Oriental Arabic Sofas in Montana: Indoor Majlis for Winter

What does a detached Montana house give a majlis: one long wall, an L or a U?

A living room in a detached house often has two or three long, clear walls, and that is what an L or a U needs. A single run suits a room with one clear wall, an L takes two walls and a U takes three.

According to the ACS 5-year estimates, buildings of 20 or more units hold only about 4% of Montana's housing units, so a plan usually starts from a house rather than a flat. A house in a small town is measured and quoted like a house in a city, and the shipping steps are laid out in how a majlis is sized and shipped to American homes.

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Questions buyers ask

Can a majlis be delivered to a small Montana town, and is delivery shown on the quote?: A small town does not change the order: send the address with the wall lengths and the model you like. Delivery costs depend on your country and order size — your quote shows them before you pay. Montana has no showroom, warehouse stock or local agent; check delivery details before ordering.
Which seat thickness suits a family that sits in the living room every evening of winter?: Seats come in four thicknesses: 4 in (10 cm), 8 in (20 cm), 12 in (30 cm) and 16 in (40 cm). The 4 in (10 cm) and 8 in (20 cm) sets are the everyday choices, while 12 in (30 cm) and 16 in (40 cm) seats are usually made to order. At 16 in (40 cm) a raised majlis sits at about the height of a regular sofa.

What should a Montana quote request include?

In a house heated through a long winter, note every baseboard heater and floor vent on the sketch; the base can carry a cut-out for a vent.
Measure each wall that will take seating from corner to corner, and skip the doorways.
Send the lengths in feet and inches or in meters, with a quick sketch and photos.
Add the model you like and the seat height you have in mind.
Include your address, so the quote can say how delivery to it is charged.

Our guide to measuring a room for a majlis comes with a printable worksheet, and the majlis planner gives a first seat count from the lengths you enter.

People reporting Lebanese ancestry are about 58% of the Arab ancestry counted in Montana: roughly 1,027 of 1,783 people in the ACS 5-year estimates.

How do covers get through a long Montana winter?

The zippered covers can be machine-washed on a gentle 86°F (30°C) cycle with a mild detergent. Heat can shrink them, so I dry covers on a rack in a room, never over a heater or in a hot dryer.

Emerald green velvet floor seating turning a corner, with a square green ottoman and three floor pillows on a white rug — An emerald velvet L with bolster armrests and back pillows, a square ottoman and three floor pillows on a white rug.

A spare cover, a single piece or replacement foam can each be ordered on its own at any time, so replacing one worn part does not mean buying the whole set again. Solid colors are chosen from a numbered fabric color card. Ask us about fabric swatches and a foam sample before you order. Plain and trellis designs are shown in our velvet floor sofas range.

What does delivery to Montana look like, and what time is it in Istanbul?

The set arrives in several boxes, which may come on different days, and each box is tracked on its own. Mountain time covers all of Montana, so Istanbul runs 9 hours ahead in summer and 10 hours ahead in winter. Delivery to the US and Canada is by tracked express courier — ask us for the current transit estimate.

Delivery to the US and Canada is by tracked express courier — ask us for the current transit estimate.

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For US deliveries we prepay import duties and the courier's customs fees, so there's nothing to pay at your door. If a courier ever asks you for a duty or fee on this order, send us the notice and we'll settle it.

Montana time	Istanbul is ahead by	At 10 a.m. in Montana, Istanbul reads
Mountain, summer	9 hours	7 p.m.
Mountain, winter	10 hours	8 p.m.

Which Arab families does the census count in Montana?

People reporting Lebanese ancestry make up more than half of the Arab ancestry the census counts in Montana.

Place	What the figures show	Source
Montana	About 1,783 residents report Arab ancestry, about 0.16% of the state	ACS 5-year
Montana	About 2,930 counted as Middle Eastern or North African, about 0.27%	2020 Census
Montana	Lebanese about 1,027, about 58% of the total; Other Arab about 256, Egyptian about 224	ACS 5-year
Montana homes	68.8% single-family detached, 69.2% owner-occupied, median year built 1981	ACS 5-year
Billings	January high about 36°F (2°C), July high about 88°F (31°C), about 57 in (146 cm) of snow a year	Station normals 1991-2020

Is there a porch season in Billings, and what does it ask of the fabric?

Billings's station normals show about five months, May through September, with average highs between 64°F (18°C) and 90°F (32°C), so a porch set has a short season and spends the winter indoors.

Porch cushions need the water-repellent outdoor fabric, mostly in plain colors, because the regular fabrics are for indoor rooms.

Local questions

Can a velvet set be cut to my wall lengths?

Some ready-made, velvet and patterned models come only in standard 75 in (190 cm) modules with fixed backrest shapes, so not every design can be cut to custom lengths. Half-length seats of about 37.5 in (95 cm) help fill shorter walls, and the designer can say which designs allow custom lengths.

How many people does an L or a U seat?

A standard L seats about five to six people comfortably, and up to seven. A U-shaped set with about 224 in (570 cm) of seating seats around eight to nine adults. A longer wall adds seats, so a made-to-measure plan can seat more.

What happens after I send my wall lengths?

The designer replies with a layout and a quote built from your lengths. Custom orders start with a layout plan for your approval. Before production, the model, every measurement, the seat height and the fabric code are confirmed with you.