49 Iconic Couches From Your Favorite Sitcoms, in One Chart

Plop an orange couch on a lawn with a water fountain in the background and you get an instantly recognizable scene from ‘90s television. (Well, to Friends fans, at least.)

If that example didn’t quite resonate, you may recall all the gag scenes that took place on The Simpsons couch, or the juicy conversations that unfolded while the Golden Girls relaxed on their coral, floral-printed throne. You may even be able to conjure up an image of the blue-and-white checkered couch from Full House.

Even if you haven’t consciously pondered the decor while watching your favorite sitcoms from the ‘80s, ‘90s, and 2000s, you'll still probably recognize a couch or two from HomeAdvisor’s “Visual Compendium of Sitcom Sofas.” This chart features dozens of sofas from popular TV shows, from the sleek and sophisticated to the gaudy and garish. All of them, however, are iconic.

The sofa also represents more than just a piece of furniture, according to HomeAdvisor. “The sofa, as television producers have long known, is the perfect sitcom prop,” the digital marketplace writes on its website. “It can form the center of a studio stage, symbolize family values, or create a mirror image of the viewer at home. In some sitcoms, the sofa is so important that it is a star in its own right.”

Sofas—and set design in general—can also quietly convey details about a character’s personality and personal tastes. The producers of Frasier understood this, and even went so far as to cover a replica of Coco Chanel's sofa with 24 yards of Italian suede—a job that cost $15,000.

If you take your sofas as seriously as Dr. Frasier Crane does, check out the full infographic below and visit HomeAdvisor’s site to learn more about their inspiration for the project.