Guides, page 3
Sofa buying guides
Best-of guides by need and budget: what each pick was judged on, then the picks.
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Best Accent Chairs: Two Numbers Decide It, and Half the Listings Skip Them
The best accent chairs come down to seat height and inside seat depth, and half these listings publish neither. Ten chairs compared on what they disclose.
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Best Leather Sofa: The Grade Is the Product, and Not Everyone Prints It
The best leather sofa comes down to the hide grade, and most listings never name it. Compare full grain, top grain and the ones that publish nothing.
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Best Deep Seat Sofa: The Word Is Free, the Number Is Not
Shopping best deep seat sofa listings? The word deep is free to use, but the seat depth number is not. See what ten named sofas actually publish.
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Best Boneless Couch: Ranked by What the Seller Will Tell You
Best boneless couch shopping means a wall of near identical listings. See which sellers publish foam density, capacity and returns, and which stay silent.
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Best Futon: What the Seat Costs You for the Bed You Get
The best futon is a seat 360 evenings a year and a bed on five. Compare published seat depth, seat height and bed size across five named models.
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Best Apartment Sectional: Width Is Your Choice, Depth Is Not
Best apartment sectional picks span depths of just nine inches, 60.5 to 69.29, while widths run past double that. See which is the real fit constraint.
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Best Sofa for Tall People: The Back Height Number to Ask For
The best sofa for tall people is decided by back height, not weight rating. Ask for the seat-to-back measurement taken with somebody sitting on the cushion.
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Best Reading Chair for a Full Hour: Footrest or Deep Seat
The best reading chair comes down to your feet: a footrest in the box, or a seat deep enough to pull them up. Five named chairs, published figures and prices.
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Best Fabric for a Sofa: How Much Wear Your House Needs
The best fabric for a sofa clears the home benchmark, not the lobby one. See what five named covers publish about abrasion, pilling, fiber and washing.
