The Best Love Seats

Furniture Collection

• A love seat, unlike other kinds of couches, can be designed as part of a furniture collection or set. A furniture set generally contains a sofa, a love seat, an ottoman and a chair. Some pieces, such as the love seat and the ottoman, may be pushed together to create alternative furniture setups. Purchasing a love seat within a furniture set gives you the freedom to mix and match pieces without worrying about conflicting colors or designs.

Love Seat Plush Armed Couch

• While many love seat styles have wooden arms or no arms at all, a love seat with plush arms can offer soft arm rests for reading or leaning. A love seat plush armed couch is essentially a smaller form of your usual living room couch, but it is designed to fit just two, giving you more intimate quarters with the one you care for. This style of love seat generally has two backrest cushions instead of three or four, as you would expect from a larger couch.

Slipper Love Seat

• A stylish addition to your living room or family room is a slipper love seat, which will provide you with both a piece of art and a comfortable place to sit. Slipper love seats, named by the contemporary Trento designers, are less plush than love seat couches and are simplistically composed of a thin metal frame, seat cushion and cushioned backrest. The design is completed by an upholstered synthetic fabric such as faux leather. This love seat's clean lines can make a room look modern and artistic.

Outdoor Love Seat

• For a love seat that keeps you comfortable on a deck or porch, consider one designed to endure the elements. Outdoor love seat frames can be be made of metal, plastic, wicker or wood and are equipped with a water-sealed cushion that is built to last through all seasons.