Bedroom Sofas and Reading Chairs in Goa

The three spots that usually work are the window, the foot of the bed and an empty corner. By the window you get daylight for reading, but plan around the curtain so it can still close. At the foot of the bed, a low settee should be no taller than the mattress so the room still looks open. In a corner, a single armchair with a floor lamp and a side table is often more useful than a squeezed two-seater.

Leave at least 75 centimetres of walkway between the seat and the bed or the wardrobe doors. Measure the swing of the wardrobe before deciding on depth.

A comfortable two-seater for a bedroom is usually between 130 and 160 centimetres wide; a settee at the foot of a queen or king bed is typically the width of the bed or a little less. Seat depth can come down to around 55 centimetres for an upright reading seat. Because we make to measure, these are starting points — we draw the seat to your room.

Choose fabrics that breathe: cotton blends, linen blends, or a woven performance fabric. Avoid rexine or leatherette on a seat that sits in an AC room with sweaty skin on it in May — it gets sticky and can crack. Velvet is beautiful for a bedroom but needs airing in the monsoon.

Inside, ask for fillings that recover their shape and resist damp. Feather-blend cushions look relaxed but need plumping; firmer foam suits an upright reading seat. Raised legs rather than a skirt to the floor let air pass underneath and make it easy to mop.

A bedroom seat looks deliberate when it picks up something already there — the headboard fabric, a colour from the curtains or the rug. We can make the headboard and the settee in the same fabric so the room feels finished.