My water-loving black Labrador Sadie has changed my relationship with interior decor. Every puddle, patch of muddy grass and miscellaneous gross-thing-on-street is treated as an open invitation that is then followed by lounging all over my poor couch. I'm sure you can understand, then, why for years I didn't let myself purchase anything I was overly attached to; forget fun colours or a statement fabric — a recipe for disaster, undoubtedly. Then Canadian brand Cozey landed in Australia this April, boasting a range of luxe-for-less sofas with customisable modular arrangements, cloud-like comfort and (most importantly for me) interchangeable covers that come off and go straight in the wash. I swapped my tired grey couch for the Gaia, an XL three-seater with a chaise, in a deep Harbor Blue chenille — Sadie claimed it as her second bed within a day. Pets, like humans, tend to have their preferred spot on the couch. That informed my choice of Cozey's Gaia — a style configured with a modular base, topped with what is ostensibly a bunch of giant, extremely comfy cushions. So, instead of having to wash the entire couch cover, I can isolate Sadie grime to just one or two pillows, chuck them in the wash, and have a dog-free couch within an hour. According to Cozey's VP of Creative Marketing, Edmund Lam, my previous reticence to indulge in a statement sofa is a fairly common sentiment. "If you're buying a sofa, it should be somewhere you can eat, have friends over, watch a movie, have a dog jump up beside you, whatever real life looks like for you," he says. He points to a familiar image: the grandparents' living room with the perfect white sofa sealed in plastic. "What's the point in that?" he asks. "You don't necessarily need to replace an entire sofa just because you want a refresh, we've actually seen customers do this on sofas that are several years old." For me, that meant choosing for Sadie first and the colour scheme second, and with washable covers I didn't have to give up either. Cozey isn't IKEA-cheap — my Gaia setup retails for $2143 — but what helps justify the price is that the sofa can change with you. If I get tired of Harbor Blue, I only need new covers in a colour or fabric that suits whatever my place looks like next. "You don't necessarily need to replace an entire sofa just because you want a refresh," says Edmund. "We've actually seen customers do this on sofas that are several years old." The Cozey modular styles are also made to change with you. If I move house, I can add or remove sections to fit a smaller apartment or a bigger lounge room. "People evolve, and their furniture should evolve with them," says Edmund. Cozey is still getting to know the Australian market, but one local quirk showed up early. "One thing we did notice right after we launched was the popularity in the colour green," says Edmund. "We had to restock our sage coloured product ranges within the first few months." He doesn't expect the next big trend to be a colour, though. Instead, Edmund sees homes moving away from anything overly styled or "museum-like" towards spaces that feel personal and lived-in — or, in his words, "personality and individuality in the home". The more Sadies on couches, the better. FYI: Cozey provided this product for review, but this content is purely editorial and not sponsored. Images: Supplied