Nancy Meyers enthusiasts, rejoice: old-fashioned details like pleats, frills, and their ultimate archetype, ‘granny-chic’ slipcovers, are going absolutely nowhere as a living room furniture trend in 2027.

Nearly three years into their resurrection, there’s an argument to be made that, like bell-bottoms of the ’70s or monochrome minimalism of the ’90s, these easygoing, fabric-clad couches might be a forever thing. Few brands do deliciously ‘dated’ quite like Anthropologie, whose sprawling, vine-covered Felicity Sectional seats six on deep, feather-blend cushions. Or Joon Loloi, with the softly sweeping curves of the Coralee Slipcover Sofa looking even calmer in Luster Ocean Velvet, a nod to the splashy, country-club-cool Tiffany-blue color trend washing over interiors right now. And in a rare instance where spending less might actually buy you more style, Wade Logan’s under-$700 Wimberly blue-striped Farmhouse Slipcovered Sofa at Wayfair could give Erica Barry’s Hamptons living room in (2003) a run for its money.

They’re unfussy, comfortable, and full of character. If you’re in the market for a new sofa to marry, there’s something to be said for one with a little history. Shop the seats we keep coming back to.

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