth it?
    • Diolen cover – briefly explained
    • Difference between sofa and couch
    • Light fastness of sofa fabrics
    • Making a sofa
    • History of fabric production
    • Leather production
    • Sofa – Glossary
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  • Sofa covers
    • Aniline leather – The best leather for your sofa?
    • From leather to sofa cover
    • How to find the right sofa fabric!
    • Different types of fabric for sofa fabric
  • Sofa types
    • German Ostfriesensofa
    • Chesterfield Sofa
    • Ottoman, Recamiere & Chaiselongue
  • Care
    • Remove stains from the sofa
    • Cleaning sofa – 7 quick tips
  • Furnishing tips
    • 10 sofa manufacturer brand check
    • The big 5 colors for sofas
    • 5 examples of how to place your sofa
  • Buying advice
    • 15 tips for buying a sofa
    • How much should a sofa cost?
    • Buy modern sofa cheap
    • Dog sofa – favorite place for your pooch
    • Seat depth and seat height
  • Knowledge
    • The zig zag spring
    • Recover sofa – Is it worth it?
    • Diolen cover – briefly explained
    • Difference between sofa and couch
    • Light fastness of sofa fabrics
    • Making a sofa
    • History of fabric production
    • Leather production
    • Sofa – Glossary
  • Information about sofas & upholstered furniture

The sofa advisor – many tips for your next sofa purchase.

Sofa-Advisor - Information about sofas

Are you planning to buy a new sofa? The sofa advisor helps you make the right decision with lots of information and tips. For a successful battle through the upholstery jungle.

Maybe you already have a clear idea of the type and appearance of your new sofa. But maybe you are still unsure because many questions are going through your mind. What is the best leather for my new sofa? What is the best way to clean my sofa and how do I get stains out of it? And what are the actual abrasion resistance and what quality does my sofa have to have? You’ll find lots of brief information in our sofa encyclopedia. You should definitely know our 15 tips for buying a sofa.

The sofa-advisor wants to give you tips and advice so that you can buy your dream sofa, your living room landscape or your Chesterfield with peace of mind and with as much background knowledge as possible. On installments or in cash is then the next question…
We hope you enjoy reading!

Zig Zag sofa springs
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  • 4 min
  • Knowledge around the sofa

The zig zag sofa spring – explanation with 5 examples.

A new sofa is often not immediately cut open to see the installed materials, such as the zig zag spring. Here you can only rely on the manufacturer’s specifications and…
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The processing of leather into a sofa cover
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  • How to find the right sofa cover

The processing of leather into a sofa cover

In the furniture sector, mainly cattle hides, mostly bull hides up to 7sqm in size, are used. For a sofa with as few seams as possible, it is necessary to…
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Ein Sofa neu beziehen erfordert viele Arbeitsschritte
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  • General

Reupholstering a sofa – is it worth the effort? These 13 answers provide information.

Interview with Christoph Kämmerer – owner “Rademann – Textile Interior Design”, Kiel on the subject of “Re-covering a sofa”. Hello Mr. Kämmerer, please introduce yourself and your company. My name…
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Sofa cross section: what is a diolen cover
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  • Briefly explained

Diolen cover – briefly explained

A diolen cover is a fabric made of polyester fibers and serves as a wear, or separating layer between the sofa fabric and the upholstery. It is therefore used in…
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Ottoman, Recamiere and Chaiselongue
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  • Knowledge around the sofa

Ottoman, Recamiere and Chaiselongue

There are many different types of sofas. But many designations are unclear. Who knows what a recamiere is and how it differs from an ottoman or a chaiselongue? Nowadays, the…
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Light fastness of sofa fabrics
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  • Knowledge around the sofa

Light fastness of sofa fabrics

If your sofa is not in the darkroom of an establishment, it is permanently exposed to light. The UV component of the light is responsible for the fading and decomposition…
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Sofa vs. Couch difference
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  • Knowledge around the sofa

The difference between a sofa and a couch

Yes, it exists: the difference between a sofa and a couch. However, it has virtually no meaning today. However, if you want to expand your useless small talk knowledge or…
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What costs a sofa?
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  • 4 min
  • Buying advice

How much should cost a sofa?

The purchase of a new sofa often depends on the available budget. In today’s interview with Kai Büker, Managing Director of Interliving Möbel Eilers in Apen, the question is how…
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Ein Hundesofa kann der Lieblingsplatz des Vierbeiners werden
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  • 6 min
  • Buying advice

Gone to the dogs – or why you will buy a dog sofa

Attention spoilers: The dog sofa will become the new favorite place of your four-legged friend. You read through tips and tricks about buying a sofa on this page and marched…
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