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Ergonomic chair sizes

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Everyone knows firsthand what discomfort can cause prolonged sitting on an uncomfortable object, we encounter such a situation almost every day in public places, transport. Fortunately, we have a more welcoming space of our own home, where no one forbids the owner to organize the conditions for rest or doing any business as conveniently as possible, without any damage to the health of the ridge.

At first glance, most items of “sitting” furniture look rather straightforward, but the thousand-year history of their improvement is behind the simplicity. The evolutionary process, which lasted for centuries, ultimately turned a simple stone, driftwood into a modern product for seating, on the ergonomics of which the designers carefully worked. An important, but not the main task is to create a beautiful, long-lasting form, let's say a chair, the main thing is that it be the most comfortable for the body and allow a person to relax.

Furniture only then performs its main function, allows you to remove the accumulated load on the legs and spine, if its design is well thought out. As an example of a rather complicated, but at the same time very interesting subject in the design of furniture, furniture makers consider a chair, without which today it can not do, not a single kitchen, dining room or living room. A convenient width and height above the floor of the chair seat for rooms is called a size of 45 cm, and the comfort of its depth starts from 50 cm. The bar chair is not wider than 40 cm (circle diameter), but has grown to 75-85 cm.

Although the ottoman has not yet gained popularity of the chair, its versatility allows it to make a worthy company of sofas and armchairs, because you can not only sit on it corny, but also keep your legs relaxed here or use the ottoman as a coffee table. A spacious living room is simply impossible to imagine without a recreation area with a sofa and a couple of armchairs; they are assembled around a coffee table. Several people can communicate here with each other, in a comfortable chair, the distance from the edge to the back is 60 cm, between the armrests over 50 cm.

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On top of furniture items, where people can relax and socialize in the best way, certainly, His Majesty stands a sofa! If you intend to just sit on the sofa, you must have at least 50 cm of depth and a distance from one armrest to another of 130 cm. A wide sofa (from 180 cm between the railing), deeper than 60 cm, will allow a more complete rest in a lying position. the height of the backrest above the seat surface is more than 35 cm, and the sofa cushion itself from the floor is about 35-45 cm, depending on taste.

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