Custom 05 Sofa/Sectional Model: Comfortable, Durable and Renewable Seating
in Custom Lengths, Firmnesses, and Unlimited Fabric Selection

The optional smaller dimensions available in our sofas, sectional sofas, loveseats and chairs are in contrast with the bulky nature of most furniture in stores these days.  But we also offer very large sizes as well as a wide range of possible lengths in between, plus three different seat depths and three back heights. These numerous medium, large and small sofa sizes and our huge fabric selection, combined with the fact that this furniture can be easily disassembled and re-assembled (to move through any passageway), mean that our sofas often fit perfectly in rooms where typical furniture could not fit or look right. And custom sofa firmnesses, as well as custom couch dimensions, enable us to provide comfort to people who can’t find good support elsewhere. Other features include extra-durable cushioning, solid hardwood frames, and economy of re-covering, together with prices that are surprisingly moderate.

For ease of re-covering, more than half of the fabric on the sofa frames is attached by means of hook-and-loop (velcro-type) fastenings at the inside edges; the remainder is stapled on and can be replaced with a home staple gun. Combined with zippered cushion covers, heavy-duty frames, and extra-durable cushion filling, this means that neatly re-covering one of these custom couches is a very economical, sensible option. This contrasts with the disposable nature of almost all upholstered furniture in stores: reupholstering or renewing by means of neatly-fitted slipcovers is usually prohibitively expensive for normal sofas. Economically-priced replacement covers could normally be applied to this series of custom sofas, loveseats and chairs by any person of average dexterity, but we could also do it if you are within our service range.

All of the structural parts of these custom sofas are solid hardwood (mainly oak), joined by means of hardened steel screws and steel bolts, as well as glue. This represents a major difference between our furniture and most of what is now on the market: Over 70% of American furniture manufacturers (including high end ones like Ethan Allen) now make their complete frames from "engineered wood" (i.e., plywood or "strandwood"), fastened together by means of staples. (Upholstery Design and Management magazine, July and September, 2004).

As is the case with our other custom sofas, loveseats, chairs and sectionals, this furniture is easy to disassemble and re-assemble, allowing it to be brought into or out of any room in the form of flat pieces. Special features of this model are on the arms: (1) the insides of the arms are unusually well padded, inspired by the fact that many customers want to be able to put their feet up on the sofa and lean their backs against the arms; (2) to help make the arms suitable to serve as a backrest, the arm height is a full 25" (the arm tops on all of our exposed-wood models are lower).

The cushions shown in these pictures are filled with our standard medium-firm foam. We also offer "puffy" filling at a surcharge, for a softer feel and a cushier look, and we also offer firmer options.

This page shows only one of our several different models. If you came to this page without first going to our home page, you have missed seeing the selection of different models that we offer, as well a summary of the many features to be found in our products that aren't available elsewhere. To go to our home page, click here.

If you want furniture that's just the right size, or the right firmness, or just the right fabric, to create the perfect room setting, you don't have to limit yourself to the usual, mass-produced furniture that you see in stores.

Our customer in northern Ohio found us on the internet after failing to find the right sizes for her intended conversation grouping locally. Shown: two 79" sofas and a 67" loveseat, with a heavy-duty fabric (9609 Dove) from Charlotte Fabrics.

The page below deals only with one particular model. For information on our complete line of sofas, loveseats and chairs, go to our home page by clicking here.

For the many standard sizes as well as for pricing, go to the second page of this section and scroll down to just after the last photograph.

Our Michigan customer was planning carefully when he came to our showroom, carrying a pad with graph paper and the layout of his proposed room setting. With our many standard and custom options, he didn't have to settle for anything but the ideal sizes, fabric and cushion filling. Shown, left to right: A window seat, custom made to his requested size; a 79" Custom 05 sofa, a special-size 91" sofa, and a 31" chair, all in our standard height, depth, and seat cushion filling, with the"puffy" filling for the back cushions, and a fabric that he found on the Robert Allen website (and selected from among a number of samples he received).

Among our many alternative standard sizes, the ones shown here (in a Maryland customer's home) are the following: 97" sofa, with a full 90" between the arms, the longest of our three standard three-seat sofa lengths (we can custom make them still longer); 55" loveseat, the shortest of our three loveseat lengths, compact but still allowing very adequate seating for two (48"-wide sitting space); 31" chair, the narrowest of our four standard chair widths, although we can custom make them still narrower. All of these are 31" high, our normal height, and 33" deep, our normal (middle) depth. Notice how this depth is ideal for a room of moderate width, and consider how the typical, bulky furniture in most stores (several inches deeper front-to back) would not fit well in such a space.

