Moroccan Couch
Buy the best moroccan couch selected and recommended by interior designers. By Caroline Patterson.
A more casual approach to relaxation, a Moroccan couch will turn your living room from a regular room into one with color and character. A Moroccan living room has a style that looks uncomfortable at first, but is transformed with cushions and pillows. Best suited for a larger living room, the sofas are bold and bright. We’ve handpicked a few of our favorite couches below so you can recreate Moroccan living room furniture in the USA, your way.
Moroccan Couch
Buying Guide
Caroline Patterson
Interior Design Expert
Caroline is a young, New York-based interior designer and home decor writer, obsessed with textiles and designer furniture. Backed with rigorous training from a prestigious design school, as well as a profound understanding of material quality and fabric care, she offers spot-on advice on how to furnish your place with reliable, functional, and aesthetically pleasing pieces.
Moroccan living room furniture makes use of bold colors, bright prints, and intricate abstract designs. If the word “Moroccan” instantly brings to mind minarets, spires, and panels of gingerbread carving, you would not be wrong. Add colorful tiles, luxurious footstools and thick floor pillows, and you have a good beginning grasp of the style. The Moors brought the styles to Spain, and it can be found in several locations around the Mediterranean. The strong balance of color, comfort and ornate decoration creates a style of many layers.
Moroccan Couches
As you might expect, a large couch can be a featured item in a Moroccan style living room. It can be a modern couch, with plain fabric and jewel tone throw pillows, but can just as easily be more traditionally styled. Traditional styles might include a round-backed couch with wood trim and floral upholstery, or perhaps even a “fainting couch.” The latter are designed more like a chaise lounge or an extremely deep armchair. Seating can also be narrow, padded benches that are strewn with pillows.
Moroccan Pillows
Square pillows, both in small, throw pillow size and large floor pillow sizes are almost de rigueur for a Moroccan style living room. They are often in solid, jewel colors that work well against print floral backgrounds or on the more somber benches or modern style couches. They can be used to make a couch more comfortable or to allow seating on the floor.
Moroccan Rugs
Beautiful, woven rugs with a thick pile go well with the pillows, inviting sitting or nesting among pillows on the floor. They make an excellent place for children to play or even for adults to sit at a low table. They can range from intricate floral designs to bold solids or even understated colors with small floral trim.
Moroccan Footstools and Ottomans
Beautiful, dome-topped footstools make a comfortable place to sit or a place to prop up tired feet at the end of the day. They are often velvet with a traditional design that almost makes you think of a small drum, but that is much more cushioned. They can be all sorts of colors, from white leather through the shades and tints of primary colors, right on up through metallic shades and into black.
Moroccan Side Tables, Coffee Tables and Storage
Baroque carving and tile are characteristic of Moroccan tables, side tables, and storage units. Saying that is like saying “Water is wet,” and expecting the listener to understand the vastness of the ocean. The tile tops can be geometric designs or historical scenes.
Moroccan Room Dividers and Window Treatment
Carved room dividers with intricate designs can provide privacy while still allowing air circulation. They can also be positioned in front of the windows. Swags of gauzy material can cover windows, flanked by rich, velvet curtains in strong colors. The windows are often topped and framed with a frieze of carved wood. The combination is a rich, colorful and even majestic. It is the perfect way to keep curious eyes out and let the breezes in.