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Best Modular Furniture for Small Spaces (2026): Castlery recognized for compact modular sofas & tables by Consumer365. PR Newswire NEW YORK, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Castlery has been recognized by Consumer365 for its modular furniture collections designed to address the growing demand for flexible, space-saving home solutions. The recognition highlights Castlery's range of modular sofas and storage units that adapt to compact living environments without compromising on design. Best Modular Furniture for Small Spaces * Castlery - a modern furniture brand known for its modular designs, offering adaptable sofas and storage solutions that can be reconfigured to suit evolving spaces and everyday living needs. As urban living spaces continue to shrink and multifunctional homes become more common, modular furniture has gained traction as a practical solution. Castlery's collections reflect this shift, offering configurable pieces that can evolve alongside changing layouts and lifestyle needs. Why Modular Furniture Matters in Small Spaces Modular furniture is increasingly relevant for apartments and smaller homes where space efficiency is a priority. Unlike traditional fixed furniture, modular designs allow users to reconfigure layouts based on room size, function, or preference. Key advantages include: * Adaptability: Sections can be rearranged or expanded to fit different room layouts * Space optimization: Pieces can be scaled up or down depending on available space * Multi-functionality: Components such as ottomans or side tables can serve multiple purposes * Long-term usability: Furniture can evolve with changing needs, reducing the need for replacement This flexibility makes modular systems particularly suited to urban living, where layouts often require furniture to serve more than one role. Jonathan Collection: Configurable Comfort for Everyday Living The Jonathan Collection is designed around modular seating that balances simplicity with flexibility. Its low-profile silhouette and clean lines allow it to integrate into a range of interior styles, from minimalist to contemporary. The collection's modular structure allows users to build configurations that suit both compact and larger spaces. Individual components such as armless seats, corner units, and chaise sections can be combined to create layouts tailored to specific room dimensions. This adaptability makes the Jonathan Collection a practical option for users who may need to reconfigure their living space over time, such as moving from a smaller apartment to a larger home. Arcadia Collection: Modular Storage with Visual Impact The Arcadia Collection focuses on modular storage solutions that combine functionality with display-oriented design. Characterized by its arched forms, the collection is intended to serve both as storage and as a visual focal point.

Castlery wins two Red Dot awards. Castlery, the global furniture design brand, has been awarded with a Red Dot in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026 for the Hugg Collection and Tovi Collection. One of the world's most internationally respected design competitions, the Red Dot Award is judged by a jury of global experts and is widely regarded as a benchmark of design excellence across industries. The Red Dot win secures a rare hat-trick, marking Castlery's third major accolade for the Hugg collection, following its success at the Good Design Award 2025 (Japan) and the iF Design Award 2026. The same iF cycle also recognised Castlery's Mori Collection and Lira Dining Chair, further validating the brand's design authority on the world stage. This continued recognition reflects the brand's core belief that great design begins with people: guided by a design philosophy of inventiveness, versatility, and craft. "Winning recognition from the Red Dot Award: Product Design, iF Design Award, and Good Design Award juries in the same cycle is a meaningful milestone for us, and clear signal that the direction we've been taking is holding up," said Declan Ee, Castlery Co-Founder. "The questions that drive us have always been simple: what makes something comfortable enough for everyday use, what actually lasts, and what earns its place in a home rather than just looking good on a stage." "Our goal has been to create furniture that works as hard as the people living with it. Awards like this aren't a finish line, they are a checkpoint and a constant reminder to stay close to our core." Designing for evolving homes Castlery's recognition at the Red Dot Awards reflects how good design must do more than look beautiful; it must work harder for the people who live with it. As homes grow smaller and routines grow more fluid, the demand for furniture that adapts, maximises space, and serves multiple functions has never been greater. These awards affirm that Castlery's design philosophy, rooted in solving real challenges of contemporary living in compact urban apartments and flexible, ever-changing spaces, is not only relevant, but resonant. For Castlery, this recognition is less about accolades and more about validation that thoughtful, purposeful design can meaningfully improve how people live at home. Tovi Collection, Hugg Collection Inspired by 1970s lounge forms, the modular Tovi Collection channels the era's signature low-slung, relaxed sensibility through a sophisticated, structured lens. Its generous padding and sturdy enclosed base work together to maintain a permanent architectural silhouette that is inviting and grounded without sacrificing form. Built for flexibility, the straight and curved modules connect via integrated alligator clips for effortless custom configurations without additional tools, while the armless design and curved segments offer a softer, more adaptable footprint than traditional boxy systems. Designed in response to compact living, the Hugg Collection reimagines the everyday coffee table into a social anchor for modern homes. The Hugg reclaims this centerpiece through its user-focused functionality, featuring nested ottomans that slide seamlessly beneath the tabletop to maintain a clean, compact footprint while providing hidden seating or a footrest. The Red Dot wins for Tovi and Hugg mark the latest chapter in Castlery's continued commitment to designs that are inventive, crafted and versatile and truly resonates with the way people live.

