One of my customers asked for a solid pine sofa and ottoman.  For me this was a very interesting and challenging project.

To start, I searched for plans, but was unsuccessful, so I referenced the sofas in my house, and taking my client’s sketch, design preferences and specific measurements as a start, went about preparing a design.

Here is the finished project.

The sofa is 8 feet long and 3 feet deep.  The back has slots at the top and bottom to allow the cushions to be secured.  The ottoman is 2 feet by 4 feet.  It can also serve as a coffee table.  The top lifts off, offering easily accessible storage.

The sofa presented several challenges …  the sofa frame is solid mortise and tenon joinery with panels and drawers as shown in the photo, but it also needed to be modular so that it could pass through a standard doorway.  For this reason the 2 back and the seat pieces are removable.  Also, shop space limitations required that I complete final assembly in my garage, where I had to improvise extenders so I could clamp the complete length of the unit (my longest clamps are 60″).

Here are a couple of shots during construction …