The single most daunting piece of furniture in the house is, if you ask us, the sofa. First you have to find The One and commit to it. Then there’s the challenge of coming up with the cash, the often months-long wait, and, finally, fitting the hulking thing through your door.
Not surprisingly, a number of companies are attempting to make sofa buying easier by offering flat-pack designs. Not only do these sofas ship easily in luggable boxes?no movers necessary?but also they assemble in minutes without tools (no Ikea-style inscrutable instructions). And all can be easily deconstructed for taking with you if you move. Looking to get comfy" Here are five companies vying for your attention.
Burrow
Burrow claims to have “identified and solved the biggest pain points” in the furniture industry. These include having to leave your house to try out sofas?and having to leave your sofa to charge your phone and laptop (the Burrow has a hidden power cradle). Founded by a duo with backgrounds in finance and retail analytics (who took their concept to Silicon Valley’s prestigious start-up incubator Y Combinator), the brand makes its sofas in Mexico City. The hitch: It’s still in beta mode; preorders are being accepted, but shipping is not yet under way.
Above: The Burrow sofa straddles the line between midcentury modern and contemporary, and comes as a modular two- or  three-seater (which can be expanded or shortened as needed). It has a pi...