Modern design solutions impress with their originality. But often people prefer the comfort of the interior rather than fashion trends. Bean bag chairs combine these two main factors. They do not have a rigid frame in the form of plastic, wooden, or metal elements, but at the same time, the convenience and comfort of using such furniture are often higher than in classic options.
Types of Bean Bag Chairs
Innovations in interior design have become widespread; there are several types of bean bag furniture on the market.
- Poufs are convenient to use everywhere: as a soft seat, a footrest, and as an interior decoration as well.
- Bean bag chairs are common for filling children’s rooms. Depending on the shape, there are bean bag chairs, pear-shaped chairs, chairs in the form of a soccer ball, heart, and any other shape that imagination allows.
- Pillow chairs are used as a pillow for the head or as a soft pad on the seat of a chair or stool.
- Transformer furniture (beds, sofas) is produced by the manufacturer in the form of separate blocks for easy transformation, or as a single structure.
- Mattresses for beds or sofas that do not have a frame in the form of springs have become widespread recently.
Pros and Cons of Bean Bag Chairs
Bean bag chairs have a huge number of advantages compared to classic sofas.
- Comfort. The furniture takes the shape of a person’s body; such comfort cannot be felt in any frame construction.
- Safety. The absence of corners and rigid components eliminates the risk of injury. This is especially relevant as an argument for equipping children’s rooms.
- Mobility. The furniture is lightweight, even a child can cope with changing the installation location.
- Hygiene. Getting rid of dirt is quick and easy; just change the cover to a new one, and wash the dirty one in a washing machine.
- Durability. In case of damage to the outer cover, it is not difficult to sew it up, and complex technical breakdowns of such furniture are not terrible, since there is nothing to break in them.
- Preservation of the floor covering. The absence of legs and point loading does not spoil the floor covering during constant movement of furniture around the house.
- The disadvantages of bean bag chairs include the gradual loss of shape due to the compression of the filler. But this problem is easily solved by filling the cover with a new portion of the filler.
Choosing Bean Bag Chairs
To ensure that your new purchase will please you for a long time, familiarize yourself with the criteria for choosing bean bag chairs:
- The presence of a removable cover in the kit will facilitate hygiene and care for the piece of furniture.
- The material from which the outer cover is sewn affects not only the durability of the furniture. The convenience and comfort of use also depend on this indicator. For example, leather is more prone to deformation than thermojacquard. In addition, in hot weather, using a leather chair can be uncomfortable. The last but not least argument in choosing the material for bean bag furniture is safety. Study the quality certificates to be sure of the hypoallergenicity of the furniture.
The use of bean bag furniture outdoors requires a moisture-resistant coating. Such impregnation will also not hurt for furniture for a children’s room.
The assortment of bean bag furniture is wide, choose a design that suits the interior of the apartment or a specific room. Filler for bean bag chairs. This selection criterion requires detailed consideration: The choice of filler for bean bag chairs depends on the purpose of use and financial capabilities. The most common filler is polystyrene balls. Plastic beads are resistant to temperature and moisture, but over time they lose their plasticity. Polypropylene balls do not have such a drawback, they retain their shock-absorbing properties and return their shape immediately upon cessation of pressure. But this filler has a drawback – combustibility. Environmentally friendly fillers (sand, pebbles, beans) will make the furniture hypoallergenic, but do not forget about the convenience and comfort of use. Hard materials may not appeal to children, reducing the main quality of bean bag furniture – softness and pliability. If you have a sewing machine at home, a bean bag chair can be easily made independently, in the exact shape and size you need.