09/16/2026
Who in the world is KT Furniture?
When I first encountered this sofa, I really didn’t know much about KT Furniture either. But before deciding what to do with it, I started digging.
The more I learned about its history, the more I realized this wasn’t a piece I wanted to discard. It deserved a new life.
KT’s story grew out of Debu/Flair, a California manufacturer of residential upholstered furniture. During the 1970s, the company was producing contemporary sofas and seating for the home — clean, low-profile designs that fit beautifully into the changing look of American interiors.
Then came an interesting a-ha moment in the company’s history. Interior designers began specifying furniture originally created for residential settings for offices, banks and institutional spaces. That crossover proved successful enough that KT developed a dedicated contract-furniture division, and by 1975 the company reported a 30% increase in sales.
KT also worked with designers including Charles Gibilterra, Robert Thorp, Dave Klein and Bob Schnair, with its furniture appearing in major interior-design publications of the period.
So while KT may not have the instant name recognition today of Knoll, Herman Miller or Thayer Coggin, there’s some great American furniture and design history behind the name.
And suddenly I looked at this sofa differently.
At 91 inches long, with its low architectural profile, clean lines and finished back, it represents so much of what made 1970s modern design interesting — and why these pieces can still work beautifully in today’s homes.
Rather than discard nearly 50 years of design history, I chose to preserve it. The sofa has now been professionally reupholstered, giving it a fresh look while allowing the original design to speak for itself.
That’s one of the things I love most about vintage furniture. Sometimes you aren’t just finding an old sofa.
You’re rediscovering a piece of design history — and giving it another chance to be lived with and loved.
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