Urban Outfitters is many a young person’s go-to destination for skinny jeans and raunchy coffee table books, but the opportunities don’t end there — visit a large store (or the website), and you can buy the coffee table as well!

Let’s take a look at some of our favorite urban Outfitters pieces:

Haruki Slat Bench
Whether you’re looking for a place to sit or simply to store the aforementioned raunchy literature, this Urban Outfitters bench is sure to oblige. We love it in front of the couch in the living room, against the wall in the entryway, or even at the foot of the bed.

Dolce Chair
Treat your tush to something fabulous with this chunky chair in tweed. Stick it in the corner of a room as a classy accent piece, or plant in front of a desk to get down to business.

Antoinette Fainting Sofa
Light-headed urbanites will love this cotton velvet piece, exclusive to the UO website. Once you recover from your spell, we recommending customizing this piece with pillows and throws of your liking.

We just stumbled upon an incredible piece of furniture called DOC, a convertible sofa from Bonbon Trading. But this couch doesn’t just convert into a bed — it converts into two beds.

The exact mechanics elude us, but the DOC somehow transforms into bunk beds, including a ladder and protective guard.

Your move, Optimus Prime.

Upholstered furniture from Squint Limited. (via daciaray on Flickr)

Let’s talk about couches. Personally I like leather. It’s always cool, except in the summertime and you’re shirtless, but come on man, no one wants to see that and then you hear the sound it makes when you peel yourself off  the couch when you decide to finally get up. Anyway, leather is nice. It kind of envelopes you in the way a beanbag does. And the kind that recline are even better. Who doesn’t like to put their feet up after a long hard day of work? The best ones though are the single seat recliner Lay-z-Boys. Oh yea, they don’t even have to be leather and you got me for life.

But if you’re into something a bit more formal I really like the L-shaped couch. That way you can generate more conversation than if everyone is just sitting in a line, craning their necks to look over at the person across the couch.

Or the love seat. A personal favorite of mine, especially on first dates.
And if you have a friend over, and there’s no room for him in your bed (why would there be?) just put him on the couch. Couches are great. If you don’t have one, or are in need of a new one, I’m jealous. I love couch shopping!

In a perfect world, you’d be able to replace you old sofa or couch the second its color started to fade, or the moment you realized that you were out of clean cushion sides to flip over. But this is the real world, and investing in a brand new piece of furniture at the drop of a hat (or a glass of grape soda) is usually out of the question.

Here are some affordable tips to dress up and old soda or couch:

• Slipcovers. Sometimes as cheap as $20, slipcovers are a great way to breathe new life into an old piece. To really feel like you’re sitting on a different piece of furniture, try selecting a color or pattern completely unlike the fabric you’ll be covering up.
• Throw pillows. Available in all shapes and sizes, throw pillows can add some contrast to an otherwise dull piece of furniture. You can even place them strategically to hide stains or worn areas. For a cool effect, try changing your throw pillows to match the current season by selecting floral prints in the spring, bright colors in the summer, oranges and reds in the fall, and holiday characters and symbols in the winter.
• D.I.Y. repairs. Your sofa might not be as run-down as you think it is. Take a home sewing kit to those ripped stitches and attack stubborn stains with a powerful at-home cleaner. What have you go to lose?

With these tips, you can revive you sofa or couch for cheap and put the money you saved towards something much more important. It’s enough to make you want to put your feet up and relax!