£3,656

A fabulous 1930s nightclub shape upholstered with 21st-century florals: the Waldorf extra-large sofa from Heal's, right.

Stockist: 0870 0240780 heals.co.uk

From £6,000

Patchwork - an acquired taste? This one is part of a bespoke range by Squint using contemporary and vintage fabrics.

Stockist: mydeco.com/design-boutique

£1,080

If furniture shops are your idea of hell, choose style, colour and size at sofa.com - it delivers free within six weeks. The three-seater Jackson in claret is pictured left.

Stockist: 0845 4002222, sofa.com

£2,685

The futon is dead, long live the “elliptical sofa”. The three-seater Jonque sofa, below, is a classy step up from the 1990s student staple.

Stockist: lamaisoncoloniale.com

£1,996

Part beanbag, part Jabba the Hutt, the Togo, right, has been a hit since the 1970s and has the dubious honour

of being “the first all-foam settee”.

Stockist: 0870 7777202, ligne-roset.co.uk

£1,569

A proper drawing room sofa: the Lodsworth three-seater, above, with sunflower print.

Stockist: 0844 2499161 sofaworkshop.com

£3,995

Soft furnishings: a new medium through which to express political sympathies. The Rebel Mao Sofa, left, by Andrew Martin.

Stockist: 020-7225 5100, andrewmartin.co.uk

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