Dimensions
Many Standard Dimensions plus Custom Dimensions

Our sofas, chairs, sectionals and tables are made in a wide selection of standard sizes, but can also be made to precise lengths and heights to order, as well as in the customer's choice of two different seat depths.

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We offer many standard lengths, including three different three-seat sofa lengths, three loveseat lengths, and four chair widths. To see the exact lengths, look near the ends of the sections that deal with each individual model, links to which you'll see on the upper part of our home page at www.comfy1.com (the links are next to images of each of those models).

The length between the arms for our three-seat sofas is about 72", 81", or 90", depending on which length you order; if you order the padded arm wraps with the California, Florida, New Jersey or Maryland models, that would reduce those distances between the arms by a total of 4", but only as long as the arm wraps are left in position. We have heard people saying that they have a hard time finding sofas that are at least 6 feet between the arms (which is important to many people for purposes of reclining), but we offer three lengths that are that long or longer.

We also offer special lengths, including extra-long and very short, custom made to the precise inch, for a $90 charge on top of the price for the next longer standard length. For sizes longer than our longest length, add $350 plus $15 per inch to the price of the largest size.

This sectional was made with one side being specially sized to fit the customers' wall. One of our many standard lengths was a good size for their other wall.

Almost everyone between 5'1" and 6'2" tall seems to like our standard seating dimensions, with a 31" floor-to-top (of cushions) height (with 15"-high back cushions) and our 33" frame depth, together with a seat height of about 16" above the floor (16 1/2" near the front of the seat, sloping downward about 3/4" toward the rear). Those are the dimensions show in the two pictures above, in the first picture below, and in most of the pictures on this entire website. See information and links below to find out about our options for higher or lower backs, higher or lower seats, and less-deep seats.

With our standard frame depth, the distance from the front of the seat to the front of the back cushions is 20" - 21", but people sink backward into the back cushions from 2" to 5" depending on body weight. The back cushions are 8" thick, but there is only (covered) plywood behind them, so the back support provided is firmer than on many sofas and chairs. We also offer a 3"-less-deep option, as well as various back heights.

This picture shows a sectional with our standard height and seat depth. The adults shown are, left to right, 5'3", 5'9" and 5'6". Our customer wrote, a month after delivery, "we really like the sectional, it is so perfect, very comfortable." And later, when kindly sending this holiday picture, she wrote, "Everyone found it really comfortable, all our guests really like it.  No problem for my mother, at 87, getting up." (They also had our standard, firm base below the seat cushions, as well as our standard cushioning.)

People up to 6'3" typically also find our standard dimensions comfortable (they sink farther back into our 8"-thick back cushions), but we do also offer higher backs at a surcharge (see below), we also offer a less-deep seat and/or lower back on special order (see below), and very long-legged people as well as those with difficulty getting up sometimes order the entire frame to be made higher (see higher sofa and chair options.}

The sofa shown here is an example of our 3"-less-deep option (30" deep), with the standard back height. The man shown sitting on it is 6'1" tall, and the back support with this standard sofa back height is good for his height. But (as for most people of tall or average height) his legs are not supported fully with this optional 3"-less-deep dimension. But they would be fully supported by the standard depth. For extended sittiing, most people prefer our standard depth rather than this depth, including almost everybody 5'1" and taller. Click on the following link for more details and pricing regarding our less-deep sofa option.

Our Florida model is shown here, but all of our other models except the FineFit model are made with the same standard and optional dimensions.

Higher back options:
2"-higher back (at $2 extra per inch of length). 4"-higher back, at $4 extra per inch of length, and a 6"-higher back at $6 extra per inch. These higher backs are still not high enough for a headrest for most people, but for alternatives for headrests click here . (For other considerations regarding back height options, see farther down this page.)

A somewhat deeper seat, for the long-legged or for those who like a little more room to lounge on a sofa, can be gained by pulling the seat cushions forward an inch or two, and also by ordering the puffy cushions and removing a little filling. If you're concerned that our standard depth would not be deep enough for you

Other considerations regarding back height: About 85% of our customers choose our standard, 31" total height (with back cushions just over 15" high), and that is what you see in most of our pictures. But, where family members are well over 6 feet tall, the 2"-higher back (with a $2 per inch surcharge) provides better support (with 2" added to the height of the frame as well as to the back cushions). In the picture shown here, the two male occupants are each 6'3", so the higher option is a logical choice for this family. However, we have heard some 6"3" customers saying that they are comfortable with the standard height.

Often people prefer the lower look of the standard, 31" height, and the surcharge for the higher back is also a consideration that causes some people to avoid the higher back. For those reasons, (1) we sometimes sell a set consisting of a sofa in the 31" height together with a matching "man's chair" with the 2"-higher back, and they look perfectly compatible together; and (2) people sometimes choose an alternative way of achieving higher back support; if you choose the webbing suspension (at least for the seat where the tallest family member(s) will normally sit), the effective back support becomes higher; this is because the occupant's posterior sinks 2-3" farther downward, while the back cushion and the back of the frame stay at the same height off the floor. So the actual support comes higher up on the person's back. Also, you can achieve firmer support higher up the back, while keeping the same cushion height, if you order just the back of the frame to be higher (at half the regular charge for the higher back).

Don't think of the 2"-higher back height as something that can by itself serve as a headrest unless the person is very short (the young lady on the right in this picture is 5'7").

Another point with regard to the photo above: The number of seat cushions doesn't necessarily limit the number of occupants. Five may be a quick, once-a-year squeeze for the 85" three-seat sofa as shown, but four could last a while, especially if one or two occupants aren't full-grown. On our 64" loveseat, which has a full 60" of seat width, three can fit without a squeeze.. (Our customer who bought the sofa in the picture above sent an e-mail with the subject "so happy" and mentioned that "the cushions have comfied up just as you said and my husband comments on their nice sittability frequently.")

The 4"-higher back (with a $4 per inch surcharge) could come closer to being high enough for a headrest for some people, especially if combined with the webbing suspension, as was the case for the sofa shown here. The shortest person on this sofa is 5' 9" tall.

If you have a window that you don't want to have partly blocked by a sofa: We can make the back cushions any amount lower than 15" for a $30 charge per complete order (however, note that a back cushion height less than 15" might not provide good support for a 6-foot tall person). But keep in mind that the sofa height that we refer to is at the very top of the back cushions, several inches forward from the back of the frame. Looking downward from a normal vantage point (higher than 31"), a 31"-high top of a cushion (well forward from the window) would not even partially block a view unless the window sill is less than 29" above the floor.

The sofa on the right was made 3" lower than standard, for a couple from India who were accustomed to sitting close to the floor. We can make the whole frame lower, in our exposed-wood models only, for charges as follows: $90 for the first frame and $25 for each additional frame in the same design.

For specific details about our cushioning, click here.

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