Dr.Sofa The Premier Sofa disassembly and Reassembly Services

How to measure Furniture to make sure it fits your space

It's not easy to determine if a sofa will fit through a door or up a flight of stairs or into an elevator.


The most important lengths of the sofa are: the sofa width and the height of the sofa's back (the back of the sofa when you're sitting down - measure from floor to top of back).


• First, Measure the dimensions of the sofa: height, width and length, then you need to measure the height, from the floor to the top of the sofa's back.



• Measure the dimensions of the opening, whether it's a door or stairwell or elevator door.


If the sofa's back height is longer than the door's width, then the sofa's width will need to be narrower than the door's width.


For example, a door's width is 45" and the sofa's width is 48" and the sofa back height is 40". This means you can turn the sofa so that the sofa's back is facing the ceiling.


The sofa should slide through as long as the inside space will accommodate it (hallway or foyer).


If both the width and the back height are too long for the width of the door, then you need to consider the sofa's length. Measure the length of the sofa and the height of the door opening. The sofa's length will need to be shorter than the door's height.


Also check the entrance way to see how much room you have to maneuver - there should be at least a foot or more of space on either side of the doorway in order to shimmy the sofa through. If the inside space is a narrow hallway, the couch may not fit.


If for some reason, even after you have taken the precautions to measure you find that your Sofa doesn’t fit, or if you simply “must have that piece”, feel free to give us a call. At Dr. Sofa we firmly believe that size doesn’t matter and we will be more than happy to help you get that piece of furniture inside your home where it belongs.

Top 10 Romatic Movies Ever

In honor of Valentine’s day, we had a little poll in our office to find out  what were the top 10 movies of all time. This is what we came up with:

10- Sleepless in Seattle (1993) : What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you? This is the premise of this movie and that’s exactly why is so romantic! Fun fact: Meg Ryan  and Tom Hanks only share approximately two minutes screen time together. 

9- Jerry Maguire (1996): With catch phrases like “Show me the money” and “You had me at hello”, this flick,  starring superstars Tom cruise and  Renee Zellweger, has earned a place in pop culture and in our hearts.

8- Ghost (1990): This film has it all, Hot young Patrick Swayze, Everlasting love and one of the best love scenes of the decade. Messy clay. 'Unchained Melody.' Demi Moore and that perfect teardrop. Priceless.

7- Love story (1970):  He is a rich handsome jock, she is a beautiful free spirited girl, they stay together through big obstacles... but there is a twist at the end! And it’s a tear jerker, grab a tissue and enjoy!!!

6-  The Beauty and the Beast (1991): Yes, We know it’s an animated movie,  but who said just because you are animated you can’t be moving? This classic story about love conquering all maybe be geared to kids, but it can teach us all a lesson: Love goes beyond what meets the eye!

5- The Notebook : This story of star-crossed lovers  captures the heartbreak and beauty of enduring love, and it's pretty hot too.

4- 'Wuthering Heights' (1939): A classic love story with a classic leading man Lawrence Olivier, it’s the tale of the rich girl, Cathy (Merle Oberon)  who falls in love with a boy rescued by her father.  The barrier of class comes between them and eventually she marries a rich neighbor at which point Heathcliff (Lawrence Olivier) disappears. He returns several years later, now a rich man but little can be done.

3- Titanic (1997): This smash hit by director James Cameron, featuring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio is the perfect date movie, the special effects and the gorgeous Kate will entertain the guys while dreamy Leo has the girls occupy.

2- Gone with the Wind (1939): It’s one of the most famous movies on earth and one of my personal favorites. It’s an epic love story where the heroin is a feisty southern belle that after getting her heart broken, has a love affair with a rouge man, all of this in the setting of the civil war in the south

1-Casablanca (1942): This  story set in the beginning of World War II. The characters fall in love, when Ilda (Ingrid Bergman) thought he husband was dead, but after she finds out he is alive she leaves  Rick ( Humphrey Bogart) without telling him anything. Later on she comes to find him because she needs his help for them both to escape. This is one of the most romantic and iconic movies of all times.

