Corner Sofas

Corner sofas go by many names. They can be referred to as corner chaises, l-shaped couches, sectionals and modular sofas. So what exactly do all these terms mean?

Sectional is the term given to corner sofas in places like the USA as most of the time the couch will come in two or more "sections" that attach to each other forming the corner sofa or indeed the "corner chaise". Hang on, I hear you say. What's this corner chaise? If you are familiar with the opulent chaise lounge that evokes images of Cleopatra being fed grapes as she lies lazily perusing all before her, then you're on the right track. A corner chaise is a combination of both a sofa and a chaise lounge with one part of the sofa having an extended long seat. Chaise lounge, or "longue" as it is correctly spelt, literally means long chair in French.

An L-shaped sofa or couch is simply, as the name suggests, a sofa with a normal seating section combined with a shorter seat protruding at a right angle from one end resembling the letter L.