Sofa/chairs for you and SO

We sit on the same sofa, the husband is taller than me and we've never found it an issue.

The main criteria for any furniture like that for my husband is the seat height. He's a big, tall guy with bad knees/hips. He hates to struggle out of seats that sit so low. So I actually shop for furniture with a tape measure to find seats 19" or higher.

Right now, he generally sits in a leather wingback I bought him for Christmas. I sit in one of two matching chairs flanking the fireplace that we bought for this new house. The 18 y/0 is generally stretched out across the couch!

In our livingroom, we have a couch and a love seat, but we seldom sit in there. We're usually in our TV room, where we have 2 lazy boy recliners. DH likes the downstairs family room where we have a large comfy sectional with high back (and reclining ends).

So we have a choice.

we're not couch cuddlers - it's just not comfortable for me with my back and joint issues. IF I'm in the living room (not super common), then I'm in the recliner -the couch isn't comfortable and it's hard to get back out of. DH will sit on the couch or the floor or the recliner if I'm not in there - he's not picky.

We're struggling looking for living room furniture due to my shortness and DH's tallness.

We have recliners.  We also have a height difference and it's just more comfortable.  Plus, for me it's easy to get up from a recliner than it was when I had a chaise. I really like it.  The cats take turns sitting on either lap.

I feel your pain...I'm 5'3", DH is 6'7". It's been a struggle for us for a long time. We just got new furniture and what we opted for was a sectional that was comfortable for his frame and would mostly work for me. This is because my priority is that he be able to sit in any seat in the living room and snuggle with me on the couch. So we got furniture for giants, lol.

It works for me well enough though I feel like a little kid sitting in it but it works perfectly for him and we can comfortably sit next to each other anywhere in the room which is something we've never actually had. The big bonus is that it's actually big enough for us and our adult daughters too (one of which is 6'2") without anyone feeling crowded! Which honestly is kinda miraculous.

If it could only be one or the other, I'd go for separate chairs over a couch. 

I'm sort, so always end up with my legs tucked under me or on a footstool wherever I'm sitting. My problem with just having a couch to share is we both want the same spot with the right arm rest. 

I've been looking. DH and I are basically the same size, as in tall.. so that isn't an issue. Issue is that I am afraid he is going to pull a fast one on me and I am going to be staring at a recliner from Bass Pro Shop..you know the kind, which for some people it is fine.. just not my style.. the recliner that the material is camouflage.

I am so done with the 'outdoor lodge look in my house'. Probably too much Joanna and Chip in my brain. Everything we have is cabin looking. My inlaws gifted us some of it, which was VERY expensive, so it's not like I could chuck it out the window. The chair and ottoman is wearing out thankfully and need to replace that. Problem is that the kitchen table ties to the chair (same area), so while I would like to go with a different look, I can't get rid of the table. I love the table, but it is 'outdoorsy'. So I need to find a way to get a nice recliner or one of those double recliners that isn't outdoorsy but still will tie into everything else. Ugggg.

We had 2 dark teal/forest green leather lazy boy recliners that we got from MIL and FIL years ago. They finally gave up. We went looking. Found ones we liked ok. And went to buy them. Nope, can’t get them anymore.

So.... online, someone posted a BarcaLounger brand loveseat with 2 foot thingies that pop up (yes, I can’t come up with the word, but I know there is one). Leather, beige, a bit beat up for $75. We have 2 kids and 3 cats so we got it, figuring it is going to be destroyed by our kids anyway and it was cheap enough that if it lasts a few years we’re good with that, Gave our chairs away to a new mom for nursing in and her dad is putting the other into his shop. They were in Pretty rough shape- one lost all the stuffing from one arm, the other had a tear in the seat. I wasn’t sure I would like “the Barca” but it’s really comfy. The whole family can pile in and watch TV together or DH and I can sprawl out comfortably. It has grown on me. Lol. I’d get another.

We also have 2 chocolate brown 8foot long leather sofas too. Those get laid on or slept on by the kids usually.

Him in a chair, directly facing the TV, me stretched out on a couch. our living room is a square, two couches facing each other, then the tv against the wall and dh in front of it.

Hubby is 11" taller than me. I am 5' even and he is 5' 11". We solved it by each picking out our own couches. He has his own, and I have mine. I also discovered that chairs from the 1960s or so are much, much smaller. I found a beautiful one for $35 at a thrift store. Bought it, bought a cover, and I use that a lot too. Love that $35 chair!

DH is 10” taller than I am and carries his height in his legs, which I carry my (lack of!) height in my torso. We went to individual chairs years ago. It’s not as nice as snuggling on the couch, but we can both walk when we get up! These days, only to dog uses the couch.

My parents actually have chairs that come in small, medium, and large. I forget what they are called, but they are really comfortable. Unfortunately, I think they are not my style or I’d get one for myself!

No couch for us. We have separate chairs. His is a rocking, reclining big man La-Z-Boy that gets replaced roughly every 7-10 years, mine is my dad’s 1950’s vintage easy chair with an ottoman that the reupholstery guy I use built to match it. I get my chair reupholstered about every 7-10 years. I don’t like chairs that rock or move. DD currently has a chair kind of like mine with an ottoman that we got from a friend but it’s too soft. She prefers mine so I’m constantly booting her out of it. I told DH we need to get her her own chair that she picks out so I don’t have to constantly give her the boot.

Part of the problem is our big dog will settle for her chair since I constantly boot him out of mine too. (He has his own big dog bed on the floor, but he can’t see out the window from there, so...) Apparently, I am the little dog’s bed because any time I’m sitting in my chair she is sitting ON ME, LOL.