7 Industrial Sofas That Will Transform Your Living-Dining Room

Combined living and dining rooms need seating that can define a zone without building a wall, and industrial sofas are unusually good at the job because their exposed frames give them a clear outline. This article works through seven shapes that suit a shared space: the distressed leather three seater, the low metal framed sofa, the tufted Chesterfield in aged hide, the modular corner in dark fabric, the slim wooden armed design, the deep seated boxy sofa and the compact two seater on pipework legs. For each we explain the situation it suits and the measurements to check. We then cover the decisions that make a through room work as a whole: rug placement, repeating one material across both halves, coordinating dining furniture and lighting each zone separately, plus delivery, flooring and acoustic considerations that matter in a hard surfaced open space, and a short FAQ on making the style work in period homes....