Velvet Floor Sofa Sets and How Velvet Lives in a Room

The atelier makes velvet floor seating in two looks. Solid Velvet keeps one color from seat to pillow, in shades from mustard and seafoam to brick red and gray, while Andalus Lattice sets a plain velvet seat under black-and-white trellis backrest pillows. Both are built on the same 75 × 27.5 in (190 × 70 cm) seat cushion used across Arabic floor sofa sets, and many families simply call the result a velvet majlis or a jalsah.

Velvet has a soft, smooth pile that makes a plain color look deeper and richer, while a woven kilim cover lies flatter and lets its pattern speak for the room. In a room that fills with afternoon sun I would choose a mid-tone such as mustard or seafoam, and keep the darkest shades for rooms lit mostly by lamps in the evening. Velvet catches light like still water, while linen keeps it soft and matte.

• Solid Velvet: one color throughout, square backrest pillows and small throw pillows, in more than ten colors
• Andalus Lattice: a plain velvet seat with black-and-white trellis backrest pillows, in navy, emerald, mustard, red or black
• Linen floor sofa sets: a matte, linen-look weave for rooms that want texture without shine

Each velvet seat cushion adds 75 in (190 cm) of seating and room for two to three people, so the three cushions of a U seat eight to nine. Whichever wall is seated second gives up one seat depth, about 27.5 in (70 cm), to the cushion already filling the corner. Foam also absorbs a measuring difference of around 2 in (5 cm), so a wall a touch shorter than planned still takes the set. Each shape is drawn wall by wall in majlis layouts.

The velvet sets in the range are made with seats 4 in (10 cm) or 8 in (20 cm) thick, and a single set can also take two stacked 4 in (10 cm) layers. Stacked layers stay loose, so the top one lifts off as a spare floor mattress when guests stay the night. Floor sofa seats also come at 12 in (30 cm) and 16 in (40 cm) for anyone at home who finds a low seat hard to leave.

Inside each velvet cover is a foam block with no wooden frame and no springs, so the cushion takes its shape from the foam alone. Seats use high-density polyurethane foam — ask us for the exact density for your build. Its feel is firm to medium-firm, and a softer or firmer filling is available if you ask. Every cover has a zipper and comes off for cleaning, so ask us for the care notes for your velvet color before its first wash.

• Seat cushion: 75 × 27.5 in (190 × 70 cm), 4 in (10 cm) or 8 in (20 cm) thick
• Square backrest pillows: set side by side along the back of every seat
• Armrest bolsters: round, 19.5 × 8 × 8 in (50 × 20 × 20 cm) each
• Pouf pillows: 27.5 × 19.5 in (70 × 50 cm), three with the full set
• Ottoman: a foam block of 23.5 × 23.5 × 8 in (60 × 60 × 20 cm), also with the full set
• Small throw pillows: included on every layout

Spare covers and single pieces, from one seat cushion to a single backrest pillow, can be ordered later through the Arabic floor cushions range.

Once a velvet set is part of the room, buyers tend to notice the depth of the color and the softness of the pile first. Under that soft surface the seat holds its shape rather than sinking toward the floor.

Confirm three things before production: the length of every wall, the seat thickness and the velvet color number. Custom orders start with a layout plan for your approval. Made-to-order sets take a little longer than ready ones — ask us for the current timing. Each set is sewn and finished in our Istanbul atelier, and every box ships with its own tracking number. If you are weighing fabric against layout, what shapes a majlis quote sets out what changes a quote.

1. Send your walls
2. We draw the layout
3. You approve, then we cut

Seat length, the number of pieces and the layout can all change to fit a room, though no single seat piece runs longer than about 75 in (190 cm). A longer wall is split into two or more equal cushions, which also lets each piece travel vacuum-packed.

Plain colors are chosen by number from the fabric color card, so a velvet set can be made in a shade that has not been photographed yet. Ask us about fabric swatches and a foam sample before you order.

A single velvet set needs one wall of about 75 in (190 cm) and seats two to three people, which suits a studio, a reading corner or a narrow living room. Its seat is about 27.5 in (70 cm) deep, so the set leaves most of the floor in front of it free.