A chaise lounge is the seat you choose for comfort above all else, the spot in the room where you can put your feet up and settle in with a book or the television. The word covers two things: a single elongated lounge for one, and a sofa or sectional with a chaise section built onto the end. After sixty years of placing them in Calgary living rooms and bedrooms, we have a good sense of which kind suits which spot. Here are eight worth considering, each from a line we carry.
Key Takeaways
| Chaise type | What it is | Best for |
| Single chaise (chaise longue) | One long seat, one arm or none | A reading nook, a bedroom, a quiet corner |
| Sofa with chaise | A full sofa with a lounging end | Everyday family living rooms |
| Double chaise | A sectional with a chaise at each end | Big rooms and two loungers at once |
Rowe Brooke Chaise
The purest form of the piece is the single chaise lounge chair: one seat, one arm, and a long run of cushion to rest your legs along. It is the reading nook made furniture. A single chaise is the most inviting way to say “this corner is mine.”
The Rowe Brooke wears the classic English look, a rolled arm and a deep Cloud Down cushion on turned wood legs with brass casters, so you can wheel it toward the window in the morning and the fire at night. At 33 inches wide and 68 deep, it fills a corner without crowding it.
Vanguard Boyden Armless Chaise
Strip the arms off a chaise and it becomes something more sculptural. A modern chaise reads as a clean line in the room, a low horizontal shape that leaves the sightlines open. Because there is no arm to work around, it also slides closer to a wall or a window than a traditional chaise can. An armless chaise is the rare large piece that still feels light in a room.
Vanguard’s Boyden is a good example, a tailored armless chaise just 35 inches wide with a single lumbar pillow and a low upholstered plinth. It is compact enough for a bedroom or a smaller living room, which is where we most often send it.
Caracole Cypress Chaise
If a chaise is where you go to feel a little indulgent, velvet is the fabric that agrees with you. The pile catches the light and gives the whole piece a soft glow, which is why velvet and the chaise have gone together since the fainting couches of the Victorian drawing room. The honest catch: velvet shows every hand print and paw print, so it belongs in a quiet corner rather than the middle of family chaos.
The Caracole Cypress leans all the way into the drama, a silhouette shaped like a cloud wrapped in plush mohair velvet on rounded wood feet. At 80 inches long it is a genuine centrepiece, the kind of piece you build a reading nook or a bedroom around.
Hancock & Moore York Chaise Sofa
Leather is the other way to go, and it is the practical one. A leather chaise wipes clean, softens as it ages, and shrugs off the wear that would flatten a fabric. Here the chaise comes built onto a sofa, so you get full upright seating and a place to recline in one piece.
The Hancock & Moore York pairs a long sofa with a left arm chaise, built by hand with an eight way hand tied seat under supple leather. The chaise end runs 70 inches deep, which is long enough to properly lie down, not a token footrest. Good leather is the one upholstery that looks better after a decade of use.
Younger and Co Billow Sectional
For most families, the smart buy is a sofa with a chaise rather than a standalone one. You get the seating of a full sectional plus a lounging end, and nobody has to fight for the one comfortable spot. This is the configuration we sell most for a busy living room.
The Younger and Co Billow is soft modern done right, deep cushions with a feather blend fill in an easy cream performance fabric, configured here with a lounging chaise at each side. Built by hand in North Carolina, it seats the whole family for movie night and still leaves a lounging end free. Find more in our sectionals.
Bradington Young Donovan Sectional
Why settle for one chaise when a big room can carry two? A double chaise sectional puts a lounging end on each side, so two people can put their feet up at once without negotiating. It is the honest answer for a household where everyone wants the good seat.
The Bradington Young Donovan does it in leather, a sectional in a U shape with a chaise on each end and an eight way hand tied seat over coil springs. It is a lot of sofa, so it wants a large, open room. See more in our motion and leather seating.
Egoitaliano Masù Sofa
Not every chaise needs to be a statement. An upholstered fabric chaise, built onto a sofa with clean lines, is the versatile middle ground that suits almost any room. The right neutral fabric lets the shape do the talking.
