Top Sofa Types for Small Apartment Living

Living in a small space with your whole family is a challenge. It also means that you need to make use of every square inch of space, otherwise you’re not living as fully as you otherwise could be. Yes, you do also need to cut back on what you have and aim to live more minimally so your family can live comfortably in your apartment, but you also need to live smarter, too. 

Just take the living room, for example. If you have a small space, and you want to maximize the amount of comfort and performance that your sofa gives you, you’ll want one of these top sofas: 

Top Sofa Types for Small Apartment Living

• Sofas on Legs 

If your sofa is on legs, then you have space underneath for storage. This way, you can store plenty of essentials from blankets to even DIY equipment under your sofa and keep it out of sight. The best part is you can choose a sofa design that you love. Have your heart set on leather couches? Good, because if they’re on legs, you can use the space underneath them, and even behind them, to store items while having a beautiful sofa front and center to draw the eye away from the storage. 

• Storage Sofas 

Another way to combine storage and your sofa is to get a dedicated sofa with built-in storage. This is usually in the form of an L-shaped sofa, but there are many other styles. Essentially there’s a space underneath the cushion where you can store items that you don’t need regularly. 

• Sofa Bed 

If you don’t have space to have guests, but your parents or siblings tend to come over regularly, then the best thing to do is to invest in a sofa bed. You can even get a beautiful leather or velvet one. Since you can pull a mattress out of it, you can then transform your living room into a fully dedicated guest room, and then put it all back together again. 

Other Ways to Make Your Small Living Room Work for You 

Getting the right sized sofa with extra features like floor space, dedicated storage space, or even a whole guest bed, isn’t the only way that you can make your living room work harder for you. You can also: 

1. Use Shelves: Using how shelves around your living room to store boxes or books is a great way to add visual interest to your living room and keep the floors clear. 
2. Add a Console Behind Your Sofa: If you don’t have space on either side of your couch for side tables, then get a small, thin console table (or build one) that fits behind your couch and the wall. This way, you can put lamps, drinks, or phones on it while you’re on the couch. 

Choose a Storage Coffee Table: If your coffee table can also be opened up for storage, you have more opportunities to hide things away. A chest, for example, is a great design addition to a living room while offering the maximum amount of storage.