6 Steps to Choosing Sex Furniture

I'm pretty sure you've heard of sex toys, but have you heard of sex furniture? Yes, that's right. It's furniture... made specifically for sex. It's truly a game changer!

Why Use Sex Furniture?

Your couch is designed for sitting. It's crafted for multiple people to be able to sit, converse, and stare straight ahead at that expensive flat-screen television on movie night. If you have a nice couch, it might even be comfortable to lay on!

Your bed is optimized for sleeping. Depending on how fancy you are, it might have temperature controls or firmness settings. All of those things culminate in one desired effect: better sleep.

But none of your household furniture is specifically designed for sex. You might use it for sex (and oh, can that be fun!), but none of it is optimized for the positions and angles that can make sex really explosive.

That's where sex furniture comes in. Sex furniture is crafted just for the pleasure and realities of sex. That means you'll get:

• Easier clean-up because sex messes are real.
• Surfaces that feel amazing on naked skin.
• Supportive surfaces that hold your bodies in place.
• Angles that make sex feel even better.
• Full-body support that may make sex a more accessible for people with chronic pain or disabilities.

In most cases, sex furniture unlocks angles that would be difficult (or impossible!) without the piece of furniture. Take Doggy Style, for example. This is a favorite sex position for many, but it can be hard on the body of both the penetrative partner and the receiving partner! And if there's a significant height difference between partners, this position can be nearly impossible.

When you add sex furniture, though, this glorious position becomes much more accessible. A wedge pillow, like the Liberator Wedge, can support and elevate the receiving partner's hips, making Doggy Style easy for just about anyone. The shift in hop position can also allow for deeper penetration at new angles, which can take Doggy Style from great to mind-blowing.

That's the magic of sex furniture. It makes sex more comfortable, more pleasurable, and more adventurous.

How to Choose Sex Furniture

Unfortunately, all of that magic has a bit of a price tag. Furniture is expensive, in general, and sex furniture is no different. If something can safely support your body weight while getting pounded, it needs be high-quality! And you do have to pay for that quality level.

Add the price tag to the ever-growing selection of available sex furniture, and your choices can start to feel, well, paralyzingly overwhelming. What one is right for you? What's the perfect companion to your sex life?

Don't stress! That's what Kinkly is here for. We'll walk you through how to narrow down your sex furniture choices in 6 easy steps.

Step 1: Know Your Budget

Just like walking into a dining room furniture store, you have to have to go into sex furniture shopping with an idea of how much you can comfortably spend. Sex furniture can vary from $90 all the way up to $2,500. It all depends on what you want you're looking for, how large it is, and how many special features it has.

So, knowing your budget before you start is an easy way to narrow down your list of options. If the multi-hundred sex furniture doesn't fit into your budget at the moment, just use price filters to hide them from view, instantly making your shopping journey easier.

Now that we've stressed the importance of budget, we'll add one caveat: keep your budget in mind, but stay open-minded. If your "takes my breath away!" piece is out of your budget, you may want to save up. Sex furniture is just like all furniture — sometimes it's worth saving up for a few months to ensure you get what you really want.

On this note, I recommend keeping durability and longevity in the back of your mind too. One way that sex furniture manufacturers have made things cheaper is by using inflatable designs. These designs can work great for some couples, especially since they can be fully deflated for storage. However, they're less durable for the pounding intensities of sex, and a single pop can make them useless for future use. If you're looking at inflatable options to help save money, make sure you know that you might be spending that money for something that pops the first time you use it.

Step 2: Determine Your Sex Furniture Goals

Deciding what you want to achieve with your sex furniture is a big part of choosing a piece. So, before you start digging through products, close your eyes and think about what you'd like to do on your sex furniture. If you buy some, what would you want to happen on it? Is there a specific sex position you'd like to improve? Or one you've never been able to make work that sex furniture could unlock? Are you looking for more adventure?

Your goals might simply be things like:

• Make Missionary position more exciting and pleasurable.
• Add hands-free pleasure for the receiving partner to make sex more pleasurable for them.
• Make doggy style an option again by reducing knee pain.
• Feel inspired to find new ways for your bodies to fit together.
• Make your mattress feel more supportive for certain sex positions.
• Make positions you love more accessible.

Once you've answered those questions, consider that some sex furniture is designed for a specific thing, while other pieces are more versatile. If you want to revolutionize dildo riding, a Liberator BonBon is probably what you want. If you wanted to ride a wand massager, though, the BonBon would be the worst choice; it can't even work with a wand massager!

So, you can see why having an idea of what you want to achieve can help you narrow down your sex furniture options. If you see an option that won't necessarily meet your goals or help you get into the sex positions you love, you can automatically rule it out.

This way, you end up getting sex furniture that actually makes a difference in your sex life!

