Buying furniture online has always been risky, but skipping the Labor Day weekend furniture sales means missing out on some of the best discounts of the year. Best-case scenario: you snag a great sofa at a fair price without leaving your house. Worst case? You’re staring at 24 cardboard boxes in your living room, questioning
Buying furniture online has always been risky, but skipping the Labor Day weekend furniture sales means missing out on some of the best discounts of the year. Best-case scenario: you snag a great sofa at a fair price without leaving your house. Worst case? You’re staring at 24 cardboard boxes in your living room, questioning all of your life choices, and possibly ending up in a bizarre TikTok feud with the brand’s CEO.
To save you from becoming the internet’s next cautionary tale, I asked BI Reviews home editor Jaclyn Turner for her unfiltered advice on buying a couch sight-unseen. She just published a major overhaul of our guide to the best sofas, so her takes are highly specific, somewhat controversial, and entirely correct:
• Run the “cost-per-use” math before you add to cart. Treat buying a couch like buying clothes and calculate your cost per sit. A $1,800 sectional you’ll sit on daily for five years costs about $0.98 a day — a bargain for a comfortable lounger. By comparison, a trendy $300 outdoor side table you set a drink on 4 times over the summer costs $75 per use. Spend the money where your comfort and your daily life interact, save on the accent pieces.
• “Washable” is not the selling point you think it is. A machine-washable cover sounds genius until you’re sweating through a 45-minute wrestling match trying to jam a dense cushion back into shrunken canvas. Prioritize stain-resistant performance fabrics that can take a coffee spill, and budget $100 for a professional deep-clean once a year instead.
• If you can, factor white-glove delivery into your bottom line. Before you start browsing, mentally tack $150 to $200 onto your total budget to cover assembly. Let the pros navigate the narrow stairwells and do the heavy lifting — it’s an upfront investment in your peace of mind. Sacrificing your weekend and your sanity to an Allen wrench is rarely worth the upgraded shipping fees you “save” at checkout.
With these ground rules established, you’re ready for the main event. Labor Day is historically the best time to buy furniture, and retailers have been slashing prices early. Whether you’re replacing your sofa, upgrading your dining set, or finally investing in a standing desk, we’ve rounded up the best Labor Day furniture sales you can shop right now, from brands and retailers we’ve tested and trust.
The best Labor Day couch, sofa, and sleeper sofa sales
Labor Day is historically the best time of the year to buy a couch, with direct-to-consumer brands and major retailers rolling out their deepest markdowns. To save you from decision fatigue and bad framing, I’ve culled through hundreds of editor-tested sofas, sleeper couches, and sectional deals.
Koala Sofa Bed (4th Gen)
The small-space-friendly and stylish Koala Sofa Bed seamlessly folds out into a firm foam sofa bed. It’s easy to assemble with a generous trial policy and removable washable covers.
Joybird Wilder Sleeper Sectional
The oversized Wilder Sleeper Sectional is comfortable from day to night. It features a classic pull-out design and a Tempur-foam mattress.
Burrow Nomad Sofa
One of Burrow’s bestsellers, the fabric Nomad Sofa offers a modern design at a great price point. The sofa can comfortably seat three people and is made with stain- and scratch-resistant olefin fabric. The design is modular, so you can add or remove sections or chaises to accommodate your changing space and needs.
Benchmade Modern Tyler Sofa
The Tyler Sofa is a classic mid-century design that can be tailored to fit your space and style, with custom sizing and more than 100 different upholstery options, delivered in as soon as month.
Article Sven Birch Ivory Sofa
The Sven is one of Article’s most well-known and popular designs, and it’s a significant $500 off in a neutral ivory-gray colorway. The mid-century modern favorite has tufted seat cushions and comes with two bolster accent pillows.
Coddle Switch Sleeper Sofa
Coddle’s Switch Sleeper Sofa easily converts to a queen-size bed for guests and can fold out into an optional sectional for increased versatility. It’s comfort is on the firmer side. We’d avoid the velvet options, though, as they’re a magnet for hair, dust, debris, and can cause irritating static shocks.
West Elm Harmony Sofa
Soft and deep, the West Elm Harmony Sofa is like a less pricey Cloud Sofa from RH. Designer Amber Guyton has it in her home and calls it “super comfortable.”
The best Labor Day mattress sales
Some mattress brands are notorious for running perpetual “sales,” but Labor Day is the one weekend when the discounts are legitimate. Whether you’re a side sleeper hunting for pressure relief or simply tired of waking up with lower back pain, we’ve filtered out the marketing gimmicks. These are the absolute best savings on editor-vetted hybrid and memory foam beds — complete with generous, risk-free trial windows so you can actually sleep on your decision.
Saatva Classic Mattress (Queen)
The Saatva Classic Mattress is designed to suit a variety of sleeping styles and features a plush top for luxurious comfort. Its patented lumbar zone technology helps support proper spine alignment.
Leesa Sapira Hybrid Mattress (Queen)
The Leesa Sapira Hybrid Mattress is the most comfortable mattress we’ve tested that suits most sleep positions thanks to its medium firmness. We also like it as an option for people with back pain. Save an extra $25 with our exclusive code INSIDER25.
Saatva Rx Mattress (Queen)
The Saatva Rx is designed to help those with joint and back pain. It’s extremely plush, gentle on pressure points, and well-suited for side sleepers.
Nectar Classic Mattress (Queen)
The all-foam Nectar is a versatile mattress that contours to your body to relieve pressure and back pain. It’s well-suited to most sleep positions.
Saatva Contour5 Mattress (Queen)
The Saatva Contour5 is a luxury memory foam mattress available in two firmness options. It melds various high-density, nontoxic CertiPUR-US certified memory foam layers with lumbar support infused with phase change material. It offers a soft and cozy feel and great motion isolation despite poor edge support and sleeping warmer than we expected.
Allswell The Hybrid Mattress (Twin)
Our favorite hybrid mattress for under $500, Allswell’s Hybrid Mattress offers solid firm-enough support for stomach and back sleepers. It also has impressive edge support so sleepers are less likely topple off the edge of a twin-size bed.
Nectar Luxe Hybrid Mattress
Nectar’s Luxe Hybrid mattress combines memory foam and individually-wrapped coils for optimal comfort and support. It has a plush, cool feel that’s perfect for side sleepers and hot sleepers.
Avocado Eco Organic Mattress (Queen)
The Avocado Eco Organic Mattress is made of organic certified latex, wool, and cotton using carbon-neutral practices and is backed by a 25-year warranty. Its medium-level firmness makes it suitable for many sleep types.
Saatva Zenhaven Mattress (Queen)
The Zenhaven Latex Mattress features zoned support for optimal spinal alignment and an array of organic certifications. It is dual-sided for different feels — Luxury Plush and Gentle Firm — though our mattress expert found both sides were firmer than average. Still, the edge support was exceptional.
Bear Natural Mattress (Queen)
The Bear Natural mattress is a hybrid mattress crafted with latex and organic cotton for a bouncy feel and enhanced breathability.
More of the best Labor Day furniture sales
I’ll be updating this guide with new markdowns across patio, outdoor, and home accent categories, so check back as more deals drop ahead of Labor Day.
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