Edmonton families can order a majlis sofa made to measure from Sofhu, a manufacturer of Arabic majlis sofas and floor sofas in Türkiye. You send the wall lengths of your living room or basement, choose a layout and fabric, and the set is built with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam and shipped free to your Edmonton address. Ordering starts with a quote by measurement.
- Manufacturer
- Sofhu, made in Türkiye
- Fit
- Cut to the walls of your room
- Foam
- 32 kg/m³ (32 DNS), high density, spring-free
- Shipping to Edmonton
- Free
- Care
- Zippered covers, machine wash at 30°C
- Next step
- Send measurements for a quote
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Edmonton has had a mosque since 1938. It was the first built in Canada, founded by early Lebanese settlers, and their descendants are still here, joined over the decades by Somali, Pakistani and other Muslim families. A majlis sofa in Edmonton is not a novelty. It is a room people remember from a grandparent’s house and now want in their own.
Sofhu makes that room to order. The seating is built in Türkiye to your wall measurements and shipped free to your address. It comes in two forms. The Arabic majlis in the photos on this page is the raised one, upholstered units at sofa height with fixed backs and arm bolsters. The Arabic floor sofa is the low one, a seat mattress with loose back cushions and an ottoman.
An Arabic majlis in Edmonton homes
The reason to own one here is hosting through a long winter. Edmonton’s cold season is long and severe, and for months social life happens indoors: Friday lunch after prayers, a houseful for iftar, cousins visiting from Calgary for Eid. The city’s large Lebanese community, much of it on the north side, has kept those habits alive for generations.
Wall-to-wall seating suits that kind of hospitality. Everyone faces the centre, the tray of coffee or the platter of food goes in the middle, and there is always room for one more. For Lebanese and Syrian tastes, the low continuous sofa with back cushions described under Levantine Arabic seating is the closest match. A planning guide for busy nights is on the iftar and Eid seating plan page.
Bungalow or two-storey: where the set goes
The house type decides the layout more than taste does. Edmonton has many bungalows and two-storey homes, and a good share of them have a basement.
In a bungalow, the main-floor living room is usually the only large room upstairs, and it often opens straight onto the kitchen. Seating along the walls keeps the middle of that open plan free, as in the photo at the top of this page. An L-shape or two rows facing each other works when one side of the room is a walkway.
In a two-storey, the front room by the entrance is the classic guest majlis. Visitors are received there without passing through the family’s space.
In either, the basement can take the full U-shape that the upstairs cannot.
Remember that this seating belongs against a wall. A floor sofa in particular is not freestanding, because its back cushions lean on the wall, so an open-plan room needs at least one or two solid walls to work with.
Somali floor seating in Edmonton
Somali families looking for floor seating in Edmonton can order the same made-to-measure sets, in the fabric and colours they prefer. Edmonton has a sizeable Somali community, and for families who want an Arabic-style sitting room, the cushions and curtains can be ordered to match.
Sofhu can make the curtains, rug and floor cushions alongside the seating, so the room arrives as one coordinated design instead of pieces bought separately. The Somali Arabic seating page covers this in more detail. If you want the fuller Gulf look with bolster armrests between places, start from the Arabic jalsa page.
Foam and fabric for a room used all winter
A set that is sat on daily from October to April needs dense foam and a cover you can wash. Sofhu fills its cushions with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam and uses no springs. Density is about how much foam is in the cushion; denser foam generally keeps its shape longer. You can ask for a firmer or softer seat on a custom order.
For covers, dark velvet hides a winter of use and feels warm. Paler woven or linen fabrics lighten a basement with small windows. Every cover has a zipper and comes off for a 30°C machine wash.
Measure first, then message
Good measurements are the whole order. Before you contact Sofhu:
- Measure every wall the seating will touch, at floor level, corner to corner.
- Mark doors, closets, floor vents, baseboard heaters and low windows along those walls.
- Photograph each wall and the room from the doorway.
- Decide roughly how many people you host on an ordinary week and on your busiest day.
Then request a quote by measurement or send everything on WhatsApp. If an elderly parent will use the room, read the notes on floor seating for elderly guests first and mention it in your message.
Delivery to your door
Sofhu ships free worldwide, and that includes Edmonton. The cushions arrive vacuum packed in sealed bags. Cut nothing: open the bags by hand and the foam starts to recover its full shape.
Import duty or tax may apply under Canadian rules, so ask how it works for your address when you get the quote. Related reading: the wider Arabic sofa range, the Alberta page, Calgary, and the Canada overview.
