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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Sara Hesikova

Is it worth buying an expensive sofa? I've sat on enough sofas to say this is what you should splurge on

A living room with a grey sofa with a chaise and a complementing darker grey feature wall with a wood-burning stove.

Most sofas act as the centrepiece of not only your living room but also the home overall. The lounge and its (hopefully) comfy seating are the heart of the home – at least in my home they are. But will splurging extra on your sofa make it any better, any more comfortable, any more durable? If you’re wondering whether it’s worth buying an expensive sofa, the short answer is yes – if you have the budget for it that is. But there is a little more to it than that.

Is the best sofa always going to be the most expensive one? Of course not, at least not necessarily. That’s largely because we all have different needs and requirements for our sofas. But price does more often than not correspond with the level of quality of a sofa which in turn affects its comfort and longevity.

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