Sectionals either come in an L-shape or in a U-shape. If you’re having trouble picturing this, check out our sectional brochure. A U-shaped sectional has two long sides joined by a short third side. It works well in narrow, long rooms, where it’s hard to place extra chairs across from a sofa and still leave room for people to walk by. An L-shaped sectional is the one you see most often; some people even refer to leather sectionals as leather L-couches. An L-shaped sectional has two arms joined by either a square or rounded corner. “Left facing” and “right facing” refer to the sofa parts you include in your leather sectional and where the arm goes. Here’s how it works: Stand in the room where you want your sectional to go. A right-facing sofa part will extend out to your right, with the sofa arm on your right. A left-facing sofa part will extend out to your left, with the sofa arm on your left. We try to make things easier by showing our most popular sectional configurations online, so you don’t have to put the parts together in your mind. You can also create your own configuration using the sectional configurator in our EA inHome app.