Can You Feel Schplendid’s Sofa Springs?

It’s a fair question.

We talk about our eight-way hand-tied springs so much that people start picturing bare coils of steel lurking under the fabric — as if sitting on a Schplendid sofa might be like perching on a bouncy mattress in a scrapyard.

The short answer is: no. You can’t feel the springs. Not in the sense of bits of metal on your bottom, anyway.

Here’s what’s really going on beneath you. That glorious bed of hand-tied springs — the part we’re always banging on about — is buried under thick, natural layers of wool and coconut husk. Those layers are there to add softness, breathability and temperature control, and to make sure the spring bed works in silence. On top of that sits a plump goose-down cushion, which is basically the sofa equivalent of a fluffy cloud.

So, while there’s all sorts going on underneath, what you actually feel is the softest, comfiest seat imaginable.

What you do sense, though, is the effect of the springs — the perfect support, the even weight distribution, that little moment of bounce that makes you go “aaah” when you sit down.

That’s the whole point of eight-way hand-tied springs: you shouldn’t notice them. They’re doing their job if you don’t.

So yes — you can feel the springs in the Schplendid sense: the deep, reassuring give, the perfect balance between sink and support, the unmistakable “this is a proper sofa” feeling.

But can you feel actual steel? Absolutely not. Only comfort, craft and a teeny, tiny bit of smugness.