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A leather sofa is usually the largest single block of colour in a living room. It's the piece your eye lands on first, and, because leather tends to stay for a decade or more, the colour you choose sets the tone of the room far longer than a wall shade or a set of cushions ever will. Which is why it's worth more than a five-minute decision. Diff...

There's a moment familiar to most large households: everyone wants to watch the same film, and there aren't enough seats. Someone ends up on the floor, someone else drags in a dining chair, and the person on the armchair can't quite see the screen. A three-seater and an armchair simply weren't designed for six people and a dog. This is precisely...

Sofa beds have a reputation, and it isn't entirely undeserved. Anyone who's spent a night on a thin mattress stretched over a metal frame, feeling every bar through their back, knows exactly why. For occasional guests, that's survivable. For sleeping on every night, it isn't. But sofa beds have moved on enormously, and a well-chosen one can be g...