Left Or Right Sofas

[fruitsalad]

I cannot get my head around right and left handed corner sofa's I am thinking of purchasing one, can anyone explain it to me in a simple way plse.

[barry1010]

Depends on your room layout whether you need a right or left handed sofa, they are L shaped or a curved L shape.

[Old_Geezer]

Presumably they're for jamming into a corner ?

[barry1010]

Do you want the sticky out bit to be against a wall or in the middle of the room? If the sofa is going to be in the middle do you want the sticky out bit to be on the left side or the right?

[ummmm]

It's like a 3 seater and a 2 seater joined. You chose if you want the 2 seater on the left or the right.

I couldn't have one in my living room. If I have left it'll be too close to the fire. Right would make getting in the room a bit tricky and wasted space.

[barry1010]

I don't like them but each to their own. I had one in the 70s, brown and orange stripes. Enough to put anyone off

[AuntPollyGrey]

If I were you I would get a two separate setees. I've never been in a room yet where the corner sofa has not looked over-powering. You can still put them in the corner, with a nice side table in between them with a lamp on.

[ummmm]

Barry...sounds like the one we had. Did it have a storage table in the corner?

They work best if they have two plain walls to go against.

[barry1010]

At least with two sofas there is room for everyone's legs to stretch out

[barry1010]

No storage table, ummm.

[Old_Geezer]

Tell you what FS, just get the furniture builders in to measure up your room and get a bespoke fitted sofa in place ;-)

[ToraToraTora]

Ok my mate fell foul of this, apparently a left/right hand return is the long side not the short side. So if you stood behind the long side, if the short side is on your left then it's a right hand return and vice versa. Probably makes sense to sofa makers!

[royfromaus]

You can get corners suites that are equal on both the left and right side.

[Apc2604]

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I don't like them but each to their own. I had one in the 70s, brown and orange stripes. Enough to put anyone off

Snap! I now have two sofas - a two seater and a three seaters and no armchairs. It works quite well. They definitely aren't orange and brown like my 70s corner unit, which we sold with the house.

[barry1010]

If the sides are of equal length then it is neither left or right, it can go in any position

[barry1010]

Apc, I also have a 3 seater and 3 seater, no armchairs and not a stripe to be seen :)

[royfromaus]

barry1010
If the sides are of equal length then it is neither left or right,
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Thanks for that barry...I had no idea.
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barry
it can go in any position
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Actually, it can only go in 1 position.

[barry1010]

roy, if the sides are of equal length you can have either side in the same position. One side will 'bend' to the left, the other to the right.

[pixie374]

//What is a Left Hand / Right Hand Corner Sofa? A left-hand Sofa means the Chaise (Long part) of the sofa is on the left-hand side of the sofa, if you were stood looking at it, and vice versa for a right-hand sofa.//

Google says the opposite, ttt?

[royfromaus]

barry1010
roy, if the sides are of equal length you can have either side in the same position. One side will 'bend' to the left, the other to the right.
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Bazzer...it's my sofa, my room and I'm telling you it can only go in 1 position.

[ToraToraTora]

pixie this is what I wrote: "So if you stood behind the long side, if the short side is on your left then it's a right hand return and vice versa. "
Now look at this picture
https://www.gloucestersofasandbeds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1c2.jpg
if I stood behind the long side then the short side would protrude on my right. yet the sofa is described as Left Hand facing, That's what I mean.