I bought a rug on line once. The color was not even close when it arrived. The seller said that she would refund the purchase price-so I paid a lot to ship it back to her. I had foolishly paid for the rug by check. She kept both the rug and the money. She never did refund the money. It was one of those things in life where you learn, and just need to let it go and move on. And back to the original post, someone suggested that they are stocking those big rolled arms because people are buying them. I wonder if that is actually true. I walk through these large furniture showrooms, and there are very, very few other customers. Ever. I could count on one hand the number of customers in the large, beautiful furniture stores. I find the stores depressing. First, what I want, is never what they stock. A bed for instance. There are perhaps 4-5 in the whole store. None of which are even a remote possibility. Sofa's might be beautiful, but uncomfortable. Or decent in comfort, but have those big rolled arms. Etc. etc. Worse, A sales person moves in as soon as you walk through the store, just like a used car lot. They follow you around, and hover. They do not seem to be able to answer simple questions, such as which sofas on the floor are 8 way hand tied. Does the company on this sofa with the big rolled arms, offer other arm choices? Are any of the sleeper sofa's available in a love seat size sleeper? Each question they have to go look it up in a catalog somewhere in the deep, blue yonder, also know as the far back of the store. While I stand waiting, not sure whether to simply move on to other areas of the store to keep looking, or whether to wait by the piece he is going to try and find information on. Many sales people at the furniture stores appear to be standing around for a good part of the day, waiting for the next customer, so it might be worthwhile to use some of that time learning about what they sell, so that they become the most knowledgeable salesperson in the store, and in essence the salesperson everyone will look for and pass their name on to friends. In our area, the sales people hover near the front door, waiting for the next customer to walk through the front door. I personally find it irritating and just want to walk around and look. If I have a question, I would like to then be able to ask for a sales person. At one high end store, I managed to slip by the front group of sales people, who were talking. So far, so good. I got to the piece I wanted to look at, and a sales person approached and asked who my sales person was. I replied that I had just a few minutes to look at something, and that I did not need the sales person that had been assigned to me two days before when I had been in the store. Within seconds, I heard that sales person paged, and she was hovering within 2 minutes flat. I was so annoyed with the way they do business, where it felt just like a used car lot, where they follow you around as soon as you walk through the door. You get this person assigned to you whether you want a sales person, or not. There they are!

We have an English roll arm sofa from Ethan Allen that is not too deep. It's the Paramount sofa, which can be configured in a number of different ways -- attached back, semi attached, or loose back pillows, english or a different style of arm, bun feet, straight feet or skirt, love seat, small sofa, long sofa, or sectional... and of course, there are any number of fabric possibilities. Ours is also a sleeper sofa that we had configured with their air mattress instead of the regular mattress. We've been very happy with the quality of this sofa. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of ours, but here's the link to the Ethan Allen website. They're showing the paramount with the other arm style, but it DOES come in an English roll arm style (that's what we have). You have to order through their stores -- they don't sell furniture online. Here is a link that might be useful: Ethan Allen Paramount sofa

The rolled arm seems more consistent with the things you have now, but the squared arm would seem to lend itself more easily to modern additions you say you would like to try. But it has the nailheads and you say you don't like them -- so do you really want to live with them day in and day out? The nailheads up on the top of the arm is a current and trendy detail. I like it on some pieces, but you could wind up feeling it looks dated where the rolled arm will only risk looking worn or faded over time. It's a classic style. As for color, I like grey, but I would like more color in there, so I would favor the navy for either style. I would shy away from the grey for the rolled arm. Can't put my finger on why, but the idea isn't working for me. If you do grey, would you go for a monochromatic look -- all black, white and grey with a few color accents?

The one I currently sit on has 24. I contacted them in Pottery Barn in order to identify a sofa in the picture That had roll-arms and he gave me a link to the one on their site. It’s called Charleston Slipcovered Sofa. https://www.potterybarn.com/products/charleston-slipcovered-sofa-collection/ Inside Seating: 46" wide x 23.5" deep x 21" high 23.5" deep