Step 3: Size Matters

There's only so much space in your home. If you just don't have space for another piece of furniture in your bedroom, you may need to choose sex furniture that can be used on the bed or floor and stored away afterwards.

Luckily for us, manufacturers understand that, and quite a bit of sex furniture is crafted to be used on the bed you already own. Check out images of people using the pieces you're interested in to give you a good idea of how it's going to fit in your space.

If you're only interested in larger sex furniture, don't be afraid to get out a tape measure and measure out the size of the space you have available. It can be easy to misjudge measurements when buying online, especially if you're picking up something the size of a loveseat. So make sure you measure your space and check out the manufacturer's site to get the measurement details for the piece you're interested in. This is the only way to truly ensure it will fit in your home.

Size can also matter even if the sex furniture you're checking out is smaller or the same general shape. The Dame Pillo, Liberator Jaz, and Liberator Wedge are all wedge-shaped cushions designed to lift the hips. However, each one is a different width and length. Larger bodies may find that the Dame Pillo or Liberator Jaz doesn't have enough width to support their hips. Or maybe one of these wedges doesn't provide enough lift for the hips. So, even though these products are really similar and it's tempting to go with the cheapest option, the measurements really do matter.

Step 4: Think about Storage

After you get done with your sex furniture, you have to "store" it.

If you have a large, couch-sized piece of sex furniture, "storage" might be as simple as wiping it down and hiding any restraints. Since this furniture will be out 24/7, if discretion is important, you may want to choose sex furniture that can masquerade as regular furniture. Some sex furniture attempts to make possible through its design. For example, the Liberator Cello Chaise is modeled after trendy gaming chairs to avoid suspicion. And the Liberator Aria Flip Chaise could easily pass for a trendy, ergonomic chaise.

If you have a smaller piece of sex furniture, though, you probably don't want to leave it sitting on your bed all of the time. If that's the case, you need to make sure you have a space within your home to store it. Does it, literally, fit in your closet? Can it fit underneath the bed? Can you hide it behind some sheets or inside of a dresser drawer?

If discretion is important to you, make sure you have a way to make that happen with the sex furniture pieces you're looking at. Especially since there usually aren't return policies for this furniture, you want to make sure your potential option fits exactly where you're imagining it will go.

Step 5: Know Your Cleaning Limitations

If you're having sex on this, it's probably going to get a bit messy. Even if you manage to keep bodily fluids off of it, it'll probably still end up getting some sweat on it. That's just the reality of having great sex!

So make sure you know how to clean your potential sex furniture and whether that's something that fits into your sex life. Is it something you have the capacity to do? Is it something you're comfortable with doing?

Sex furniture is usually cleaned in one of two ways:

• Machine washability. If you get a Liberator piece, you'll likely find that it includes a zip-off outer cover. This outer-cover can be tossed into the washing machine for super easy cleaning. They recommend air drying it for best results, but some people choose to shorten the lifespan of their sex furniture cover by tossing it into the dryer. Once it's dry, it can simply be rezipped onto the Liberator sex furniture, and everything will be ready to go again!
• Spot cleaning. Not every piece of sex furniture can have a zip-off cover. It's not feasible for many! Instead, other sex furniture may require spot cleaning. It will likely be made of easy-wipe faux leather, metal, or plastic. You then take a soapy washcloth and clean up any used surfaces after your play session.

Don't forget to include drying time with your sex furniture piece too! If you have to spot clean your sex furniture, it will need to air dry for a bit before being tossed into storage. Do you have somewhere where that can happen?

This may be especially applicable to you if you're someone who usually has deliciously messy sex, like sex that involves squirting or watersports. You may want to avoid any sex furniture with lots of hard-to-clean cracks as liquids can get into small cracks pretty easily.

Step 6: Special Features

Steps one through five should have narrowed down your options quite a bit. You might be down to just a few options now.

If that's the case, weigh any special features against each other. That might be things like:

• Bondage capabilities. Do you want the option to add bondage when you feel like it? If so, look for sex furniture that offers built-in bondage points or has a shape that allows you to use the bondage gear you want with it.
• Non-slip capabilities. Do you plan on using multiple pieces of sex furniture together? If so, Liberator microfiber shapes are all designed to be non-slip against one another. You can build a playground of shapes!
• Portable/break-down capabilities. Do you need it to pull apart into multiple pieces for easier storage? Do you need something that can travel with you to a lover's house or events?
• Compatibility with accessories. Some sex furniture offers accessories that can expand the furniture's functionality. If you're undecided between the Liberator Wedge and a Dame Pillo, for example, it may help to learn that the Liberator Birdi is an accessory that allows you to mount sex toys onto your Wedge. Since the Pillo doesn't provide that, you might choose to go with the Wedge in case you want to explore that option in the future.

Now that you've got all the details to inform your decision, head over to the Kinkly Shop to choose the sex furniture that works best for you!