I had a client in yesterday that was making a sectional for her Great Dane… I swear to God that is what she is doing. And she is not the first person to do that. I even get people bringing their dogs into my store so the dogs can test sit the sofas too to make sure they like the style and feel.

Anyway, this client wanted to make a small sectional sofa, only about 72? on the back side and only come out about 72? off the wall. She also wanted to have it be usable as a pit group, or to be able to pull the pieces apart and use them all individually.

The answer was pretty clear to me… Make a simple sofa, that has arms that can be used as the back of the chair that makes the “chaise” coming off one side. Many sofa styles have arms that have a good pitch to them. In other words, you can lean back against the sofa arm, and it feels like a back. So we make a sofa, or even a smaller “condo” sofa, in this case one that was exactly 72? in a standard length, then we make a chair with an arm as the back of the chair, so when we butt it up against the sofa arm, it looks like a back continuing around the sofa. The final piece of the puzzle is to make a custom sized ottoman to completely fill in the square of the sectional pit.

That way you can take out the ottoman, move the chair aside and you have seating for 6 people (three on the sofa, one in the chair and two on the big ottoman), or push it all together and you have a great snuggle zone for you & your Great Dane (or a bunch of Yorkies…)!