The 24 Most Luxurious Couches Money Can Buy

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A worth-the-investment couch should be as good-looking as it is inviting and comfy. This thing is your WFH break spot. It's your WFH office. It's where you'll spend most of your waking hours in your home. It's gotta be comfortable for your weeknight binge watching or curling up with a book or video game on the weekend. It needs to be functional and fit your room’s square footage, but most importantly of all, it has to look like a million bucks. If there’s any sofas out there that check all these boxes, we're going to call that a luxury couch.

As for where to buy that luxury sofa, we also have some pointers with our picks of luxury furniture brands. We’ve searched through them all, and we've tested a bunch of them, to curate a list of the 24 best luxury sofas that are built to last the long haul, a beauty to look at, and can tie your room—regardless the design style—together. From sectionals for big rooms to two-or-three-seaters for tighter city apartment spaces, our favorite picks stand out as both home décor and the ultimate lounge spot. No matter the room it's in, one luxury sofa below will become the new centerpiece.

Keegan Three Piece Modular Sofa

There are many ways to be luxurious, but a good rule of thumb is simplicity. Luxury couches just don't try too hard. They have solid construction and a few details to make them feel special, like the dramatic length big frame of Arhaus' Keegan. It's the kind of grandeur a throne might have, only except it's a couch and you don't have to rule over anyone.

Olalla Sofa

If you want the look without huge price tag, Article's Olalla is one of the best looking sofas under $2,000 we've seen. The cane rattan frame feels a bit mid century, and adds a natural touch to your space. The linen blend fabric is inconspicuous and easy to clean. All-and-all, it's an incredible sofa for the price.

Mario Bellini Sectional Sofa

Italy's post-war design boom is a huge part of what made the Mediterranean nation a cultural powerhouse. Fiat, Vespa, Ferrari, most big Italian brands came about around this time. In the interior design world, Mario Bellini was pushing the world forward, and this sofa—how about we call it "The Ferrari of Interior Design."

Dumb associations aside, it's one of the most popular designer sofas of all time. This is a more affordable replica of that sofa. But, the modular design and plethora of materials means anyone can find a combo to fit their home, apartment, or office space.

Frattini Marconi 3-Seater Sofa

But if the Bellini sofa is a bit much for you, Gianfranco Frattini's design from around the same time was a bit more subdued. The original look of Milan's St. Andrews restaurant featured a lot more leather, but CB2 has dressed up its exclusive replica in green velvet for something a bit more eye-catching.

Warren

Maiden Home's Warren couch is made with a simple shape and back-to-seat proportions optimized for lounging. You can keep the shape of the couch but pick out the perfect fabric for you. (We're drooling over this dark brown Tuscan leather.) Plus, the brand is committed to sustainability with its ethically sourced materials, and it's only made-to-order, so they don't have an excess of wasted stock.

Leo Motion Reclining Sofa

Reclining sofa... A luxury reclining sofa? Believe it asshole! West Elm makes a sofa that's sleek enough for a entertaining guests in a penthouse. But when they're gone, push the feet out, and it's casual and comfortable like a camo sofa from Bass Pro Shops—best of both worlds! That's true luxury.

Helm Sofa

As for something that's easy to fit into your current home design, nothing is as easily accommodated as The Citizenry's Helm sofa. It comes in a suite of easy-to-clean and neutral colored fabrics. The walnut wood base features prominently, but it's not challenging to look at, and it won't stand out in any sort of room—classic, beachy, modern, you get it.

Harbor Sofa

If you love a linen sofa, nobody does it better than Jenni Kayne. Get it in a beachy natural linen, or go more modern with a mustard yellow or greyish green.

The Harbor Sofa comes with a linen-nylon blend slipcover in a few different colors. It's reasonably easy to spot clean, but the beauty of a slip cover is that you can pull it off and have it cleaned professionally.

Union 5-Seat Sectional

A previous Esquire Home Awards winner, Burrow's union sectional is everything an investment couch should be. It's easy to lounge on, easy to sleep on, and just easy to live on.

Dresden Open End Sofa with Side Table

With a built in side table, nothing is going to match the functionality of this sofa from Rove Concepts. But if you have the space, we'd really recommend the sectional version.

Sink Down Sectional

Floyd's look and feel is investment-piece worthy, but it doesn't look or feel like it should belong in some stuffy estate's living room. It's designed to be played with and is even durable enough for kids to jump on. Keep it as a two-seater or expand it to three, turn it into a chaise sectional, it's all up to you. It's big and comfy—a couch you want to sleep on, a couch you'll want to keep forever.

