A lot of L-shaped sofas are quite substantial in size and do not make efficient use of the space they occupy. This Mags design by Danish company Hay is modular, meaning each component can be used in its own right as well as together in a sofa configuration.
Lounge on it alone and, when you have guests, break it up to accommodate everyone. A floor model is available at Inreda in a pale grey fleck wool (not pictured), reduced in its summer sale, from €3,975 to half price €1,988. The fixed cover sofa measures 303cm long by 96cm deep and is 127cm deep at the chaise longue end. During the sale there is 20 per cent off all new orders. Inreda (01-4760362) is at 71 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2.