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11 round sofas in midcentury or postmodern style

pam kueber - Updated: May 13, 2021

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I have been continuing my overachiever sofa research. You will recall, I first featured the story, 29 places to buy an affordable midcentury style sofa or couch. Then, I did 29 midcentury style sofa sectionals and modular sofas available today. Now, I am following up with: 12 midcentury or postmodern style round sofas. For this research project, I did not worry about price, although the selection I found comes from the same list where I found “affordable” sofas, so prices should not be in the stratosphere. Heck, I don’t really even know where to buy stuff with prices in the stratosphere. Above: Round sofa from Room Service, with another photo and link below the jump…
 
[Update: When we first wrote this story in 2012, there were not too many midcentury modern style round sofas or sectionals on the market. As MCM boomed, though, surely others have been launched. So take inspiration from these early options, and then you’ll probably want to look some more.]


Room Service:  This company has beautiful products and shows them off so well on their website. Above: The same round sofa, two lovely photographs, from Room Service. Link: Room Service is now Mod Shop.

 

Wasser Furniture: Sexy curves. Link: American Leather Menlo Park curvy sofa sectional. 

 

Lazar Industries: Okay, I know these are getting lumpy and 80s looking; but, I’ve seen these shapes used effectively, especially when they are upholstered in a fun fabric. Link: Curvaceous sofa sectionals at Lazar Industries.

 

Vintage: And don’t forget, you can always shop for vintage. Look at the supercalifragilisticexpealidocious disco sofa that Lynne found at an estate sale. Original upholstery. Happy hunting, friends!

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  1. lady of the house says

    Oh my gosh these are incredible.

    Now I have a question–I once saw a sofa that was an s-curve shape with an upholstered rounded bar that made the back. The catch was that because of the way the back was placed, people could sit on both sides of the sofa depending on how you had it placed.

    I have never been able to find a good picture of it, at least not one that I could save, and I have never seen the sofa again. Can anyone help?

    But if I can’t find it, at least I can sleep at night knowing that the Menlo park sofa exists in this world.

  3. Neil says

    Hello. Love your site!
    Since we’re on the subject of round sofas, I hope you may want to help identify my piece.
    I bought it 2 years ago freshly reupholstered. The nice lady who sold it to me thought it may be late 50s-early 60s. Nothing more.
    Here are a few links to pics. Hope they works. Thanks in advance for any info you might have on the tip of your tongue.Neil

    http://i46.tinypic.com/2im6ptk.jpg
    http://i49.tinypic.com/2euo1tv.jpg

  4. Rocket Doc says

    Rowe had a great one called the Eero (as in Saarinen) but it seems to have been discontinued just recently as it is no longer on Rowe’s site. Some retailers still have it on their sites, so i don’t know if it can still be ordered. Pic here: . There was an armless piece which made a semicircle with two one-arm pieces ; multiple armless pieces and you could have an almost enclosed conversation pit.

    I own two of the armchairs from the series and they are quite comfortable for very compact dimensions.

  5. Kris says

    Too bad not one of them look mcm. We had one made by Rowe in 2005. They did a good job, no arms, 2 pieces, and there is a round ottoman (with storage) that fits in the middle. All in a nice turquoise fabric that has lasted so far (with a 6 y.o. and a cat.) I think we paid $2500. Looks like Rowe isn’t making them right now. There was a another company at that time making 50’s looking ones, maybe trying to hit the rockabilly crowd, but for the life of me I can’t remember what it was.

      • kris says

        i wasn’t trying to be snarky at all, just disappointed that no one is making a cool round sectional. i love them. and i love you pam! look at your website all the time. had a pink bath and kitchen, but they didn’t make it. your website has given me a lot of good info. thanks!

  7. Jeanne says

    I don’t know about the sofas (no room at my casa), but I’d really love that Twiggy art!

  8. Lynne says

    Norwalk makes a sofa that is pretty close to a half circle. It is called “Tousley”. We seriously considered it, but decided the curve was too sharp for us.