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About Albany Park
Darryl Sharpton sold his first sectional as a student at the University of Miami, then went fourth round to the Houston Texans in 2010 and spent five seasons trying not to think about furniture. It didn't take. "I always intended on starting a furniture company after playing football," he told us. "In fact, I was impatient and tried starting a furniture company while still playing the NFL."
He retired in 2015. Two years later he and his wife Jessica went looking for a sofa for their own home and came back with nothing but a grievance. Every showroom overpriced. Every catalog a thousand near-identical options. Anything actually good, months away. They founded Edloe Finch in 2017 and launched Albany Park in 2019 on a single bet: fewer sofas, done properly, shipped in boxes a person can carry upstairs.
That bet still holds. The sofas arrive in boxes you can carry up a stairwell and go together in about ten minutes, which sounds like a small thing until you've tried to get a traditional one past a landing. Three lines now, the Kova, the Barton and the Lido, each in enough configurations to fit a studio or a family room, and every piece built to order.
The Kova
The flagship, and the one our testers keep ending up on. Deep seats, forgiving foam, and a modular layout that stretches from an 86" sofa to a full pit. Box cushions hold a crisp line; pillow cushions give you the slouchy look.
The Barton
The tailored one. A classic three-seat silhouette with neat corners and deep seating, plus a matching armchair, chaise sectional and storage ottoman.
The Lido
The small-space answer. At 75" it fits apartments where a sectional would swallow the room, and the mid-century legs keep it visually light. There's an 86" version and a chaise sectional if you've got more wall to work with.
Shipping, returns and warranty
Free white glove delivery on every order, a $149 value, with a crew bringing the piece inside rather than leaving boxes on your porch. Everything is built to order, so expect one to two weeks. Returns run 30 days with free pickup and a 20% fee, so order the free swatches before you commit. Frames are covered for life.
“These sofas are handmade in North America, which allows us to be more conscious of our footprint.”
Jessica Ross
Co-founder, Albany Park
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The construction is the part people miss. Albany Park sits inside Exemplis, a California manufacturer that has been building commercial seating since 1996, and the frames carry a limited lifetime warranty. Contract furniture gets specified because it has to survive strangers, and that's the construction now going into a sofa that only has to survive you.
Fabric is where the brand spends the rest of its effort. Around 38 options across performance velvet, chenille, bouclé, linen, brushed canvas and Sunbrella. Most are stain and liquid resistant, several have covers you can unzip and put in the machine. If you have kids or a dog, start there rather than with the velvet. The swatches are free and worth the wait.
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