Sofas

This section focuses on sofas, sofa beds, love seats, modular sectionals, and various types of seating designs. Our reviews cover every style, size, shape, and price range including traditional fabric, micro fiber, and leather.

Sit a Spell: 10 Memorable Modern Sofas

The times, they are a-changin’. Gone are the days of overstuffed, overly-stuffy sofas with scratchy tapestries covering uncomfortable cushions atop overwrought frames; thankfully, today’s modern sofas suit a wide array of aesthetic leanings and range from minimal and sleek to luxurious and chic. Some designers are daring, like Hoops with their wire frames and Antonio Citterio with his modular approach, while others, such as Thackery for Anthropologie, simply update the classics like — for example —

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Love, Set, Match: 10 Fantastic Love Seats

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Make no mistake about it: right now, less is more. With the resurgence of love for the mid-century modern movement and all its airborne simplicity, not to mention the financial realities of the times in which we live, small is now big. With that said, today’s roundup of love seats brings an artful touch to the classic sofa, making each curve mean just a little bit more since there’s less space to work with to

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10 Sumptuous Fabric Sofas

It used to be that fabric sofas were the foundation pieces of overly-formal living rooms and overly-casual dens, either so tightly stuffed (and stuffy) or so dated and worn that they’re decidedly tragic from both a functional and aesthetic perspective. Today’s roundup, though, presents ten modern (and in some cases, retro-modern) pieces in simple patterns with smart (and occasionally sinewy) lines. Moroso, Kati Meyer-Brühl and Monica Förster have a little fun deconstructing the traditional sofa shape into

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Glory Days: 10 Modern Updates on Classic Futons

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Ah, futons. Remember those monstrosities from college that never quite looked like a real couch? Well, with modern design being what it is, today’s versions of the dorm room staple are streamlined, simplified, and — dare we say it? Cool. In today’s roundup, we found two superstars of the genre — one being (not surprisingly) the sleep experts at Serta who know a thing or two about comfort, and another being a company called Dania,

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10 Amazing & Creative Contemporary Sofas

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Creativity knows no bounds, and today’s roundup of out-of-this-world contemporary sofas is a perfect illustration of that fact. From the candy-colored gumball machine effect of the Tantisassi and the playfulness of the Cross Sofa to the fanciful flying carpet effect of the East Meets West, every element in this series is whimsical, fanciful and fun. Although only a few of them are sensible in any way, all of them sure are fun to look at.

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