Isofa yinto ebalulekileyo kwaye ibaluleke kakhulu kwigumbi lokuhlala lendlu. Kubalulekile ukuba ukhethe uhlobo lwesofa efanelekileyo ngokufanelekileyo lonke uhombiso lwegumbi lokutyela.. Ngokunxulumene nemibala, unokukhetha ezinye ezichwayitileyo ezinjenge tyheli okanye iorenji okanye ukhethe eminye imibala engathathi hlangothi eyenza imeko yeeklasikhi ngakumbi kwigumbi lokuhlala lendlu.
Imibala engathath'icala yile isebenza njengesiseko sokwenza naluphi na uhlobo lokuhombisa, ngale ndlela imhlophe, beige okanye mnyama. Into elungileyo ngokukhetha isofa ngombala ongathathi hlangothi kukuba ayinasiphelo kwaye ilungele ukuhombisa igumbi lokuhlala nangaliphi na ixesha lonyaka. Imibala engathathi hlangothi iya kukuvumela ukuba wenze imeko ezolileyo kunye neyonwabisayo efanelekileyo kwindawo yendlu efana negumbi lokutyela.
Ukuba ukhetha isofa emhlophe okanye ye-beige, kuya kuba lula kakhulu ukudibanisa nezinye iintlobo zeetoni. Nasiphi na isitayile osikhethayo sihamba ngokugqibeleleyo ngale mibala, ngenxa yoko unokukhetha kwisitayile seediliya kwisitayile seshishini.
Kwimeko apho ucinga ukuba umbala wesofa uyadika kwigumbi lonke, ungongeza umbala kwii-cushion kwaye udibanise isofa ngokugqibeleleyo. Ngoku ukuba usentwasahlobo, ukhetho olulungileyo kukongeza ii-cushion eziprintwe ngeempawu zeentyatyambo.
Okokugqibela, kufuneka ukhumbule ukuba kukho imibala engathathi hlangothi kunye neminye emnyama, ngale ndlela beige okanye mhlophe zilungile ukufezekisa ukucaca kunye nokukhanya kwigumbi lokuhlala, ngelixa eminye imibala enje ngombala omnyama okanye omdaka ilungile kwimeko onayo abantwana kwaye awufuni ukuba isofa idyobhe ngokulula.