1. A super long and very narrow sofa table that'll tuck in neatly behind your sofa so it won't take up the whole room. It's simple, sure — but the built-in outlet is the real game-changer, with ...

Sleeper sofas, with their thin mattresses and poke-you-in-the-back metal bars, are famously uncomfortable. Sure, of course, Not All Sleeper Sofas — there are lots of good ones out there. But if you ...

But a couch typically “occupies prime real estate” in a room, says the decorator Alexandra Pappas, 47, of Pappas Miron Design — meaning it’s worth thinking about its visual appeal, too.

Decorating the wall behind a sofa The key here is to make sure the wall behind the couch works with the rest of the room. One option is to create a picture wall, Bortugno said, but it’s not so easy.