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Axis 105" Grande Sofa by Crate & Barrel
  • Brand: Crate & Barrel
  • Category: Sofas & sectionals
  • Price: $2,449
  • Dimensions: Overall: 105" W x 43" D x 32" H; diagonal depth: 52"; Seat: 90" W x 25" D x 18" H
  • Rooms: Living room
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Room×Lab Review · Review updated September 28, 2026

Grande owners praise deep, supportive, family-sized comfort; across Axis pieces, delivered firmness and cushion shape over time divide opinion

Crate & Barrel's 3,440 ratings cover the whole Axis sofa and sectional family, and Room×Lab read 2,755 distinct written reviews submitted from 2014 to 2026. A minority name the 105-inch Grande. Most cover sectionals, chaise, wedge and corner pieces, apartment, 76- and 88-inch, Classic and Bench sofas, loveseats, older Axis and Axis II units, sleepers, chairs, ottomans or delivery, and construction may differ. Fabric results depend on the named upholstery. Most are early impressions, and reports of five years or more mostly concern older units. The reviews below are all from Grande owners: three detailed praise accounts, including a seven-year account, and three detailed complaints, which are rarer than praise.

Room×Lab rating: 6.8 out of 10 (medium confidence). Owners of the 105-inch Grande mostly describe deep, supportive comfort; across all Axis pieces the retailer average is 4.58 stars. The caveat is cushion consistency: some delivered units felt harder than store samples, shape retention divides owners, and most long-term praise concerns older units.

  • Grande reviews: deep, supportive, family-sized comfort: 76 favorable and 17 critical mentions of comfort, depth, scale or finish on 105-inch Grande reviews. — Most Grande owners write after days to about a year of use; two owners describe about seven years of use, on sofas of unstated generation. Complaints include a delivered sofa that felt worse than the store sample, a repeat buyer's firmer, shallower custom-fabric sofa with misaligned cushion lines, and a sofa and two chairs sagging after two years.
  • Firmness and break-in: showroom feel does not always match delivery: 40 favorable and 35 critical mentions about firmness and break-in across Axis pieces. — Many owners like the firm sit or found it softened within days to weeks. Critics describe delivered units much harder than floor models, some still hard after months, and others were still waiting for it to soften. A few found cushions too soft. These reviews span configurations, fabrics and break-in stages.
  • Cushion shape over time: plump for years for some, flattening for others: 26 favorable and 45 critical mentions about cushion shape over time across Axis pieces. — Some owners report cushions staying plump after four to ten years, several with routine flipping, rotating or fluffing. Critics describe flattening; one four-piece sectional owner needed nearly every cushion replaced within about a year. These reports span configurations and generations, so they do not predict a lifespan for the Grande.

Before buying

Sit on a Grande floor model and ask how delivered cushions compare, as firmness varies across Axis pieces. Measure doorways and your room for the 105-by-43-inch sofa, and rotate and fluff cushions regularly; shape over time divides owners.

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