How to choose a leather sofa?

With this catalog you can have an idea of the variety of colors to choose your sofa leather.

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There are different types of leather that are used to cover the sofas. In general, leather sofas are not removable and to avoid ruin because of the heat is a good rule not put it near radiators.

For maintenance, many sites do you recommend ways and tricks to take the sofa like new. The ideal is often dust it, clean it occasionally with a damp cloth. If you want to avoid that the leather is dry you can use a cloth dampened with a little 'milk.

Each sofa Ditre Italia comes with a kit for cleaning the leather, "leather care kit" with full instructions for use it.

How to choose the covering and color of the couch?

The sofas in fabric have removable cover, the fabric is cool and pleasant even in summer.
Ditre Italia offers hundreds of colors to cover your sofa.

Are you undecided?
The architect Carmen Granata (from Lavorincasa.it, online journal on the house)give you some advises about the colors to cover a sofa.

To cover a sofa can be used more color coatings, tone on tone or contrast between them.

Blue is a color that goes with everything: you can combine with cream or white fabrics, but also with pillows in contrasting yellow or orange, which are complementary blue.
In modern sofas blue goes well with light woods like birch and maple and metal parts, but also to the cherry and walnut.


Red and orange are particularly suitable for modern sofas and chaise-longue, while the darker shades like burgundy, combine the best environments in style.
The furniture should be in light wood for modern style, in dark wood tones for the classic ones. In this case also the colors are combined with tents and coverings.


Natural colors like white and cream particularly stand out with a wicker frame.

Dark green goes well with the white furniture in cherry and walnut. It combines the classic style, and in particular with that country.


As for fantasies, big lines, especially in shades of green and dark red, are well suited for antiques.

Contest Sifasulsofà

Ditre Italia divani has launched a video/photo contest called Sifasulsofà.

Sifasulsofà in Italian means "you on the sofa".

To take part in the Competition, simply upload a photo or a video lasting no longer than 30" on the theme of "what I do on my sofa" on www.ditreitalia.com/concorso.

Photos and videos will be available to be viewed by all web users and can receive "votes" from said users who can click on their favourite photo or video.

PRIZES
The Competition's prizes are as follows:
First prize: weekend for two in a European capital (valid for travel until 30/06/2011)
Second prize: DitreItalia "Buble'" sofa
Third prize: DitreItalia "Karisma" swivel armchair

You have from 1 April 2010 until the end of 30/09/2010 to submit your photo or video for the Competition.

There are already hundreds of photos submitted by users. Some photos are sweet, some funny, but my favorite is this one! Homer rulez!


This is a beautiful promotional video of the contest, made in stop motion. There are four and you can find them on youtube.

Interni Kingsize 2010

Kingsize, supplement toINTERNI, the magazine of interiors and contemporaray design, april 2010


DITRE, design Stefano Spessotto. Bonton, divan with armrest movement mechanism, feet and base in wood with or without aluminium sheet borders, removable cover in fabric or eco-leather.

Download article.

No more stains on your sofa

Easyfab: infinitely small with great advantages.
A range of particularly innovative upholstery from Ditre Italia in Easyfab, a high-performance fabric in synthetic fibre manufactured according to the latest principles of nanotechnology so that it always retains its original properties, with its aesthetic quality and ability to provide the highest level of comfort. Easyfab has a special finishing that makes every molecule separate from the others. It provides numerous advantages: damage due to wear and tear and washing is restricted to separate molecules, without altering those around it.
Stains can be easily removed while it provides a particularly high level of transpiration.


Easyfab upholstery guarantees:
• High resistance to wear and tear, 100,000 Martindale cycles.
• Resistance to change, even after 30 machine washes.
• Resistance to stains including coffee, wine, soft drinks and greasy substances.
• Maximum water-resistance. Liquids can be easily removed even after many hours.
• Non-allergenic properties.
• Anti-bacterial properties.
• Transpiration.

For routine maintenance:
Remove any dust with a vacuum cleaner or a soft brush. Then wipe with a cloth or sponge dampened with just water and leave to dry. Finally, revive with a soft brush.



To remove stains:
Watery substances (e.g. coffee, milk, tea, etc): just remove with a dry cloth and absorbent kitchen paper without rubbing the fabric hard. In the event of persistent stains or penetrated stains due to excessive pressure, rub gently with a damp non-abrasive sponge and, if necessary, use a small amount of neutral soap. Then rinse thoroughly with a clean sponge.
Greasy substances (e.g. oil, fat, sauces, etc): just remove with a dry cloth and absorbent kitchen paper without rubbing the fabric hard. In the event of persistent stains or penetrated stains due to excessive pressure, rub gently with a damp non-abrasive sponge and, if necessary, use a small amount of neutral soap. Then rinse thoroughly with a clean sponge.
To wash, just use a very small amount of neutral detergent, avoiding any other additional substance.

The Easyfab fabrics used for our upholstery are Oeko-Tex certified. This guarantees that during manufacturing substances harmful to humans and the environment have not been used.

http://www.ditreitalia.com/

Ditre Italia divani

Ditre Italia is an italian company producing sofas and armchairs for Italian and foreign markets.

The site is available in Italian, English, French, German and Greek.

The DitreItalia Group believes that communication is an essential tool for relating to consumers and considers advertising a vital means of making itself known to the general public. Every year the Group presents its upholstered furniture ideas on the pages of sector-related magazines, developing advertising campaigns based on original and striking promotional adverts and concepts. The brand is made memorable and recognisable via bold communication strategies and considerable investment of resources in the Web, providing customers with continuously updated and detailed information.

From this year DITRE ITALIA is also present on social network.
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Youtube www.youtube.com/ditreitalia
Flickr www.flickr.com/ditreitalia