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After 40 hours researching couches from the top online furniture companies, interviewing experts on sofa construction and design, and testing seven sofas with Wirecutter staffers, we recommend BenchMade Modern.

With lifetime guarantees for the suspension and frame, a one-year guarantee for fabric and cushions, loads of custom sizes and configurations, a generous 100-day trial period and a range of 125 upholstery fabrics that you can touch in advance via free swatches they mail out, you can rest easy if you’ve never bought a major piece of furniture online.

For shoppers of a certain age, that need for tactile testing is a huge deal. That and an unfamiliarity with “millennial brands” that market via social media are keeping them from taking advantage of the efficient, direct-to-consumer, mostly digital companies disrupting the furniture, mattress and housewares industries.

BenchMade offers endless customizations and specializes in fast production. Not only do you have more than 90 fabric options to find the right fit for your home, but the brand will also send a free box of swatches with a genius paper cutout to help measure your space—and make your decision making
that much easier.

BenchMade Modern’s most alluring feature is a streamlined three-step ordering process that even the most tech-illiterate can follow.

For customizable luxury furniture that ships in as little as two weeks, Benchmade Modern is the place to go. You won’t believe how many options they have from furniture styles to the fabrics and colors available to pick from!

Every homeowner needs a dependable seating that beckons them to dive into it, and this one's got a purchase process worth your dollars. Configure your fabric and cushions...

Best Large Couch: The OG Couch Potato. BenchMade Modern wasn’t messing around when it made the OG Couch Potato. This inviting sofa, featuring clean lines and rounded corners, measures up to 100 inches long—in other words, it’s a massive couch designed for lounging.

Rated the best sofa for tricky spaces by our Good Housekeeping experts, the Skinny Fat sofa is fully customizable: choose your favorite fabric, color, leg style and depth. What's unique about this pick is the brand will send you a life-size printout of your configuration, so you can ensure it'll fit in your space before breaking out your credit card.

Well-Made Luxury: The Tyler Sofa. "It's the best-looking and most comfortable couch I've ever sat on. It isn't just the couch that's great, though. Benchmade Modern has put a level of polish on the online couch-buying process that doesn't exist elsewhere..."

If you want a beautifully crafted, long-lasting, and quick-to-clean piece that works for you and your pets, this is where you should invest your money.

Benchmade combines a massive array of customization options with sound build quality and, critically, relatively quick delivery.

Best Customizable Couch: Skinny Fat Sofa. "I am completely in love with my new sofa," says one tester. "The fabric, the texture, the quality, and the architectural presence of this piece—it's beyond everything else in the space. This sofa is the best furniture I have ever purchased."

Choose BenchMade Modern for truly custom-made pieces made to your *exact* specifications.

Best Luxury Sofa Bed. Show your overnight guests that you really care with the MCM. Thanks to its simple yet classic wood legs and buttonless tufted cushions, it’s the quintessential blend of casual, comfy, and luxurious for your favorite mid-century-modern space.

Best Splurge Leather Sofa: The Up-Town Sofa. Pick the right size for your family: The dimensions here range from a smaller 65-inch two-seater all the way to a roomy 100-inch three-seater. There’s also a 100-day return period to allow you time to see if this sofa is really right for you, along with a lifetime warranty on the frame.

According to our BenchMade Modern sofa review, the fibers hold up to even the worst of stains… and we’re talking red wine. Reviewer Zoë Roscoe says “We’ve spilled red wine, pizza, salsa — you name it — on the couch and have been able to easily get the stains out without any issues.”

Tired of not getting exactly what you want? Gone are days spending hours on end in search of the ideal sofa bed. BenchMade Modern’s made-to-order process allows prospective shoppers to tailor the size, fill, and upholstery to whatever your heart may desire from the very start.

Look for a skeleton of high-quality engineered wood (such as plywood panels with multiple layers), assembled with reinforced joints. BenchMade Modern’s Skinny Fat Sofa is a three-seater with a frame of seven-layer plywood. Stapled-and-glued joints are buttressed by extra pieces of wood.

BenchMade Modern is taking the online furniture industry by storm, offering sleek and cozy modern sofas tailored to your desired dimensions and style preferences and shipped directly to your door. 

When it comes to colors, the BenchMade Modern Skinny Fat Bed offers an unparalleled selection—far more options than any other bed frame we considered. This cornucopia includes hundreds of combinations of fabrics, colors, and leg finishes to mix and match. If you’re someone who wholeheartedly embraces the label of “picky,” this is the bed frame for you.

Furniture start-ups like BenchMade Modern see an opportunity. They are courting customers, increasingly millenials, who want unique furniture that will last.

Benchmade Modern offers big, comfy couches that you'll love lounging on. You can choose the size and material from a collection and create your dream piece.

Say hello to your new favorite couch brand. From traditional to ultra-modern, you select a sofa style from 14 collections, select your fully customized size and material and you’re ready to go!

A new generation of companies has turned direct-to-consumer furniture into an outlet for well-made original design.

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For tricky spaces, this direct-to-consumer brand allows you to pick the fabric, color, and depth of the sofa to fit your taste. What’s so cool about them is that they send you a life-size printout of the couch you selected, so you can see how it will fit in your space before beginning to make it.

"I am a huge fan of high-low decorating. Invest in the pieces that will last for years (i.e., my leather couch from BenchMade Modern, pillows and bedding from Jonathan Adler, etc.) or speak exactly to your design aesthetic, but don’t be afraid to save money on very basic items."

The high quality of this piece is obvious… It could work in a variety of spaces and interior design styles since it mixes modern, clean lines with traditional accents. All in all, this custom furniture is top-notch.

Best Upholstered Bed. The Skinny Fat Bed by BenchMade Modern is our pick in this category for its quality craftsmanship and sheer number of customization options.

An affordable, stylish, and totally customizable sofa. This American-made sofa is handcrafted to your custom specs in just 2 weeks — and it’s at a more accessible price point.