You cannot buy a majlis sofa off a shop floor in Richmond, VA, but you can have one made to fit. Sofhu, the manufacturer, builds raised Arabic majlis sets and low floor sofas in Türkiye from your wall measurements, with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam and zippered washable covers, and ships it free to Richmond and Henrico County. You measure, choose fabric and layout, and request a quote.
- Richmond shop
- None. Ordered online, made to measure
- Made by
- Sofhu, manufacturer, in Türkiye
- Shipping
- Free, to your door
- You send
- Wall lengths, openings, two photos
- Layouts
- Single row, L-shape, U-shape
- Foam
- 32 kg/m³ (32 DNS) high-density
On this page
Can you buy a majlis sofa in Richmond, VA? Not from a shop. There is no Arabic seating store to walk into here, and Sofhu does not have one either. What Richmond buyers can do is order direct from the maker: Sofhu builds the set in Türkiye to the measurements of your room and ships it free. This page is a practical walk through that process.
First decide which of Sofhu’s two products you want. The Arabic majlis, shown in most photographs here, is a raised set at sofa height: upholstered units with a solid base, tall fixed backs and arm bolsters. The Arabic floor sofa is a low cushion set, a seat mattress at floor level with loose back cushions and armrest blocks. Both are made to your walls.
Majlis sofa Richmond VA: buying without a local shop
Buying at a distance sounds like a risk until you look at what a shop would actually give you. A shop sells fixed lengths. Your walls are not fixed lengths. A set made to measure removes the main thing that goes wrong with wall-to-wall seating, which is a run that stops short of the corner or sticks out past a doorway.
Sofhu is the manufacturer, so your measurements go straight to the workshop that cuts the foam and sews the covers, with no reseller in between. The design is settled with you by message or video call. The hub on finding a majlis for sale explains how to compare sellers, and ready-made floor sofa versus custom majlis sets out the trade-off.
Start from the walls
Everything follows from the walls, because Arabic seating is planned against them. A floor sofa is not freestanding at all: each section leans on a wall or another solid surface.
- Choose the walls. Seating can run along one wall, two or three.
- Measure each one at seat level, corner to corner. Do it twice.
- Mark what interrupts the wall: doors and the way they swing, windows that reach low, radiators, vents, outlets.
- Measure the clear floor in the middle if you want a rug.
- Photograph the room from two opposite corners.
Write inches or centimetres beside every figure. The full method, with sketches for corners, is in how to measure a room for a majlis.
Layouts for Richmond houses and garden apartments
Many homes in and around Richmond are single-family houses or garden apartments.
In a garden apartment, plan for a single row or an L-shape. The living room normally has one good wall, a window wall and a door to the outside, and the seating should leave that door clear.
In a house, the choice is between the living room and a spare room. A living room shared with a television works well as an L. A spare room or den with three free walls can take a full U-shape, like the teal velvet majlis shown here, and becomes a proper guest room.
A mixed community with mixed tastes
Richmond’s Muslim community is a mixed one, with families from many countries in the city and in neighbouring Henrico County. No single style of seating belongs to the city. One household wants a formal velvet majlis for guests. Another wants a simple, soft set the whole family can sit and sleep on.
That is an argument for building from choices and not from a catalogue. With Sofhu you decide the fabric type, the colour, the pattern, the stitching details and the firmness of the foam. The custom majlis hub lists each option.
What the set is made of
The seat cushions are filled with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam, which the Turkish trade calls 32 DNS. The figure is density: one cubic metre of the foam weighs about 32 kg. Density is not hardness. It tells you how much material is in the cushion, and denser foam generally holds its shape and support longer. The cushions have no springs.
All covers are zippered and include their foam inserts. Richmond summers are humid, so removable covers earn their keep; Sofhu states they can be machine washed at 30°C. More answers are on Sofhu’s common questions page.
From quote to front door
Send your measurements and photos through the quote by measurement page or on WhatsApp, with the layout and fabric you have in mind. Sofhu replies with a plan and a quote. The steps after that are described in how to order a custom majlis online.
The finished set is vacuum packed, which keeps the parcels small, and shipping is free. See how a majlis is packed and delivered for what arrives. Duties or taxes may apply when goods enter the United States, so ask Sofhu about your order before you confirm it.
For the wider state, see oriental sofas in Virginia. The guide for Northern Virginia covers Afghan toshak sets and townhouse layouts.
