The 21 Very Best Couches (original) (raw)

Portrait of Erin Schwartz

By ,a Strategist writer covering décor, furniture, and garment care. They previously worked as an editor at Garage magazine.

Photo: Courtesy of the retailer

You’re not imagining it: It’s a confusing time to buy a couch. Classic brands and DTC companies make great sofas and terrible sofas, which often look quite similar. And although manufacturers provide a ton of specifications and customizations — upholstery material, cushion-fill material, Martindale rating, the style of the joinery and springs — it can feel daunting to translate all that information into an understanding of how a couch will actually look and feel once it’s in your home.

The good news is that there are plenty of great couches out there, often for the same affordable prices as the terrible sofas. To find them, I caucused designers, resellers**,** co-workers, and friends, and honed in on two qualities: comfort and durability. Any big-ticket item of furniture should invite you to sit on it for hours without the need to move to a comfier seat. It also should, with reasonable maintenance, last for a long time and not deflate, discolor, fray, sag, or break within a few years. To test for comfort, I visited 17 showrooms across New York City — from an eerie basement off Union Square to accidentally crashing a workday at Hem’s showroom-slash-office — and sat on a final tally of 99 couches.(Article, which doesn’t have a showroom, shipped its couches to our office.)

Durability is trickier to measure. As a thrifty shopper who was radicalized by a 2017 Awl piece about the West Elm Peggy sofa, I start from a place of skepticism about any sofa’s life span, even an expensive one. But I couldn’t simulate years of wear and tear on dozens of sofas, so as a proxy, I asked longtime owners of sofas on this list about how they’re holding up. I also used a strategy I’ve developed for my own furniture purchases: scanning Reddit and secondhand sites. If buyers feel scammed by a furniture company or sofa model, they will be vocal on Reddit (search the brand name, and browse r/furniture and r/BIFL). If there’s unanimous hate, I stay away. I also search for models on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, the best way to see how a sofa might look after a few years of wear and tear. Alarm bells go off if my search turns up a lot of sofas that look sad and deflated. If the sofa looks great — or if I don’t see many listings, indicating that buyers aren’t reselling — that’s a good sign.

Updated on January 15, 2026
Added five couches, including a sub-$1,000 Article couch and a made-in-America designer favorite, and checked stock and updated prices for all of the sofas on our list.

Crate & Barrel Oceanside Sofa

New! You can now save this product for later.

Article Hanson Sofa

New! You can now save this product for later.

Anthropologie Willoughby Two-Cushion Sofa

New! You can now save this product for later.

The frame provides a sofa’s structure, supporting your weight when you sit down. Look for strong materials like hardwood and metal, and avoid particleboard, which is weaker and more prone to breaking. The frame will also often contain springs, which help distribute your weight for support and bounce. (If the cushions feel bouncy, they probably contain springs; pillowlike cushions you sink into probably don’t.) Where possible, I’m listing what style of springs a sofa contains.

A good couch is a comfortable one, and ergonomics specialists like Esther Gokhale, a posture-focused integrative therapist in the Bay Area, said that being able to keep a lengthened spine on it (a.k.a. not slouching) matters most. Most couch cushions have a foam core wrapped in a softer and more pillowy material, like polyfill, feathers, down, or a blend of all three. High-quality foam and filling are the most important qualities in how comfortable your couch is — look for high-density or high-resiliency foam. In general, a firmer couch translates to a higher proportion of foam in the seat cushions, and a fluffy, sink-into-a-cloud couch means more fill.

Upholsteryis the most fun aesthetic decision when buying a sofa — go for anything from buttery leather to mid-century tweed to velvet. To avoid cushions that go threadbare or pill, look for their Martindale rating, a measure of a textile’s resistance to abrasion. I’m looking for a rating of above 40,000 Martindales for the heavy daily use you can expect from a sofa.

