Best Simple Wooden Sofa Sets – My Favorite Couches, Chairs, and Tables!
Decorating my living room is my favorite and least favorite thing to do. I love it because it is easy to come up with tons of ideas but it is hard to put them all together. If you want to be good at living room designing, you have to go through a lot of layouts and then try to figure out why they wouldn’t work. This gives you the best shot at finding something that you love and will work in your home.
One creative layout I have been working with is simple wooden sofa sets and classic style chairs and recliners. The combination works great if you know what you’re looking for and what to put around your new furniture. Today I am going to be going through some of my favorite tips and how I recently re-designed my entire living room using simple wooden furniture to get the look I have wanted for a long time.
There are two types of simple wooden sofa sets that you normally see in living rooms or family rooms. The first kind is the traditional set; this set uses lighter wood and is bulkier in size. We don’t see any high rising arms, extravagant lines or much outside the sense of pure simplicity. Another thing I have noticed is that you don’t see these types of sofa sets in homes that often. You might see one here and there, but people tend to stay away from them. This could be because they are harder to design around and when you do decide to choose one it can be a truly defining layout that you are now stuck with.
What I find people don’t see is how beautiful these types of sets can be in non-traditional ways. We usually think of a living room to be amazing if there are huge windows and sleek furniture with the latest TV and fireplace, but that doesn’t have to be the case. A lot of people love simpler layouts, especially in smaller homes and condos where you don’t want to super modern furniture.
Looking at simple sofa set #1 you will see a lot of different things that pull the room together. It is even more amazing when you realize there isn’t a whole lot in the room. As we talked about above, the lighter colored wood is the key here because dark colors require more depth to their surroundings to look better than lighter and simpler tones.
The chairs, sofa, and tables all have simple wooden curves on the sides and a very straight structured composition to them. There is a teapot set on the table and small green plants on each table and to the side with a cute rug in front of the table. All these things add to the simplicity of the sofa set, and it is capped off with the cream-colored couches and seats, along with the white walls. Counting all the items outside of the sofa set, there are 4 things in total! The teapot collection, plants, and rug! But, when you look at the whole picture, it seems like a calming environment to be in. You don’t need a whole lot to make it all work, and this sofa set is a perfect example of using simple straight structure and minimizing the surrounding items to get the environment you want.
In our second simple sofa set, you will see a completely different layout and theme. Here we see a much more traditional American style home layout. We have a few paintings on the wall with a very simple coffee table and round peg legs for the chairs. The arms are slightly curved and have wooden panels in between the arms and the lower portion of the chair, but that is advanced as it gets. What makes the traditional style look come alive is the pattern of the back and seat cushions. This truly touches on my main point that you can still have creative direction with simpler sofa sets. Imagine instead of those green striped cushions you had a light pin and instead of paintings on the walls that followed the green and white layout you had more abstract and contemporary paintings. That would change the game up!
What I love the most about this sofa set is the increased cushioning on the chairs. This is what traditional style sets were about, having comfortable seating that was simple but did the job right! We also see a larger plant creeping in from the left side of the photo, and this also adds to the classic style look. This would have been an absolute must look in the late 70s and early 80s, and it is something that you can still use today because you play around with the back padding and surrounding simplicity.
When I look for the best wooden design for modern living rooms, I want to see a few things. Number one, I want to see how the wood is carved and made out. I don’t want to have to deal with crazy shapes and structures if they only get in the way. Just because there are more curves or weird shapes to a sofa or chair doesn’t mean it is better! I can’t stress this enough!
For these reasons and more, I loved sofa set #3! The high rise arms don’t get in the way of anything since they are tucked into the chair. Long wooden cuts in the high rise panel give it that cool look otherwise the chairs would look bulky and ugly. The sofa itself is very simple and has a slight curve on the arms that is manageable. You don’t want unmanageable furniture, it becomes a nightmare! The side table has a completely flat surface with wooden legs that are designed to go outwards; this is a neat touch for the high rise arms. Last, the table is small and cute with two drawers to put your stuff in.
Our last simple wooden sofa set has a lot in it, so we are going to have to unpack this part by part. It comes with 2 sofas, 2 chairs, and 4 tables. First off, this is a lot of furniture so if you don’t have the space it becomes an automatic no. Secondly, you need to actually have some purpose and design for this, and that is why I always imagine these types of wooden sets to be placed in larger homes with open layout concepts that don’t require you to have the same theme throughout the house.
What I love about this set is that it is simple but complex at the same time. The sofas look average in their appearance and nothing seems to be out of the norm which is the great simplicity behind it. But then the side has a pull out drawer that you put stuff in and that is just fabulous! You can store all your kid’s toys, your magazines and any other junk you might need to clean up before people come over. Moving onto the chairs, they are simple standard chairs with medium sized arms and thick cushion padding that looks incredibly comfortable.
When we look at the tables, we see a number of things that are both simple and complex. The giant table with the massive curve almost seems like it is unnecessary, why do you need a second main table to go with your sofa set? Especially considering its wooden and the general idea is to keep things simple. But again, it works with open layout houses that are bigger. What I don’t like is the drawers on the ends of the curved table, I feel that the table would be better if it curved out without the drawers, how many drawers do you really need?
The main coffee table in the middle is stunning! It is wide and long which I absolutely love and it doesn’t have anything sticking out (you guys can probably tell by now, that I am big on that).
All in all, it is a great simple wooden sofa set but I would remove the drawers on the curved table or get rid of it all together. I know that is there to add a little flare which is what the room is all about. I mean how could it not be about that? The elegant light, 3 piece panel painting, giant plant, and maroon rug all scream a modern setting.
I’ve always found recliners to be the new replacement for normal chairs. If you really think about it, a recliner is just a much better version of a chair. For God sakes, it lets you lay down as if you are in a bed! How does it get any better than that? When pairing recliners with wooden sofa sets, I’ve found that contrast works best. Also, if you think about it, how comfortable could a wooden recliner be? When you look at the Recliner #1 picture, it doesn’t look like it would be the most comfortable chair to kick back in. Recliner #2, on the other hand, is much better but it is way too low to the ground for me, there aren’t any legs and that can ruin the experience.
That is why when I have wooden sofa sets or furniture I like to pair them with comfier color matched recliners. I’ve always felt that recliners should be plush and soft, that is how they were meant to be used. I found some great recliners that Laywayback reviewed, that go well when you are contrasting simple wooden sofa sets. I like to find a recliner that has that soft fabric feeling and then color match it with my sofa set. It is different but that is what this article is all about.
Finding traditional side piece chairs is a bit difficult because they almost always have a distinct look to them that is hard to pair with established sofa sets, especially if they are wooden. Lately, we have seen a bit of a change with this idea. If you look at the three single wooden chairs I have added, you can see that they are all sleek but are still very different. You can use chair #1 for a much more contemporary and modern living room and you could easily pair chair #2 with a simple layout. And chair #3 can work in both style rooms and that is why I included it. Even though these chairs aren’t the classic traditional chair, I would consider them to be better because they are more versatile.
After this long piece, I hope you guys have a better understanding of what some the best simple wooden sofa sets have in common and what makes each of them great individually. Wooden curves and crazy complex designs are fun to look at but they aren’t practical if you don’t have the space to make it work.
Honestly, this is the most I have written in God knows how long. I don’t think I’ve ever written this much since college but it is all for you guys (and my kids). Decorating is something you all know I am passionate about and it pushes my creativity. Thanks for reading guys, see you next time!
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