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Sleeper Sofas & Guest Seating

The double-duty purchase: a sofa you sit on daily and a bed a guest will judge you by. Mechanism types, mattress thickness, and the frame specs that decide whether the pull-out survives year three.

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Kiln-Dried Hardwood
Frame lumber dried in an oven to prevent warping and cracking.
Sinuous Springs
S-shaped steel wire suspension — the modern sofa standard.
High-Resiliency (HR) Foam
Seat foam graded to spring back and survive years of daily use.
Performance Fabric
Upholstery engineered to resist stains, fading, and abrasion.
Apartment Sofa
A sofa scaled around 68–80 inches wide to fit small rooms and tight stairs.

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