A couch is a big-ticket item, and some genuinely might be too big to get through your door, so make sure you measure. Carlie Rice, social-media manager at online interior-design service Havenly, says that many of the company’s designers swear by placing masking tape on the floor to map out the dimensions of their possible couches. “You really want to get a good feel for the dimension of the sofa before buying it,” she says. Most of the couches here are available in different sizes, though the average length is around 80 inches. We’ve noted all the sizes available for each model.

Crate & Barrel Oceanside Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Engineered hardwood, sinuous spring | Filling: Polyfoam; fiber and feather-down blend | Upholstery: 246 options, including performance fabrics | Size: 78, 90, and 102 inches

In my odyssey to sit on every sofa in New York City, there were only a few that compelled me to sit on them multiple times to confirm that they really were as comfortable as I first thought. One of them was the Crate & Barrel Oceanside sofa, a customizable, reasonably priced, fits-anyone sofa with some of the comfiest seat cushions I encountered. It occupies a good middle ground between firm and cushy — a nice soft sink without the pillowy feeling that signals high maintenance to keep cushions looking plump. I tested a model upholstered in performance fabric (Ascend in ivory); some performance fabrics can feel crunchy or plasticky, and I was surprised at how soft and high quality it felt.

Another reason it’s my Best in Class pick: It’s highly versatile.The Oceanside has a minimal, well-proportioned design that would look good anywhere; most of the product photography shows a Nantucket-y white, but there are hundreds of upholstery options in a wide range of colors. ( I like a greenish twill called Chalk and lemon-yellow velvet.) If it’s too low for your family, you can order a higher seat; if you want to lounge, you can choose deeper seats. It’s easy to build out a custom sectional.

Although I don’t have a tester who can speak to the long-term durability of the Oceanside sofa specifically, I’ve spoken to several people (including Strategist senior writer Lauren Ro) who have similar Crate & Barrel sofas that have held up for well over a decade. If you prefer a less blocky silhouette, try the Crate & Barrel Lounge, which has many of the same specs and was recommended as an ultracomfy flop sofa.

Crate & Barrel Lounge Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Quince Sierra Performance Basketweave Curved Arm Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Solid and engineered wood, sinuous springs | Filling: High-density foam and down seat cushions, recycled polyfiber back cushions | Upholstery: 73% polyester, 27% cotton performance fabric | Size: 7, 8, and 9 feet

Strategist associate editor Jeremy Rellosa has been testing this Quince sofa for almost a year and gives it rave reviews. “I often get better sleep on this couch than my own bed,” he says. It’s well-made and comfortable, with a single bench cushion that feels firm but buoyant.When I sat on it myself, I was also impressed by the quality of the construction and upholstery. It’s also very low maintenance — the performance fabric makes for easy cleaning. (Rellosa reported one major spill that could stain a fussier sofa, and neither of us could see any trace of it.)Like other Quince products, it’s a solid bet if you’re looking for a trendy, neutral style at a much lower price than other retailers. It also comes with free white-glove shipping, so there’s very little hassle involved in getting it into your home.

Article Hanson Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Solid rubberwood, plywood, steel S-springs | Filling: Foam, polyfill | Upholstery: Polyester, 50,000 Martindale rating | Size: 80 inches

The Article Hanson sofa after three months of use.Photo: Erin Schwartz

When I first tested Article’s $800 Hanson sofa at our office, I wrote that it’s the best couch I’ve seen for the price in a while. It’s sturdily made and comfortable — Strategist junior writer Bella Druckman said that it’s her favorite place to sit and work in the office — and although I don’t love the aesthetic of its polyester chenille upholstery, it’s great value for your money. Checking in three months later, it’s still in great shape: The cushions haven’t sagged or deflated, and the upholstery is pill-free and looks as good as new.

Room & Board Fia Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Hardwood frame, sinuous coil suspension | Fill: Spring and foam seat cushion, fiber-down blend back cushion | Upholstery: 229 options, including leather and performance fabrics | Size: Five options from 70 inches to 102 inches

There are many versions of this deep, lounge-y silhouette on the market, but Room & Board does it best. It has supportive spring-seat cushions and perfect proportions: deep and unstructured enough for sprawling out, not so deep that you have to fight your way out. The cushions are smooth and even, the seams lie flat, and small design details are well-considered.

