furniture industry overview anneli reinok. the furniture sector comprises: – living room furniture...
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Furniture Industry Overview
Anneli Reinok
The furniture sector comprises:
–Living Room Furniture–Bedroom Furniture–Kitchen Furniture–Drawing Room Furniture–Dining Room Furniture–Entryway Furniture
Living Room Furniture By Usage
• Do you primarily watch television in the Living Room ?• Do you entertain guests in the form of good
conversation in there ?• Do you invite friends for using the bar corner in the
living room ?• Do you do a lot of reading in the living room ?• Do you do other activities in there ?• Will guests be sleeping in there ?• Do you play games in there ?
Various Types of Living Room Furniture
• Living Room Chairs• Living Room Sofas• Living Room Tables• Living Room Beds• Living Room Cabinets• Living Room Stools• Living Room Racks
Types of Living Room chairs
• Armchair• Bean Bag Chairs/Bean Bags• Canopy Chairs• Club Chair• Easy Chair• Folding Chair• Home Theater Chair• Recliner Chair• Rocking Chair
Living Room Chairs- Home Theater Chair
• For all movie and TV buffs, a home theater chair is ideal as an accent chair in your Living room. It is a kind of reclining chair.
Living Room Chairs-Bean bags
• Bean bags or bean bag chairs are unique and considered as necessary piece of furniture used for simply relaxation.
Living Room Chairs-Club Chair
• The club chair is a furniture classic that invites lingering conversation or long hours with a book.
Living Room Chairs-Canopy Chair• Canopy chairs are
normal folding chairs with a canopy or a covering over them. These type of chairs are usually used as beach chairs, lawn or garden chairs but can also be used in the living room as a decorative accent
Living Room Chairs- Recliner Chair
• A reclining chair is a that type of a chair whose back reclines. In other words, it is a kind of an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it.
Living Room Chairs-Easy Chair
• An easy chair is any large comfortable chair which is typically upholstered.
Living Room Chairs-Armchair
• An armchair is a chair with side structures to support the arms or elbows.
Living Room Chairs- Folding Chair
• Folding chairs offer comfortable and space efficient seating in a living room
Living Room Chairs- Rocking Chairs
• A rocking chair has the legs mounted on a curved rocker so that the chair can sway back and forth.
Living Room Sofas• Three Seater Sofas
– The living room sofas with three seats have approximate measurement of 2000mm X 1000mm X 700mm that can differ for customized needs. The dimensions of a three seat sofa includes the side arms
• Two Seat Sofas – The two seater sofas for living room are sometimes also referred to as
love seats. These living room sofas measure approximately 1600mm X 900mm X 700mm. They are mostly preferred for small living rooms
• Single Seater Sofas – One seat sofas measure approximately 1000mm X 900mm X 700mm.
In fact, a single seat sofa is included in living room sofa sets (these sofa sets have a three seat sofa along with two single seat sofas.)
Types of Living Room Sofas
• Inflatable Sofa• Loveseat• Sectional Sofa• Settees• Sleeper Sofa• Sofa cum Bed• Couches
Inflatable Sofa
• Inflatable sofas, also called as air sofas are manufactured in multitude of colors and in in many different styles and sizes. Most of the inflatable sofas are made of plastic and go very well with modern themed decor.
Loveseat Sofa
• Specially designed for seating two people, a loveseat is an important item of furniture in the living room.
Sectional Sofa
• Sectional sofa seating adds a flexibility and at the same time additional seating spaces.
Living Room Settees
• A Settee is considered as a long bench or medium-sized sofa with a back.
Sleeper Sofa
• A sleeper sofa can be anything from a full size sofa to an over-sized chair which can be transformed to a bed to accommodate guests because of a spring-mounted sleeper hidden underneath the seat.
Sofa Cum Bed
• Sofa cum Bed or a sofa bed has become an important component of modern living room furniture. A living room sofa bed is essentially a sofa whose seat unfolds to form a bed
Living Room Couches
• A "must have" item of furniture in any living room is a couch which is a very decorative and stylish and at the same time very functional
Materials Used in Upholstery• Upholstery Covering Materials– Upholstery Fabrics
https://www.interiormall.com/colors.asp– Upholstery Leather
http://www.neumannleathers.com/leatherinfo.htm– Upholstery Vinyls
• Upholstery Hardware: Upholstery Springs• Upholstery Paddings: foam, latex, polyfoam, upholstery foams• Upholstery Supplies: fasteners, glues and adhesives, shop
supplies, threads, etc.• Upholstery Trims: double welt, two color double welt trim
Using Leather in UpholsterySection A• Seat Tops• Inside backs• Cushion bands• Other sections that get
more use or stressSection B• Outside arms• Outside backs• Hidden bands• Other parts the receive
little or no flexingThe Flank• Outside backs• Non-wearing surfaces
Upholstery Terminology• Pull Down (also called a "Stretcher Cloth"): A strip of cloth sewed
to the bottom of the inside arms and inside back in areas that don't show.
• Deck: the area under the seat cushions• Arc springs: zig zag springs that are in the seats and backs most
modern sofas and chairs.• Tack strips: strips of cardboard or metal that have tacks embedded.• Fabric Cutting Direction• Railroad the fabric: this means that you are cutting from the side of
the fabric. The top of the fabric is across the other side of the fabric.
• Up the roll: the top of the fabric is up the roll. You cut all the fabric pieces with the top pointed up towards the roll of fabric
AbbreviationsUse these abbreviations to mark the back of the fabric pieces after they are cut.
• IA Inside Arm• OA Outside Arm• AF Arm Face• IB Inside Backrest• OB Outside Back • IW Inside Wing• OW Outside Wing• FDK Front Deck• FB Front Band• TB Top Band• CUSH Cushion top and bottom• Box Cushion Boxing• Zip Cushion Zipper• Cush W Cushion Welt
PREPEARING COVERS
The Order of the Work
• Inspiration– http://
artdthireault.blogspot.com.ee/2012/03/final-chair-design.html
• Skech• Technical Development (pattern making)• Sample Production• Try-on (fit, quality, style)• Sales man Sample• Show Room• Production
Creating the Patterns
• The measuring should take place at the stage where either the first or second stuffing has been completed
• Lay out paper or fabric on furniture frame, use pins
• Take off the paper or fabric. Label all details!• Adjust the patterns, add the notches• Cut out the details from chosen material• Sew the cover
Creating the Pattern
1. Covering the couch with muslin pieces2. Pinning sections together along seams3. Using a wide cardboard template to mark for the
added seam allowance4. Cutting out the pattern, adding notches for proper
alignment when sewing5. Completed muslin pattern, pinned together6. Completed prototype. Test fitting on the frame!7. Figuring out a troublesome intersection8. Making adjustments9. Making more adjustments!
Creating Patterns in Industry-1
• Patterns digitizing– Digitizing is the
inputting of hard copy pattern pieces or blocks into the computer
– Digitizing is the pattern maker`s method of scanning
Creating Patterns in Industry-2
• Pattern Industrialisation: – pattern
manipulation, creation and completing in the software
Creating Patterns in Industry-3• Marker Making is programm that allows
pattern pieces to communicate with the printing programm or cutters.
Software
• We use Lectra Software:– FormarisFurniture V6R1• http://www.lectra.com/en/furniture• http://
www.lectra.com/en/furniture/upholstered-design-product-development
– MarkerMaking V6R1
Course Action Plan
• Lesson 1-introduction• Lesson 2-3- training the software• Lesson 4- digitizing• Lesson 6-8 work with projects
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!