I Finally Found a Sectional That's Perfect for Small Spaces (It Seats 5!)

"Somehow, I went 35 years of my life without buying a couch. I inherited my sister's perfectly good two-seat Crate & Barrel sleeper sofa at 22, and held onto it until I moved into a much bigger apartment with my husband earlier this year. That bigger apartment needed a bigger sofa. We kept the old one and put it in the guest bedroom, but we wanted something designed for our favorite activity: sprawling out and watching Ken Burns documentaries on PBS."

"Because my sister's old sofa has held up so well (it's 17 years old and still going strong!), I knew I wanted to get my new one from there as well. After sitting on quite literally every couch in C&B's flagship store in New York City, we very happily settled on the Gather Apartment sofa with a chaise - and it's made us happy literally every day since it arrived in June."

"This super-comfortable, stylish sofa is part of the Gather collection, which is a best-seller for a reason. All the Gather sofas have deep cushions for relaxing that still manage to keep their shape (which is the true Goldilocks of a sofa, in my opinion). We opted for the Apartment size with an add-on chaise for added chilling-out benefits. The key was the Apartment size option - we live in New York City, which naturally comes with some space limitations."

The owner inherited a two-seat Crate & Barrel sleeper sofa at age 22 and kept it for 17 years. Moving to a larger apartment prompted the need for a bigger sofa designed for sprawling and watching documentaries. The chosen model is the Crate & Barrel Gather Apartment sofa with a chaise. The Gather collection features deep cushions that relax users while retaining shape. The Apartment size with a right-arm chaise measures 108-inch wide, fitting within a 110-inch New York City width limit. Many other sofas averaged about 120-inch and were too wide for the space. The Gather sofa arrived in June and provided daily comfort.

Read at Apartment Therapy