A couch is one of the few non-negotiables that everyone must have when furnishing their homes or apartments, but shoppers have recently been buying daybeds as an alternative — and for good reasons.

Potentially the hardest working piece of furniture out there, the sleeper sofas of today are far and away better than the ones of yore — you know, like that pull-out couch in your childhood home’s ...

The next time you’re lounging in your living room, ask yourself a question. Why is your favorite place to relax called a couch? Who named that sofa, or for that matter, the bedroom bureau or mom’s ...