My Honest Interior Define Review

My Honest Interior Define Review & Why I’m A Believer In Customization

Note: Our Ms. Chesterfield Couch and Caitlin chairs were gifted by Interior Define. However, all opinions are my own. This review was done on my own accord and not in partnership with them. As always, I am extremely picky about the products I recommend here – anything I recommend is something I truly use and personally attest to!

Today’s post is a highly requested one. Especially after sharing our living room reveal, so many of you messaged asking about our couch and chairs. You wanted to know if we recommend them, how well they’re made, and what it was like ordering through Interior Define. So without further ado, I’m excited to provide a full Interior Define review for you today!

Here’s the thing about shopping for furniture, especially highly-trafficked pieces like couches or chairs. Purchase decisions come with a lot of pressure. As focal points of a room, they need to be aesthetically pleasing. They’re pieces where people lounge and play and sit and live, so they need to be comfortable. If you are like me and have two toddlers who love to color on any object other than paper, the pieces also need to be practical. See what I mean? < Cue David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” tune here. >

Add on the endless options found online, and it’s hard to narrow down what the right choice is for your home. The thought of “Customization” took that pressure even further because, to me, a fully tailored-to-me piece was cool but also intimidating. What if I picked something that didn’t look good? That felt off? What if I didn’t like the end result?

But, what if buying something like a customized sofa or chairs was as comfortable as lounging them?

A novel idea, right?! It’s one that Interior Define promised, and one that I can honestly say they delivered on absolutely seamlessly. I thought it’d be helpful to put together my honest Interior Define review, because in choosing our pieces, I found other reviews so helpful for me! This post is all about the process I went through in deciding on our pieces, what I liked, how the end result came to fruition, and key notes for if you’re considering buying their pieces too.

Why Interior Define?

This is important to note because there are simply so many choices online, no? How do you know what’s the right one for you? (Especially for big items like a couch!)

My answer: Go with the retailer that has a look and feel you admire. Leaning into this route will lead you to pieces that you will naturally fall in love with in your home, because they will no doubt deliver on the vibe you want to convey. You know what I’m talking about, right? Restoration Hardware has a vibe. Pieces that you see and think, “Ah, yes. That’s so Restoration.” So does West Elm. Target. Anthropologie. Interior Define has one too.

I first gravitated toward Interior Define because of their modern, minimalist aesthetic. (Fun fact: I actually discovered them when reading a fellow blogger’s Interior Define review!) I saw a trend happening with me. Images I’d save online for decor inspiration and reference commonly had their furniture front and center. After years of admiring their pieces, I decided that this was the one.

Interior Define Review: The Exact Details Of Our Furniture

It wouldn’t be a complete Interior Define review without laying out exactly what we ordered! Here are the details on our furniture from Interior Define, including the customization selections we chose.

Style Selection – Ms. Chesterfield Sofa

• Fabric – Sapphire Mod Velvet
• Legs – Oiled Walnut Tapered Turned Wood Legs
• Size – 74″

Style Selection – Caitlin By The Everygirl

• Fabric – Swan Structured Cloth
• Legs – Brass Plated Sloan L Leg

Customization: I’m Now A Believer

As I said before, I was a bit intimidated by “customization”. It felt like so much pressure, I’d never done customized furniture before, and before going through it, I’d probably tell you I wasn’t interested due to said intimidation and the fear of messing it all up. I was that person who’d go to a store, browse the floor, and order based off what I visually saw and confirmed in front of me. (Ohh how you live and learn!)

However, I’m now a full-on believer in customization when done right, because I’ve seen the amazing difference it makes in how pieces come to life in a room. Actually, it’s more than that. They bring a room to life.

Unlike my assumptions, I actually found the Interior Define process to be somewhat fool proof, because they were presented in a way where I could see and visualize exactly what I was going to get. (Unlike many retailers where you see a floor sample, and as you customize and order fabrics and details, the end result is often a guessing game.)

Here’s what I loved specifically about the Interior Define customization process.