Also shown: 18" x 20" ottoman, one of our several standard sizes.

Probably our most popular size is our 79" length, which is shown just below. The 79" length is about 6 feet between the insides of the arms, providing a good-sized space for stretching out as well as for comfortable sitting for three (a squeeze for four); and it provides this much usable space without adding all the bulk that is part of most furniture in stores these days. Almost everybody seems to like our standard frame depth of 33"; but we can also make them 36" deep, for the long-legged or for people who prefer a deeper, loungier seat. We can also make them 30" deep. Our sectional sofas are also available in your choice of many standard sizes, plus custom sizing down to 1" increments.

1) If you want just the right fabric and color, we can help you better than almost any other vendor, with our essentially unlimited selection. (This Washngton, D.C. customer wanted a very specific shade of red, to go with his drapes.)

2) If you want the right height, we can satisfy you better than most. This sofa was made with our 6"-higher back option (we also have 4"-higher and 2"-higher options, and can also make them lower than our 31" standard height.

3) If you want the right firmness, we can probably accommodate. This customer chose our "semi-firm" option.

4) If you want the right length and depth, we can satisfy almost everybody in those regards also. This one is our shortest standard three-seat sofa, 79" long (x 33" deep), with almost a full 6 feet of length between the arms.

5) If you want bulky, very soft furniture with frames made of stapled-together "engineered wood", like the sofas in normal stores, we're sorry but we can't accomodate. But four out of five is still pretty good, isn't it?

Our Boston-area customer who ordered this sofa especially wanted the smaller dimensions we offer, both to fit her room and to provide comfortable support for her body size. She was also among our many customers who have already had good experience with furniture from us for over twenty years, and who have come back to us when they needed additional furniture.

This 79" sofa was made in the 33" height and also has our optional "arm pillows". Our stock fabrics, which are available at little or no charge above the base price, include some florals that are similar in colors to the one shown.

Shown here: 67" Custom 05 loveseat, with 33" height and arm pillows, in a nicely-textured fabric (Otwell 0816 Linen) from Barrow Industries, in a Northern Virginia home.

This is the largest of our three standard loveseat sizes, and it can actually seat three without undue crowding. It's 60" between the arms.

Shown here: 88" sofa and 61" loveseat, with standard 31" height, standard foam cushion filling, and optional toss pillows.

Aside from the exterior of the frame and the construction of the sides, this seating is almost identical to our other models as described elsewhere on this web site. (If you haven't already seen our home page, with details about the features of our furniture and about our especially practical exposed-wood models, we encourage you to visit that by clicking here.) Our standard features include the following: comfortable, very durable cushion filling (with firmness options), non-sagging suspensions, heavy-duty joinery, huge fabric selection, numerous size options (specifics mentioned below), ease of assembly and disassembly, etc. And this model can be made into a sectional, just like our other models.

Please note, with regard to the fact that the covers on this furniture are relatively easy to change: You should not assume that this means that the fabric is intended to be removed for cleaning. The recommended cleaning method with almost all upholstery fabrics is to use upholstery shampoo on the covers while they are still on the cushions or frames.

Even though our fabric selection is almost unlimited, please note one kind of fabric that we don't offer on this model: One in which elements of a pattern need to be matched horizontally (that applies to extremely few fabrics, anyway).

Please note that we don't offer "welt cording," the raised, corded edges often found on cushions of typical furniture. We don't offer this because (1) it's a labor-intensive step that is difficult to afford on top of our already high costs of custom workmanship and extra-durable materials and construction (especially since we do our manufacturing in a high-labor-cost area), and also (2) because the raised cording is very vulnerable to premature wear and therefore isn't compatible with our general emphasis on durability.

Shown here: A ten-year-old, only slightly different version of our current Custom 05 model. (Our Massachusetts customer bought the new set pictured above, for a different room, after satisfactory experience with this sectional.) Like our separate sofas, our sectionals come in the customer's choice of many sizes (see below).

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To see pictures of some of the fabrics that are available on this furniture, click here.

To see pictures of our next design, the Florida model, click here.

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