Sofa So Good: The Art of Outdoor Corner Comfort
Investing in a new corner sofa for your outdoor space can be a bit of a mine field, with thousands of options out there on the market. Fortunately, Nuvo Outdoor Living have curated a selected of the very best corner sofas on the market from the very best manufacturers, in one place, so you need to look no further. In this blog we discuss the different types of corner sofa, the varying styles, the different materials they are available in and how they can benefit you as an individual as well as your gardens design.
Starting with the different types of Corner Sofa, there are many things to consider when thinking about what type of corner sofa to go for. Is it going to stay outside 365 days a year? Do you want something that is light enough to move around the garden or put away for the Winter? Do you want a set that can be adapted and extended to suit yours or your families needs?
If you’re looking to add a corner sofa to your garden with a view to it staying outside all year round you want to consider something that is harder wearing, is waterproof or even better hydrophobic, such as the Harbour Lifestyle Luna Deluxe Corner Sofa with Rising Table.
If portability is the aim of the game, you may want to consider the Panama Luxury Large Corner Group in either Charcoal or Washed Grey. The set is solid enough to portray excellent build quality but is light enough to move around and adjust into any layout you wish. The cushions have a sleeve which slides over the seat back ensuring they stay fixed in place and the seat back itself folds into the seat base making it compact enough to stack and store away in the Winter.
Perhaps a set which can be expanded and adapted Is the order of the day. We’ve got you covered with the Nova Buddha Outdoor Fabric Sofa Set, which can be made into whatever shape or layout you’re looking for. Perhaps you’ve got a narrow patio but require seating for many guests, the Buddha can be arranged in whatever order you like. Even better, you can add to it with additional corner pieces, middle pieces and footstools. You have unlimited options with modular sets.
Moving onto the different styles of Corner Sofa available on the market. You can find more minimalist designs on the market, with low seating position, low coffee tables and side shelves, such as the Harbour Lifestyle Bar Corner Group Set. Maybe you’re looking for something which seats a little higher and has cushions which are near shoulder height, enhancing the overall comfort of the seating experience, in which case the Nova Vogue Corner Set with Fire Pit Table could be the one for you!
You can find corner sofas which offer flexibility by looking for sets with Rising Tables, these sets have the benefits of both casual seating as well as dining as the table mechanically raises and lowers to adapt to your needs. One of our most popular Rising Table sets has to be the Maze Ascot Corner Set with Rising Table & Ice Bucket. Fire pit tables are also very popular in the UK at the moment so with that in mind you may want to look at a corner sofa which comes with one included, our choice would be the Maze Amalfi Square Corner Set with Fire Pit Table and Benches although fixed fire pit dining tables don’t offer the flexibility of Rising Table. That’s where Rising Fire Pit Tables come in! New to the market and proving very popular, the Harbour Lifestyle Luna Corner Dining Set with Rising Firepit gives you the best of both worlds, a table that you can dine at or drop it down and voila, you now have a firepit coffee table.
Corner Sofa materials also play a major part in the decision making process of investing in a new outdoor sofa set. Does the material go with the rest of your gardens design scheme? What about colour, do you need something to match existing furniture? Material also goes hand in hand with longevity, do you pick your sofa based on its construction out of harder wearing material? Let’s discover what different materials you can find corner sofas in;
Rattan – a very traditional looking material, not as hard wearing but very well suited to traditional garden styles of the UK. A good example of a quality piece of rattan furniture is the Maze Oxford Large Corner Set.
Aluminium – a modern and contemporary material of which the corner sofas are definitely more suited to a more modern garden design. The hardest wearing of all of the materials on offer, you can also get aluminium sets in a variety of RAL colours to match existing furniture. Our choice for aluminium corner sofas has to be the Panama Luxury Small Corner Group with Teak Coffee Table in Charcoal or Washed Grey
Outdoor Fabric – Not something you often think of when considering a corner sofa for your garden but something which is quickly becoming more and more popular in UK gardens. Most of our Outdoor Fabric sofas are weatherproof, waterproof or hydrophobic (not allowing water to saturate into the cushions). The big advantage of outdoor fabric is you can have a sofa which looks like its designed for the inside of your property, but outside, creating the sense of your outdoor space being another room or extension to your property. Our choice of Outdoor Fabric corner sofa would be the Luna Deluxe Corner Dining Set with Rising Fire Pit
Rope Weave – Something a little different, rope weave merges traditional and modern together offering an alternative to the norm when it comes to outdoor furniture. Not as hard wearing as Aluminium or Cast Iron, but arguably easier on the eye, rope weave is becoming more and more popular as the seasons go by. Our choice for rope weave would definitely be the Palma Corner Dining Set with Rising Table.
Cast Iron – A more traditional material for outdoor gardens, cast iron is very hard wearing, is completely weatherproof and doesn’t even need covering up over the Winter, unless you’d like to of course. At the moment we don’t currently stock any cast iron furniture however keep an eye out for the range of Hartman cast iron furniture hitting our website in the new year.
Finally, lets look at price. An important factor in the decision-making process of furnishing your garden. Whilst we’d all like to have the most luxurious furniture in our gardens, that can’t always be possible. Nuvo don’t sell cheap furniture, the reason being we only want to sell furniture that is of the highest quality and furniture that arrives in the best condition, from the best suppliers. That said, Harbour Lifestyles Cordoba and Havana range of corner sofas start from just £949 and £848 respectively, making them extremely competitively priced with the benefit of them being from a company we trust in Harbour. Alternatively, at the other end of the spectrum we have the opulent and luxurious Luna, Palma and Eclipse ranges from both Harbour and Nova. These sofas come with quality guaranteed with no expense spared on the detail of every example.
To summarise, whilst there are many elements to consider when choosing which corner sofa to invest in for your garden, Nuvo have options for every style, material and budget. Why not take a look at our range of Corner Sofa options today or visit our new showroom, opening in 2024!
