We find many of our clients would prefer that their entertaining areas focus on interacting with each other rather than to be consumed by the distraction of watching television.
In our projects, we have been developing an alternative to maintain the living area and separate a purpose-built room expressly for enjoying watching television. By using a built in sofa, we are able to comfortably seat large groups of people in a conversation pit style configuration within a small footprint.
The key to this design is a sofa that functions differently to most on the market. We often find the sofas that serve an ornamental purpose and look great in an open plan living space are not well suited to the lounge style sitting typical for watching TV. The alternatives are lounge sofas which are more often than not, total eyesores. Either of those options seat 3 or 4 at the most.
B.E Architecture’s response was to design a custom built-in sofa for our clients. The design looks first at the proportions and angle that supports the specific reclined posture for lounging and will be comfortable for even the longest movie marathon or binge watching the latest season of your favourite TV series. The design is tweaked to line two walls within the room to seat up to 10 or 12 when needed. Paired with a blackout curtain, built in speakers and a projection television it’s like an intimate movie theatre.
We took the built in sofa idea to the Leonard and his custom upholstery team at Arthur G who produce quality furniture hand crafted in Melbourne. We worked with Leonard to develop the design details and perfect the level of comfort in the foam density. The custom built in sofa has now been successfully installed in three of our residential projects. In each installation, we have tweaked the design to respond to the individual needs of the clients to optimise comfort, functionality and aesthetics.