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Livingetc
Sarah Warwick

Do My Sofas Have to Match? No, but There's an Art to Putting Different Couch Styles Together

Modern living room with davenport-style sofa, indoor plant, white armchair, gubi floor lamp and artwork behind sofa.

If there’s space for more than one sofa in a living room, matching furniture might be the instinctive choice. But, do sofas really need to match? While a pair of identical sofas can look elegant, putting together different sofas is also a legitimate option, and can look a little more modern in a lot of instances. The effect will be different from matching, of course, but it can add character to the room and show off your personal style.

A haphazard pairing isn’t the answer, however. For design success selecting the best sofas for a room does require some consistency between the two designs even though they aren’t a matching pair.

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