Since Learning That There Are Some 22 Types of Sofa I Have Become Insufferable

Liz Bastos
Nov 7 · 2 min read
Portrait of Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David (1800, Louvre)

A rose is a rose is a rose, but a sofa can be a divan.

Keep your feet off the deep button tufted rolled-arm Chesterfield. This is not a barnyard, children.

At what length does a loveseat become a couch? is a real question and an important one.

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