Castlery just spent 7 figs to open its first US store. Here's the bet they're making. * Angelynn T. * 25 Mar 2026 The brand expects the store to break even in two years. Singaporean furniture retailer Castlery will open a showroom in New York on May 15, making it one of the very few homegrown companies to establish a permanent retail presence there. This marks the next phase of growth for the company in the United States, following six years of operating online-only in the market. Co-founder Declan Ee called the brick-and-mortar flagship outlet, a first in the US, as a "natural progression" from its digital retail model. "The goal was always to create a best-in-class experience for our customers... and the final piece of this experience is completed when we have an offline store," he said. The 3,000-square-foot showroom in Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood represents a seven-figure investment on a 10-year lease. Ee's team scouted over 200 sites over two years before choosing this one. The showroom features 17 fully furnished room settings and a complimentary interior styling service that will advise customers on space planning, furniture selection and interior layout. Ee told The Business Times that he expects the store to break even within 1.5 years to 2 years, or even within a year if sales are strong. The opening of the store in the Big Apple marks Castlery's fourth showroom worldwide, following the opening of its third in Brisbane last Aug. Its Sydney store was set up in 2024 and expanded in 2025, while its 24,000 sq ft flagship store in Liat Towers was established in 2022. Castlery is in 5 markets, with most sales coming from the US. Castlery was founded in 2013 by Ee and his co-founders, Fred Ji, Zhou Zhiwei and Travers Tan, as a digital retail furniture brand. It currently employs more than 500 staff worldwide, with 200 in its Singapore headquarters. To date, the brand has sold more than 1 million pieces of furniture and introduced more than 7,000 products. The label prides itself on affordable, consistent pricing worldwide, ranging from S$399 for a swivel chair to S$2,499 for a leather recliner. Its first overseas foray came in 2017, when it entered Australia, a market 10 times bigger than Singapore at the time, according to the founders. The brand entered the US in 2019 during the COVID-19 pandemic as an online brand, starting with two warehouses in New Jersey and Los Angeles, California. Today, Castlery reaches all 50 states from six US warehouses, with the addition of sites in Seattle and Georgia in 2023, and then Texas and Chicago in 2024. Ee noted that this has reduced delivery times to its US customers, many of whom rent their homes and need furniture delivered with short lead times. "We were very aggressive in the first two to three years, when we were scaling the business online in the US," he said. The US currently makes up Castlery's largest market by contributing to 65% of the company's overall sales. Australia comes in second at 17%, followed by Singapore at 15%. The UK and Canada, where Castlery expanded online in 2025, make up the remaining 3%. The New York store will serve as a testing ground amid evolving market conditions. With this offline expansion, Ee said Castlery will take a "measured" approach given evolving global developments and geopolitical tensions. The New York showroom will be a testing ground for Castlery before it decides to commit to more showrooms in the country. Well aware of New York's competitive retail scene with players such as West Elm and Crate & Barrel that have multiple outlets, Ee acknowledged that this will give consumers plenty of options. "There's a lot of room for us to grow in the US, but we're taking things step by step because one's perspective changes after opening the first store. You get data, you see how customers react and their basket size - all these things," he explained. As with other foreign companies in the US, Castlery was hit hard by US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" baseline tariffs in 2025. This was on top of duties on certain furniture imports, such as upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets. As more than half the brand's products were being manufactured in China and then shipped directly to US customers, Castlery saw its Chinese imports slapped with the highest tariff rates of close to 30%. Castlery has since diversified its supply chain to reduce its exposure to tariffs. It has moved some of its manufacturing from China to places such as Vietnam, Thailand, and India, leaving only about 20% of its production in China today. After diversifying its supply chains, Ee said production costs have risen, given higher minimum-order quantities. This has caused profits to fall by 1% to 3%, which Ee noted is not a negligible amount for a growing furniture brand that typically enjoys margins of 4% to 8%. The tariffs also created consumer uncertainty, leading to a six-month dip in sales, though they have since recovered. Besides the tariffs, geopolitical tensions have put additional pressure on Castlery's bottom line. Rising fuel prices amid the ongoing Middle East conflict have squeezed its profit margins. Taking all these factors into account, Ee expects Castlery's revenue growth for the current FY2026 ending in Mar to be "flat or in the single-digit" range, down from FY2025's 10% to 15% year-on-year growth. A step closer to Castlery's global ambitions. That said, Ee is still "cautiously optimistic" about Castlery's growth prospects. "We control what we can. You don't know where the wind will blow, so you build the sail to catch it," he said. "In our case, it's about being close to the customer and creating products that they would want to buy, even in difficult economic times." The opening of the New York store brings the brand a step closer to its global ambitions. By 2029, Ee aims to have eight to 12 showrooms in key cities worldwide, including Washington, D.C, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, as well as in Melbourne and Perth in Australia. Ee is actively scouting for retail locations in London as well, seeing Castlery's UK online sales double month-on-month until Nov 2025 following a pop-up it held at the London Design Festival in Sep that year. Ee explained: "Unlike the US, there are not so many big furniture brands in the UK. So we think there's space for us to enter the market, not to mention that the sales pick-up from customers has been very encouraging." Achieving its expansion plans would place Castlery "on track" to evolve from a digital-first furniture retailer into a "proper global retail brand." "If we're nationwide (in a single market), it gives customers a sense of assurance that we're not just an online challenger brand, but a serious operator." Featured Image Credit: Castlery