Room & Board is one of my favorite sofa companies — it is in the same price range as Crate & Barrel and West Elm, but I’ve found the quality of its construction to be higher and more consistent. The caveat is that its designs are not always the most inspiring, but that’s been changing recently, and the Fia is an example of a design-forward, well-made piece. Jon (who asked to go by his first name only), an experienced couch reseller and the owner of consignment store Kydeco, agrees. He says that the brand’s sofas are “super-consistent and always last a while … I’ve had Room & Board sofas come in ten years old that look brand-new.”

Anthropologie Willoughby Two-Cushion Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Laminated hardwood, sinuous springs | Fill: High-resiliency foam, fiber padding, hypoallergenic blend of down and feathers, spring coils | Upholstery: Ten fabrics, over 100 colors | Size: 69, 79, and 89 inches

Anthropologie’s Willoughby sofa is the platonic ideal of an overstuffed vintage velvet couch. “It nods to an iconic George Smith, but for a fraction of the price,” says Taylor. It isn’t squishy or fluffy like the RH Cloud, but is still quite comfortable for a firmer sofa, with an even, bouncy sink. Though it comes in leather and brushed cotton, it is most popular in cotton-polyester velvet, which has a substantial, plush handfeel. Upholstery with a dense weave is also great for pets with claws — a fabric with a more open weave, like linen or bouclé, will be irresistible to cats, but velvet is dense enough that it’s hard to get a claw into and won’t snag easily.

RH Cloud Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Engineered wood and hardwood with corner-blocked joinery, pocket springs | Fill: High-resiliency foam, down, and feather seat cushions; feather, down and polyfiber back cushions | Upholstery: 98 fabrics, including leather | Size: Five lengths, from 72 inches to 120 inches

The RH Cloud was the first sofa I tested, and I think all the other sofas suffered for it. The fluffiest of fluffy sofas, you sink into its feather-and-down-filled cushions and never want to leave. It’s a favorite of celebrities and influencers, including Stas Karanikolaou, who included it in her list of things she can’t live without. “I have an emotional attachment to it. I spend probably 70 percent of my life on my couch,” she says. “It’s like you’re laying on a duvet.”

It’s worth noting that, like other down-filled sofas, the RH Cloud is not low-maintenance. Down has the magical ability to reinflate again and again after it’s compressed, but it requires fluffing to get air back into the fibers and restore that nice fluffy loft. If daily or weekly cushion refluffing does not appeal to you, a firmer sofa like Anthropologie’s Willoughby couch or the Room & Board Fia may be preferable.

World Market Brynn Feather-Filled Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Solid pine | Fill: Feather | Upholstery: Performance polyester-nylon | Size: 86 inches

The World Market Brynn sofa in Tembe’s apartment.Photo: Tembe Denton-Hurst

This feather-filled sofa from World Market is one of the Strategist’s favorite less expensive couches and was recommended to us by two designers, Baylee Floyd and Emerie Forehand, both of whom love its breezy, coastal style. Floyd mentions it specifically as an affordable dupe for the RH Cloud couch with similarly squishy, fluffy cushions and a “casual, laid-back vibe.”

Strategist writer Tembe Denton-Hurst is testing the Brynn sofa in her apartment and says it looks better in person than in the picture. Plus, it’s very comfortable — “like a couch of pillows,” she says. (She rated it five out of five for comfort.) The sofa has another unexpected perk: Her cats aren’t interested in scratching the woven upholstery, and because the frame goes all the way to the floor, they can’t get underneath and cause havoc.

