charlie137, I too love the Albert sectional at DWR. I hope to purchase it during their next upholstery sale. The Albert is made by American Leather. The $5700 sectional is the Vienna leather, which is not a protected leather. They also offer the Albert in the Sierra leather, which is a protected leather. I have kids and a dog and plan to go with the protected leather. I sat in the Albert in Sierra at one of their stores and found the leather wonderfully comfortable. I am not familiar with Alphaville, but the Angelo does indeed look just like the Albert. I am not certain, but the description made it sound as if the ottoman makes for the sectional instead of a chaise as in the Albert. It says it allows you to switch between a left and right facing section.

I have a family room that is off the kitchen too. MY DH loves our Natuzzi. They make many different styles, colors and sizes. I love being able to read near my kitchen. I agree a sofa that you sink into doesn't work when you are reading a cook book with something on the stove. Not knowing your style, colors etc.. I found a few sofas that are apartment size. These tend to be smaller. Rowe is normally large but they do have a few that are small. How about Baers sectional? Bergstorm is a furniture that sells small cozy sofas? Here are some pictures. ~boxerpups

if the covers are removable with a zipper, we might be able to help you.

@SBK one of several reasons I'm going with a leather that has variations with color, versus a flat dyed color. I had a light sage green leather chair and yes, it was the oil from the hubby's hair that started to show a darkening of the leather, you have to stay on top of cleaning. My daughter has a white leather sofa and I'm really impressed with how well it is holding up with 3 little kids. One of the reasons I'm purchasing from Arizona Leather is having a choice of different grades of leather to choose from and how family friendly they are.