That’s our top ten here at Dr. Sofa. We hope you have a beautiful and romantic Valentine’s Day. Here is  looking at you, kids! 

Dr. Sofa is featured by the New York Times

It seems that over time the furniture has been getting bigger and bigger, but the houses that we live in are not growing accordingly.

This posses a basic problem of how to fit in the furniture and is the subject of  a New York Times article "Relax there is Plenty of room"  in which our company Dr. Sofa was featured.

Here is an excerpt , you can read the whole article here:

Sofa stuck on a doorway

"....In some cases — particularly in New York, where doorways and elevators are narrow — big pieces bump up against simple laws of physics. Max Bar-Nahum, the director of sales and marketing at Dr. Sofa, a Bronx-based company that specializes in the dis assembly and reassembly of furniture, said he gets several calls a day from people who buy a couch or chair and discover it’s too big to deliver. The steel-frame couches made by B&B Italia and other modern designers bring him a lot of business. “You have no idea how big these sofas are,” Mr. Bar-Nahum said.

Granted, it can be hard to gauge the size of furniture in a store, where the ceilings are often high and the showrooms loft-like.
But retailers show no sign of dropping the biggest pieces from their lines, even at a time when many Americans are downsizing in response to the housing crash and recession. The median size of a new home, as of the third quarter of 2011, was 2,244 square feet, down from 2,308 square feet in 2006, said David Crowe, chief economist for the National Association of Homebuilders. He added that the square footage should level off at about 2,200 — a trend line that hardly screams Texas depth..."

Thank you to all of our friends for making us the preferred choice when it comes to dis assembly and reassembly your furniture!!!!!!!!!

Here is a video from our youtube channel about  Disassembly and Reassembly

Leather Repaint and Renewal Services

                If your leather furniture no longer cleans up, the finish is peeling or the color has faded, you are a prime candidate for our leather revival services. This is a  21^st Century developed complex process that produces excellent results. Dr.Sofa® also repairs damages such as cuts, tears, scuffs, burns and other minor mishaps. We specialize in pet damage!

           Leather furniture is normally long lasting and very practical. However, due to many factors like kids or pets or even just everyday wear and tear it can sustain some deterioration. Regular cleanings do help, but after a while the dirt gets into the grain. Leather can also become discolored from dye-transfer by clothing or scatter cushions.  You now have the option of Dr Sofa’s® innovative Leather Revival and Restoration processes or General Leather FurnitureRepair for worst case scenarios!

               We have developed a LEATHER REVIVAL process which our technicians use, to bring back the original finish and beauty. This process is completely eco-friendly, using water based paint and only the highest quality supplies.

Before

                This is a Cushion of a leather couch that came to our workshop for repair. As you can see in the first photo, there are a series of scuffs running across the front of this leather seat cushion. Notice also that the color has started to fade and is peeling off.

After

                   The second picture shows the leather cushion AFTER our procedure. The repair is virtually invisible and the damage is gone leaving only beautiful shiny leather. Our revival techniques were utilized to repair and re-dye the leather. Our process is guaranteed to extend the lifetime of your leather.

                    This video shows part of the process of Leather Repainting and Renewal and its results.

                 Come in to Dr. Sofa® where we have the knowledge, expertise and high skill levels demanded for this process.

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Five questions for furniture surgeon 'Dr. Sofa' Max Bar-Nahum

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-05-09/entertainment/29541910_1_furniture-apartment-movers

Documentary on Dr.Sofa by NHK "NEW YORK WAVE"

NHK and NEW YORK WAVE show present Dr.Sofa-How to reupholster and renew furniture's?

Dr.Sofa provides great furniture services to revamp old furniture's and bring them "back to life". Dr.Sofa with his professionals staff can provides any kind of furniture's service under one roof , at the " furniture spa and clinic" shop we do RE UPHOLSTERY ,REFINISH CUSTOM FURNITURE and more. NHK found Dr.Sofa services very unique and hard to find, the show was broadcasting over the globe and more than 20 millions viewer.

You can enjoy the movie and find more video's at :www.youtube.com/design2units

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