Sixpenny Neva Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Hardwood and plywood, webbing, sinuous springs | Fill: High-density foam, choice of feather down or poly fill | Upholstery: Removable slipcovers in linen, cotton canvas, velvet, and faux fur; 31 colors | Size: 72 or 84 inches

If you like Belgian linen sheets and taking naps, you’ll love the Sixpenny Neva. It’s a fluffy, squishy sofa with easy-to-remove slipcovers and cushion fill that’s proportionally heavier on the down (or polyfill, if you have allergies or concerns about animal products) and lighter on the foam than the average sofa. The trade-off is that the Neva will never look crisp and untouched, and you’ll have to occasionally refluff the cushions to keep them plump, but it’s incredibly comfortable. It was recommended by multiple designers, including Jenn O’Brien, who loves its “unfussy, casual air.” Eva Lee, director of BuzzFeed’s newsroom operations, bought the Neva love seat in the washed-cotton-linen fabric for her studio apartment. It was also important to Lee, who has a dog, that the sofa be slipcovered: “I’ve washed the covers multiple times now, and they slip back on easily and still look good,” she reports.

Sixpenny Neva, canine sales associate.Photo: Author

The Neva is not the lowest-maintenance sofa, best suited for those who enjoy the highs and lows of caring for natural fibers. (I am in this camp, but I don’t have pets or kids.) Other than a recycled synthetic faux fur and a woven recycled polyester, the upholstery fabrics are all made from cotton, linen, or a blend of the two, without synthetic fibers, and aren’t treated with products to make them stain- or UV-resistant. That means they break in beautifully and have a lovely handfeel, but the color may change over time. Thread-dyed cotton linen is best for UV resistance, and it also helps to wash all the slipcovers at once to keep color even. You can find more of the brand’s textile-care recommendations on their website.

Maiden Home Dune

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Hardwood, sinuous springs | Fill: High-resiliency foam; feathers, down, and fiber | Upholstery: 23 fabrics, including performance fabrics and linen | Size: 12 sizes, from 60 inches to 120 inches

For a slipcovered couch with a firmer feel and lower-maintenance upholstery, I recommend the Maiden Home Dune, which comes recommended by interior designer Emily C. Butler: “I have purchased several Maiden Home sofas for clients over the past year with great success,” she says. The Dune has a similar breezy, lived-in look to the Sixpenny Neva, with a few features that translate to easier maintenance. The cushions are firmer and require less fluffing, and the sofa also comes in performance fabric, which helps prevent stains from setting. Like the Neva, slipcovers can be removed and washed, and both brands recommend air-drying.

West Elm Andes Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

West Elm Andes 3-Piece Ottoman Sectional

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Solid eucalyptus and engineered hardwood frame, sinuous springs | Fill: High-resiliency polyurethane foam cores, fiber wrap | Upholstery: 131 fabrics | Size: 8 sizes, including sectional

Multiple parents have singled out the West Elm Andes sofa as holding up well to toddlers and young kids: New York deputy editor Alexis Swerdloff says her kids “literally use it a trampoline,” and production designer Anastasia White says that her Andes sectional has been through multiple spot-cleanings and doesn’t look the worse for it. In my experience, it’s on the firmer side — the high-resiliency foam core that makes it impervious to jumping toddlers also makes for a less cushy sit — but it’s a great choice for a family sofa that looks chic but can take some hits.

Benchmade Modern Laguna Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Benchmade Modern Eva Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Engineered hardwood, webbing | Fill: High-resiliency foam and fiber | Upholstery: 131 fabrics, including performance fabrics and leather | Size: Eight sizes, from 65 inches to 100 inches

Jon, the furniture reseller, sees a lot of old sofas, and Benchmade Modern is one of two brands recommended for long-term durability. “It’s not cheap, but they’re unreal,” he says. He attributes that to the brand’s foam, an essential ingredient in sofa cushions that has grown more expensive in recent years. (If a sofa looks saggy and deflated, blame the foam.) Benchmade Modern’s foam is especially high quality: “They do not cheap out on that at all,” he says. Its sofas are made in America and available in a ton of configurations, including eight sizes and over 100 fabrics.

