Either Or

Hello. I have a new Either Or choice to present to you today and that is: in a room with two sofas, do you prefer either matching sofas or two different sofas? I have put together some options for each scenario to consider this query.

My mom's mother, Nana, had two different sofas in her living room in Bethesda, Maryland when I was growing up. Very different. One was a traditional sofa with three seat cushions and clean lines, the other was an ornate, tufted Victorian loveseat. I always thought it was an odd mix of furniture when ever I visited her, starting from a very young age. Then my cousin Jeanie told me one day that she loved and wanted the Victorian sofa when we grew up. She planned to reupholster it in white. I liked the other sofa far better. After that I did start to look at the Victorian sofa in a slightly different light - if Jeanie liked it, maybe I did too? And my eyes were definitely opened to the possibility and appeal of mixing sofa styles after that. (Side note, years later when Jeanie was faced with the choice of whether to keep the sofa she passed on it - times and taste change). I have always favored matching sofas in design, thanks to Jeanie not always though, and the images to come prove that both options can be beautiful.

Starting off with a pair of velvet sofas, one in tufted navy, the other in green. Do you prefer this or...

Beetrootandblack, photo source

matching navy sofas?

Stephanie Kraus Designs, photo source

Do you prefer one blue and one white sofa by the fireplace (that two sided bench is amazing, isn't it?) or.....

Mark D. Sikes, photo source

these matching sofas?

Jake Arnold, photo source

Here is another room, a gorgeous room, with one blue sofa and one white sofa. Do you like this one or....

Mark D. Sikes, photo source

these matching striped sofas back to back in another gorgeous room?

Mark D. Sikes, photo source

Do you prefer a library with mismatched sofas or....