Reserve bulky sectionals for casual basements or media rooms; in living rooms, two sofas and a pair of chairs create a more flexible, balanced arrangement.
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Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
20 Aug. 2026
The most luxurious option is the Viewliner Bedroom Suite, which doubles the Bedroom layout, providing two sofas and separate chairs that convert into beds, along with two private sinks, restrooms, and showers.
Craftsman-style homes, popular between 1905 and 1930, are mainly associated with the bungalows of California, but the Chicago area has its own vernacular examples that share many similarities with the Prairie School and the Arts & Crafts movements.
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Rachel Freundt,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2026
Located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, the island offers nearly 15,000 square feet of buildings, including six bungalows and nine suites.
The library also has an expansive TryIts collection, a lending library where the public can check out and take home items like kites, board games, guitars, and outdoor gear including snowshoes, binoculars, and hammocks.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2026
Land targeted for conservation makes up a quilt of South Florida wilderness, from coastal wetland to tropical hammocks, inhabited by rare plants, butterflies, bats, snakes and other critters.
Treatment huts are—of course—lovely, and my massage was performed by an incredible therapist who clicked my bones in all the right places and left me feeling light as air.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Aug. 2026
The best Airbnbs in the Dolomites are similarly varied, from remote huts tucked into wildflower meadows to working farms with their own cheese dairies and centuries-old homes surrounded by vineyards.
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Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
25 Aug. 2026
Food and drink The inn's lobby doubles as a café that’s open to the public for certain hours of the day—enjoy a coffee and pastry on one of the front porch’s comfortable couches to start the day right.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Aug. 2026
For over a year, 50 women slept on bunk beds in an area that’s now a computer/community room decorated with mid-century modern couches and chairs.
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Trevor Morgan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2026
The unit was nearly full, and the only empty spaces were on the top bunks.
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Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
13 July 2026
Whatever its former luxury, the boat now had cabins crammed with four-person bunks and an atmosphere thick with the scent of unwashed bodies and the steam of rations.
Body Support Is More Than Mattress Firmness Many shoppers use words such as soft, medium, or firm when comparing mattresses.
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Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2026
This practice was common enough that early 20th century police records were reportedly full of fines for residents blocking fire escapes with their mattresses.
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