Sabai Elevate Sofa - Striped Hemp Blend

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Plywood | Fill: High-resiliency foam | Upholstery: 22 fabrics | Size: 86 inches, 96 inches

Strategist senior writer Liza Corsillo on the Sabai Elevate sofa.Photo: Author

Sabai is a relatively new player in the sofa game — it sells a small range of stylish sofas and sleepers, all made in America. When I visited its Williamsburg showroom with Strategist senior writer Liza Corsillo, we both fell for its upholstery — especially a cotton-hemp blend with thin stripes, the perfect level of playful without skewing so maximalist that it dominates the whole room. I’d pair it with the Elevate, my favorite model I tried — I liked its supportive but not stiff foam cushions and the retro silhouette of its sloped arms.

Hay Mags Soft Low 2.5-Seat Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

Very Good Deal

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Wood, springs | Fill: High-density foam, down | Upholstery: 36 fabrics, including leather | Size: 92.25 inches, 121.75 inches

After months of research, creative director Isabel Castillo Guijarro bought the Mags 2.5-seat sofa from Hay because it had all the elements she was looking for: low, comfortable (“sturdy but not hard”), timeless, and durable. Guijarro placed it in the middle of the room and enjoys it as a “social sofa”: friends can sprawl out, sit on the armrests, or lean against the back without obstructing conversation.

I tried it out at the Design Within Reach store in midtown Manhattan and was impressed by the quality of the construction and materials. It was firmer than I expected, not at all squishy or fluffy — a salesperson told me that “soft” in the name refers to the sofa’s soft curves rather than the feel of its cushions — but it was comfortable and supportive. It has a big, fun, chubby footprint (even the smaller size is larger than many sofas on this list), so it may be better suited for large spaces than small apartments. Strategist senior editor Simone Kitchens has the Mags sofa and reports that it’s durable: After three years, it’s holding up well, with no pilling or sagging.

Room&Board Pierson Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Photo: Retailer

Frame: Hardwood frame, webbing | Fill: High-resiliency foam; feather, down, and fiber; downproof ticking | Upholstery: 223 options, including leather and performance fabrics | Size: 79, 89, and 102 inches

I found out about the Pierson sofa from Alyssa Shelasky, a columnist at the Cut and editor of the “Sex Diaries” series, who bought it after a long search for a couch with her ideal depth of 40 inches (“Deep enough to blissfully watch The Traitors after a long stressful day of deadlines and parenting, but not so deep that I never left my apartment again.”) The sofa has a lot of qualities I’m looking for — a hardwood frame, high-quality foam cushions, tons of fabric options — and is very comfortable to sit in, with a firmer, supportive feel. I especially like the leather version — leather is tricky to sew, and the Pierson had some of the best sewing and finishes I saw in all my showroom visits. Most of the company’s furniture is made in America, including the Pierson, which is manufactured in Texas.

Ashley Furniture Maimz Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: Corner-blocked frame, material not listed | Filling: Foam cushions, polyfiber fill | Upholstery: 98% polyester, 2% polyurethane | Size: 90 inches; 66-inch loveseat also available

I found out about this _faux-_leather sofa via writer Ayana Lage, who bought it for a formal living room. It’s a great deal at $900 — well-proportioned and highly reviewed for its comfort and durability (one commenter on the r/malelivingspace Reddit reports that it’s held up to a dog, a cat, and four kittens). “I’ve gotten so many comments from friends about how comfortable it is and how expensive it looks,” says Lage.

Rove Lab M1 Loveseat

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: No frame | Filling: Foam | Upholstery: Oeko-Tex polyester | Size: Modular; sold in three sizes

This Rove Lab love seat is part of the “boneless sofa” trend: It’s an all-foam sofa with no hard frame inside. The trade-off of a boneless sofa is that it’s cheap, lightweight, and easy to move and set up — this one came rolled up in boxes like a DTC mattress — but tend to have a firmer feel, since the foam in the cushions has to be dense enough to hold the whole thing together. Boneless sofas also live or die on the quality of the foam: A badly made one will deflate in a few months like a leaky air mattress.