The Egoitaliano Masù is Italian and understated, a soft light fabric sofa with a chaise on the left and slim metal feet. It hides a clever touch: a mechanism that raises the backrest for a deeper, more supportive lounge when you want it. It comes in fabric, microfibre or leather, so you can dial the look to the room.
Nicoline Bric Sofa
When the room is big and the goal is pure comfort, go oversized. A deep, low chaise sofa is the piece you sink into and lose an afternoon on, all wide seats and soft tufting. It rewards a generous footprint, so measure the room first.
The Nicoline Bric is Italian leather at its most relaxed, a low sofa with a deeply tufted seat and a chaise end, resting on a canaletto walnut base with thin metal feet. Offered in leather or fabric, it is built to be the piece the whole room orients around.
A chaise rewards a little planning more than most furniture, because its whole job is to sit out in the open where you can lie down on it.
This is the question people forget and regret. A chaise has a left or a right arm, and the “facing” is named for the side the arm sits on as you look at it. Sit down and notice which way your feet naturally go, then point that end toward the view, the television or the fire. Get the direction wrong and a lovely chaise ends up facing a blank wall.
A chaise is happiest with a little breathing room. Angle it about fifteen degrees off the wall rather than shoving it flush, keep a clear walkway of a couple of feet around it, and set a small table within easy reach for a drink or a book. By a window it becomes a reading spot, near the fireplace it becomes a lounge, and at the end of a bed it becomes the place you actually sit to put your shoes on.
Two numbers matter most: the depth, because a chaise is deeper than a normal chair and can swallow a small room, and the length, because it needs to clear whatever sits beside it. Then choose the fabric for your life, since velvet and leather each set a very different tone.
| Fabric | Best for | Keep in mind |
| Velvet | Statement corners, low traffic | Shows prints, wants a calmer spot |
| Leather | Busy homes, long term | Wipes clean, softens with age |
| Performance weave | Kids and pets | Blot spills fast, very forgiving |
| Linen or cotton | Casual, relaxed rooms | Creases, spot clean |
Because a chaise or a chaise sectional is bulky and often one solid piece, the route matters as much as the room. Measure the front door, the tightest hallway, any turn or landing, and the stairwell, and check the diagonal against the deepest part of the chaise. Our Calgary delivery team measures the path twice for exactly this reason.
Bondars tip: Before you fall for a chaise, sit on the floor model the way you actually relax, sideways with your feet up, not upright like a dining chair. A chaise you love upright can feel too short once your legs are on it, and the only way to know is to lie down.
A chaise lounge is a single elongated seat made for one person to recline with their legs supported, while a sofa seats several people sitting upright. A chaise trades seating count for the ability to lie down. Many sofas now include a chaise section on one end, which gives you both in a single piece.
Both are correct. The original French is chaise longue, meaning “long chair.” Over time the American spelling shifted to “chaise lounge”, which is now the standard form in North America and simply describes what the piece is for.
Put it where you would want to lie down: by a window for reading, near the fireplace for warmth, in a corner of the living room, or at the foot of a bed. Angle it slightly off the wall, keep a walkway around it, and make sure the reclining end faces the view or the television rather than a wall.
Velvet looks the most luxurious but shows marks, so it suits a corner with little foot traffic. Leather is the most practical, wiping clean and ageing well. Performance fabrics are the most forgiving for homes with children or pets. Match the fabric to how the room actually gets used.
A chaise lounge is used for reclining and relaxing: reading, napping, watching television, or simply putting your feet up. In a bedroom it doubles as a place to sit and dress, and a sofa with a chaise adds full seating for guests as well.
Sit as you would to relax and see which way your legs go, then pick the arm on the opposite side so your feet point toward the open room, the view or the television. If the chaise is part of a sectional, the arm side also decides how the sofa fits your wall, so measure both before you order.
A chaise lounge is a small luxury that changes how a room feels, a permanent invitation to slow down and get comfortable. Whether you want a single velvet chaise for a reading nook, a leather sofa with a chaise for the whole family, or an oversized piece to sink into, the trick is to match the form to the spot and the fabric to your life. Every piece here comes from a line we are proud to carry. Come try them in person or speak with one of our design consultants today.
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