Crowd Pleaser Sofa With Bumper

Sometimes, a space calls for a one-sided sofa. This is "no, actually it's not a chaise" territory—a tricky proposition. It can be tough to find good, consistent options, but we love Benchmade's Crowd Pleaser shape. Simple, comfortable, and available in a suite of swatches, it's an incredibly easy option.

Fabienne Sofa

The shitty thing about buying new sofas on the internet is that the look can get a bit homogenous. Clean, sharp lines and minimal detail—prefab luxury. Now listen... We're not saying this Lulu and Georgia sofa is a huge deviation from that, but the carved legs give it an antique feel that no other sofa on this list has. The shape is simple and modern, but the legs give it just enough interest.

Jonathan Leather Side Chaise Sofa

I mean look at it. The deep seat, the plush back, the top grain leather—it all screams comfort. Of the two colors, we prefer the look of this caramel to that of the taupe, but either will get a beautiful patina as it ages.

Movie Night 4-Piece Modular Sectional

Sundays is known for a laid-back personality which works well for similarly themed rooms. Its Movie Night sofa has a plush cloud-like feel similar to the $10k-costing, celebrity-favorite cloud couch by Restoration Hardware. Thus, it belongs somewhere in a famous star's house, or the house that you pretend is owned by a famous star—you.

Olivia Sleeper Sofa

APT2B's vibe is streamlined, warm, and often leans toward less-is-more. Its sleeper sofa is exactly all three. It has clean lines, comes with breathable fabrics and supportive cushions, and features quite a few color options. Then, it opens up into a little bed your guests won't mind sleeping on.

Park Sofa

Albany Park's sofas are a solid initial step into higher-end sofas. A futon update, for example. The Park Sofa is big, comfy, and mid-century simple, which means it can keep working for the room even if the style around it changes. The charcoal colorway is a little safe and subtle, but there are also daring colors like olive and mustard for something more out there.

Outline Sofa

Design Within Reach—not the price—has been all over the place for those into decor trends. The brand sources great pieces from designers and streamlines them online, like this Outline couch whose upholstery-to-leg proportion might seem kind of off, but that's exactly how it manages to look so good.

Cameron Square Arm Leather Sofa

When in doubt, go to Pottery Barn. It makes high-quality stuff with a timeless aesthetic. A deep brown leather couch is the pinnacle of fancy seating. The shorter size on this silhouette works in small spaces.

The Essential Sofa

For a sofa to look and feel luxurious, velvet is the fabric to go for. And Sabai Design makes its super-soft velvety Essential Sofa that you could use in every room. It's also designed wide arms and removable back cushions. Plus, Sabai uses recycled and upcylced materials so you can live in luxury without the guilt.

N701 3-Seater Sofa

Some pieces of furniture are meant for reading magazines, ahem, and this is one of them. This three-seat couch has the feel of an oversized recliner, which takes up more room but also means you can take up more room. The warm beige works like a neutral but with a deeper dimension to it than stark neutrals.

Maxwell Fabric Custom Sofa

Maxwell is for Karens and Kens who won't stop pratlling about how they don't have the dream couch. It's personalizable with over 100 fabrics to 18 styles of legs to size, depth, cushions, fill. Play with it a bit and you'll get midcentury sofa to contemporary loveseat. This one is what we got. You might get something that looks even better.

Portman 94" Upholstered Sofa

On the wild side, this curvy couch nods to the forward-thinking retro decor. It looks sophisticated despite being simple, photoshoot-ready despite being suburban-friendly. And the performance fabric is water- and stain-repellant, so it'll last you, your pets, and your kids.

Corbusier Three-Seat Sofa

This is the first sofa you learn about on the interior design nerd journey. Yes, it's the sofa that's spawned a million replicas, but this is a well-done version. Plus, in 2024 the shape looks as cool as it ever as.

Why Trust Esquire?

Because, we are the go-to voices for luxury interiors. No one else tests as many furniture brands as us. No one tests as many sofas as us. No one comes close to us in mattress testing. For luxury furniture—especially if you're a man in search of some direction—we are the only voice you need to listen to.

More practically, we hit the showrooms, and we talk with brands. We've tried a bunch of these sofas in our homes or in showrooms. We've got good taste, and we know what materials and constructions are made to last the longest. We are your on-call internet interior decorators.

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