The Sofa & Sectional Comfort Guide
When shopping for a new sofa, it's important to consider several factors: from what room it'll live in to its primary purpose to how often you expect to use it. Below, we've broken down our only-at-Anthro assortment of sofas based on seat height, depth, comfort level, and ideal lifestyle – so you can easily find the perfect sofa for your home, sweet home.
Seat Height
Seat Height:
Low
If you like to lean back with your legs outstretched rather than planted on the floor, sofas that sit low to the ground are an ideal choice.
Seat Height:
Medium
Well-suited for families of varying heights, sofas with a medium seat height will keep your guests and loved ones more than comfortable.
Seat Height:
High
The easiest silhouettes to sink into and rise from, sofas with a higher seat height are similar to dining chairs in that they're best for sitting upright.
Seat Depth
Seat Depth:
Shallow
Designed for more formal or traditional hosting spaces, sofas with a shallow seat depth are more suitable for those who crave back support.
Seat Depth:
Medium
Hands-down the best option for a well-rounded, everyday sofa you can slightly lean back and relax into.
Seat Depth:
Deep
Deep-seated sofas are great for family rooms, dens, and cozy reading nooks. The expansive seat offers ample room to curl up and settle in.
Seat Comfort
Seat Comfort:
Firm
Sofas with a firmer cushion are most often used for more formal spaces, such as sitting rooms. They also accommodate short-term seating needs that require a more attentive presence.
Seat Comfort:
Medium
In-between the formal tone of the firm cushion and the family-friendly mood of the soft, the medium comfort level is an excellent option for smaller homes that don't have both sitting and living rooms.
Seat Comfort:
Soft
Just the thing for rainy days and movie nights, our plushest comfort level invites you to lounge and nap for hours at a time.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle:
Formal
Practical for sitting rooms and parlors, formal sofas boast an upright and proper silhouette. As such, these styles most often have a firm seat, medium seat depth, and a medium seat height.
Lifestyle:
Quintessential
The perfect balance between class and comfort, our quintessential sofas land in the middle of each scale – offering a medium seat height, depth, and comfort level.
Lifestyle:
Casual
Varying in seat height, each model in our casual sofa collection features a soft seat cushion with a medium seat depth, making it a good fit for living-room lounging.
Lifestyle:
Relaxed
Relaxed sofas encompass our widest silhouettes, ideal for people (and pets!) who love sinking in for long periods of time. This assortment features exclusively deep-seated cushions, varies amongst seat heights, and most often measures soft on the comfort scale.