Lounge in Style: 8 Built-In Sofa Ideas
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A built-in sofa can add a level of customisation that truly elevates a home. By integrating sofas into hallways, wall alcoves, bookshelves and more, these designers created sofas that make the most of every square inch while complementing the style of the space. Take inspiration from these 8 built-in sofas and let us know in the Comments which one you’d like to curl up in most.
2. Alluring alcove
The design team at Chimera Interiors lined an alcove wall in this Los Angeles family room in walnut veneer. The bottom of the alcove features a built-in sofa flanked by bookshelves that double as end tables.
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The design team at Chimera Interiors lined an alcove wall in this Los Angeles family room in walnut veneer. The bottom of the alcove features a built-in sofa flanked by bookshelves that double as end tables.
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3. Sunken style
This lake house is Austin, Texas, designed by the team at Stuart Sampley Architect, features a minimalist kitchen with sleek concrete flooring and steps that lead down to a sunken living room. The built-in sofa with its white painted wood base and dark blue cushions makes for a chic hangout.
This lake house is Austin, Texas, designed by the team at Stuart Sampley Architect, features a minimalist kitchen with sleek concrete flooring and steps that lead down to a sunken living room. The built-in sofa with its white painted wood base and dark blue cushions makes for a chic hangout.
4. Colour burst
The family room in this Portland, Oregon, home by Jessica Helgerson Interior Design is comfortably furnished with a built-in sectional sofa upholstered in 18 colourful vintage Peruvian blankets that the designer collected over several months.
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The family room in this Portland, Oregon, home by Jessica Helgerson Interior Design is comfortably furnished with a built-in sectional sofa upholstered in 18 colourful vintage Peruvian blankets that the designer collected over several months.
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5. Modern magic
A custom built-in sectional serves as a replacement for a space-sucking sofa or armchairs in this modern home in Stinson Beach, California, designed by WA Design Architects. The plush leather cushions hug the wall, allowing the living room to feel open and light.
A custom built-in sectional serves as a replacement for a space-sucking sofa or armchairs in this modern home in Stinson Beach, California, designed by WA Design Architects. The plush leather cushions hug the wall, allowing the living room to feel open and light.
6. Cool and curvaceous
Architect Wanda Ely says that within the relatively compact living room in this Toronto home, a variety of activities are accommodated by the uniquely curved built-in sectional that lines three walls. The sectional depth varies to allow for conversations, listening to music, lounging, reading and napping.
Here’s why you need to bring in a sectional
Architect Wanda Ely says that within the relatively compact living room in this Toronto home, a variety of activities are accommodated by the uniquely curved built-in sectional that lines three walls. The sectional depth varies to allow for conversations, listening to music, lounging, reading and napping.
Here’s why you need to bring in a sectional
7. Wraparound wonder
The woodworkers at Troy Cabinetmakers created a large built-in sectional for this rustic living room in Boston. Because of the room’s dark wood ceiling and light wood walls, the base of the built-in is white painted wood to keep the space from feeling too dark. The sofa cushions are covered in a sage-green corduroy.
The woodworkers at Troy Cabinetmakers created a large built-in sectional for this rustic living room in Boston. Because of the room’s dark wood ceiling and light wood walls, the base of the built-in is white painted wood to keep the space from feeling too dark. The sofa cushions are covered in a sage-green corduroy.
8. Patio pleaser
This rooftop garden in London, designed by Town and Country Gardens, features a built-in sectional that hugs a wall of planter boxes. The tall grass and grapevine pruned to resemble a tree make the urban garden that’s mostly hardscape seem greener and softer.
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This rooftop garden in London, designed by Town and Country Gardens, features a built-in sectional that hugs a wall of planter boxes. The tall grass and grapevine pruned to resemble a tree make the urban garden that’s mostly hardscape seem greener and softer.
Read more:
33 Built-In Seating Ideas for a Bespoke Home
Tell us:
Do you have built-in seating in your home? Share images and your ideas in the Comments below.
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Designer Jessica Helgerson and her architect husband, Yianni Doulis, designed the two built-in sofas in the living room of their home in Sauvie Island, Oregon. The sofas double as twin beds for guests. A walnut ladder leads up to the couple’s bedroom loft and lets them reach books on the upper shelves.