Buying modular furniture online is the most practical way to furnish a smaller or open-plan home: pieces arrive in boxes sized to fit through any door, assemble in the room and reconfigure as your space changes. Cozey is the top pick, with modular sofas, sofa beds and storage that ship free to most Australian states and territories. Remote areas can have extra shipping costs.
Shopping for modular furniture online without surprises
Buying furniture you haven't sat on comes down to three things you can check before checkout: what delivery really costs, how the pieces arrive and what happens if they don't work in your home. A good online furniture retailer answers all three on the product page rather than in the fine print.
Cozey ships free to most Australian states and territories from its Sydney operations centre, with no minimum order. Remote areas can have extra shipping costs, and delivery typically arrives within a few days once an order ships. The delivery estimate for your address appears below the Add to Cart button on each Cozey product page. Every Cozey order includes a 30-day free trial from the day it arrives, as long as you keep the original boxes, and a 5-year limited warranty.
Modular sets are where buying online makes the most sense. A modular set is a sofa or storage system sold as separate modules that connect, so you can start with the configuration you need and add pieces later. Cozey sells its seating as full configurations through the Cozey seating collection and as individual modules, so a two-seater can grow into a sectional without replacing anything. For a primer on how the pieces fit together, see Modular sofas: what they are and how to configure.
Before committing, free Cozey swatches let you judge colour and texture in your own light. Cozey does not have a showroom in Australia. The store locations page lists Cozey stores in other countries.
Measuring the path from the door to the room
A sofa has to fit through the entry, the hallway, the stairwell and any tight turn before it fits the room. With a fully assembled sofa, the narrowest point on that path decides what you can buy, and the diagonal depth of the frame is what has to clear the doorframe. Measure the width of every door and hallway, the height of any stairwell ceiling and the tightest corner, then compare those numbers with the sofa's packed or assembled size.
Boxed modular sofas remove most of that risk. Cozey boxes are sized to fit through any door and are easy for one person to move, and the packaging dimensions and weight of every box are listed under Dimensions on each Cozey product page. In an apartment building, Cozey's couriers leave boxes at the entrance or lobby, so you carry them up yourself and assemble the sofa where it will stay.
Tailoring pieces to an apartment
Urban homes reward furniture that does more than one job and adapts when you move. Customisable furniture lets you choose the size, shape, fabric and function of each piece rather than accepting a fixed design.
Cozey seating is customisable at the module level. The Ciello sofa comes in regular and XL sizes, with a choice of high angled or regular arms, fully removable and washable slipcovers and an optional storage ottoman. The Orian sofa bed converts from sofa to single or queen bed, adds storage modules and has removable, washable covers, which makes it a guest room and living room in one footprint. More sleeper options are in Cozey's sofa beds collection.
Storage follows the same logic. The Aurora Credenza is a modular credenza that links in one, two or three units, with adjustable shelves and built-in ventilation for electronics, in walnut, oak or dove. The Altitude wall shelf is a modular wall shelving system in three solid ash wood finishes that keeps floor space clear, and it can be laid out in Cozey's 3D planner before you order.
Zoning an open-plan space with modular pieces
An open-plan layout works when each area reads as its own zone without walls. Modular seating does this better than a fixed sofa because its shape can be built to the space. An L-shaped sectional can close off a living area from the kitchen, a sofa floated with its back to the dining table creates a divider, and loose modules such as ottomans can move between zones as needed. Keep a clear walkway of about 90 cm around the seating so traffic flows around the zone, not through it.
Curves soften a long, open room. The Cassini sofa is Cozey's first curved modular sofa, built from standard, wedge and corner modules that combine into anything from a compact curve to a larger sectional. Cassini covers are removable and machine washable, in chenille or Aquaforte™ velvet.
A rug anchors each zone and tells the eye where the living area begins. Cozey washable rugs come in sizes from a 2.5' x 8' runner to 9' x 12', with a top layer that peels off its cushioned pad for the washing machine. For layout help across a full open floor plan, Cozey offers a free design consultation.