All Your Customization Options Are Laid Out Seamlessly

Once you choose a style and you’re on the product page, the customization options are easy and seamlessly listed on the product page. You pick your fabric, legs, and size of the piece. In some furniture items, there’s further customization options such as how many seat cushions you’d like and the cushion fill you prefer. It’s all right there, easily laid out, so you can visually see exactly what your choices are and all the options you could put together for your item.

As You Customize, The Visuals Update

As you pick and choose fabrics, colors and materials you’re interested in, the product image updates with your choices so that you’re looking at the latest visual representation of your item. This makes it super easy to visualize exactly what you’re putting together, and to play around with all your options.

They tell you what fabric options are kid and pet friendly

This was huge for us because, quite frankly, we have no idea what fabrics are better than others for families. I love that I could browse fabric options by which ones are kid and pet friendly. Both the couch and our chairs are made of fabrics that resist piling, snagging and other wear, which is huge for us because #ToddlerLife.

Free Fabric Swatches

Unsure of the fabric or color? Need to see your options in person. They’ll send you free fabric swatches. It’s always nice to see things in person if you’re unsure!

Design Tools & Resources That Are Helpful

As someone who is a very visual person, and who also loves to share and chat things through, I appreciate how many resources that Interior Define made available in the shopping process. Here are a few that I found particularly helpful in making our decisions.

Style Guides

If you’re not sure where to start, there’s a style comfort guide to help showcase suggestions based on what you prefer. For our couch, we were all about the playful vibe — something that made a statement but that was also comfortable enough to lounge around on. For our chairs, we went a classic route — “forever” pieces that we could easily mix and match in different rooms down the road.

Augmented Reality App

THIS WAS SO COOL. I downloaded the Interior Define app, which has the ability to showcase the piece of furniture you’re looking at in your actual home. We basically had a blank canvas because our living room was totally empty before we got our furniture, so it was really fun to play around with this app! It definitely helped us to figure out what pieces would look best together.

“In Real Life”

On the product pages, Interior Define showcases your piece in real life. Real, user-taken photos where you can see how different spaces and customizations were brought to life. This was perhaps the biggest deciding factor in choosing a sapphire blue couch! I don’t know if I would have chosen that color if I’d flown solo on that decision, but seeing this couch in other people’s homes and loving every one of them made me say, “YES. This is exactly what I want.”

How’s The Quality?

You know that “100” emoji that everyone uses when it’s, like, a perfect score? Imagine that here.

We’ve had our couch and chairs for about 4 months now, and they’re basically brand new, despite this being the most highly trafficked room in the house and also the place where Grace and Jo jump around on the regular. These pieces are well made, the fabrics are durable, and I’ve found them easy to clean thus far.

The one caveat I wish I would have considered a bit more is ordering white chairs with two toddlers in the mix. I particularly regretted that color choice when Josephine decided to take a bright blue marker and color on the side of one. (I about lost my mind!) BUT, what made me choose the white despite having kids is that it was labeled under the “Kid and pet friendly” fabric options, so I was banking on the chairs being fairly easy to clean. And guess what? The marker stain easily washed out, and my white chairs are looking pretty darn good still. So, there! 100 emoji.

Alright, be honest, what’s the catch?

Alright, so, obviously from this Interior Define review, you know I’m a huge fan. I, hands down, have never had furniture pieces that we’ve gotten so many compliments on and that I love so much. I’m proud of them; they’ve truly made our living room.

There is one thing to consider, however. Because each piece is made for you, the wait time takes longer than if you purchased at a big box retailer who has boxes and boxes of one item in their warehouses. So definitely go into this knowing that it’ll take some time. (For us it was 12 weeks, I believe!) I will say that I was so eager to get our furniture and it was hard to wait that long, but once we got our items, they were absolutely worth the wait! And I love knowing that our pieces were, literally, crafted just for us.

I hope this Interior Define review was helpful for you, especially if you’re on the hunt for some new furniture! What questions do you have about the process? What of their pieces do you like best? Would love to hear in the comments below!

PS – Big Announcement: We Bought Our House! + Our Living Room Reveal

Note: Our Ms. Chesterfield Couch and Caitlin chairs were gifted by Interior Define. However, all opinions are my own. This review was done on my own accord and not in partnership with them. As always, I am extremely picky about the products I recommend here – anything I recommend is something I truly use and personally attest to. xx