From a curving couch in a Parisian apartment to an extra-wide settee in São Paulo, our latest lookbook collects eight living rooms where oversized sofas take centre stage.
The sofa may be most people's favourite place to sit and relax, but it can also make a bold design statement.
Below, we highlight eight living rooms where couches, which are significantly more substantial than standard furniture, serve as the focal point.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms with paper lamps, sculptural furniture and 1970s decor.

Photo by Denilson Machado (also top)
DN Apartment, Brazil, by BC Arquitetos
An olive-green sofa in the shape of a broad sickle, courtesy of designer Jader Almeida, commands attention in the open-plan living room of this home in São Paulo. Part of a 1970s building, the apartment was renovated by local studio BC Arquitetos and filled with classic Brazilian art and furniture, including a Petala coffee table by Jorge Zalzupin bearing a bronze head sculpture by Florian Raiss.
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Photo by Giulio Ghirardi
Canal Saint-Martin apartment, France, by Rodolphe Parente
Interior designer Rodolphe Parente overhauled this classic Haussmann-era Parisian apartment to celebrate its original features while showing off the owner's contemporary art collection.
Nowhere is this juxtaposition of styles more pronounced than in the livi...