The Rove Labs M1 sofa is made of foam and upholstery, with no hard frame inside.Photo: Erin Schwartz

After six months of testing, the M1 looks good as new. We’ve had guests sleep on it comfortably, and since it’s so lightweight, it’s easy to unzip the sections and reposition them as chairs. A few design quirks mean that it doesn’t look as put-together as some others on this list, but it’s a great option for those who want something modular or to avoid hauling heavy furniture. The all-foam construction also means that there are no hard edges to bump your head on, so it would be great for kids.

Cisco Home Vista Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Cisco Home Louis Sofa

Want to be emailed about sales and other updates to your saved products? Success! You'll get an email when something you've saved goes on sale.

Yes

New! You can now save this product for later.

Frame: FSC-certified hardwood | Filling: Multiple options, including latex, feathers, and organic cotton | Upholstery: 164 fabric options | Size: Multiple

Cisco Home is a California company that makes all of its furniture in the U.S. from FSC-certified hardwood, with the option for organic fill and fabrics. The brand has come up often among design professionals (it produces a line of sofas with John Derian) for beautifully crafted pieces that will stand the test of time. Most Cisco sofas are not particularly trendy, but that’s part of the appeal: One thing writer David Coggins loves about his is that “it’s impossible to tell how old it is.”

I own two sofas I love, and neither of them were purchased new. The first is a Gae Aulenti Orsay sofa that came from a vintage dealer via Instagram, and the second is a Modernica Cloud from the ’90s we bought on Facebook Marketplace for $300. Both are in great shape despite their age. “Based on my experience with new and used furniture, the quality in new furniture has decreased tremendously,” says Jon. A new sofa that’s built to last will cost you thousands of dollars. “But used, you’re getting absolute steals,” he says — and you’ll also find more interesting options.

Of course, no one wants a sofa with mysterious stains or a bedbug infestation, but those are fairly easy to avoid if you’re buying from a vintage-furniture store or an auction. (You can ask the seller if a couch has been cleaned recently, or do it yourself with an upholstery cleaner.) My go-tos include Facebook Marketplace and the estate-sale site AuctionNinja; for a less chaotic interface (but higher prices), try LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable. If you’re in the New York area, we’ve got tons of great secondhand furniture stores. Check out Furnish Green, Dream Fishing Tackle, Housing Works, Dobbin Street Co-Op, Bygone Icons, and Kydeco.

Burrow Range 5-Piece One Arm Sectional

New! You can now save this product for later.

Lulu & Georgia Fairfield Sectional Sofa

New! You can now save this product for later.

Article Vati 80

New! You can now save this product for later.

Ashlie Broderic, interior designer
Baylee Floyd, interior designer
Emerie Forehand, interior designer
• Heather Goerzen, Havenly design editor
Esther Gokhale, integrative therapist
Isabel Castillo Guijarro, creative director
Emily Henderson, interior designer
Joanna Jones, interior designer
Alexandra Kalita, interior designer
Eva Lee, director of BuzzFeed’s newsroom operations
Dan Mazzarini, interior designer
Courtney McLeod, interior designer
Jenn O’Brien, interior designer
• Aelfie Oudghiri, Aelfie founder
• Margaret Rhodes, former Strategist senior editor
• Carlie Rice, Havenly social-media manager
Joslyn Taylor, interior designer
C.S. Valentin, interior designer
Sophia Venturo, interior designer
Evelyn Zhang, designer

Additional reporting by Lauren Ro.

The Strategist is designed to surface the most useful, expert recommendations for things to buy across the vast e-commerce landscape. Some of our latest conquests include the best acne treatments, rolling luggage, pillows for side sleepers, natural anxiety remedies, and bath towels. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change.

The 21 Very Best Couches Your product is saved! You’ll receive emails when your saved products go on sale. Manage preferences.