The sofa is the centre of our living space. The piece we lay our eyes on every day, the place we park ourselves more than any other. And yet, we’re encouraged to make a safe choice, in a colour that won’t date and a material least likely to wear. Never mind if it’s the style we actually want, or the colour we saw in our dreams.

I created Dopha to change that.

Because I believe the bolder, more spirited choices we make are often the ones that bring us the most joy. And I'm determined that we can change our mind, follow a whim, feel the thrill of a fresh start, without sending perfectly good furniture to landfill in the process.

Thank you for joining me.

Julia
Dopha’s cheer leader

It is estimated that more than a million sofas are sent to landfill in Australia every year. 

There would be a few reasons for that:

1. Sofas are deemed ‘broken’ or ‘ruined’ when their cover is worn beyond repair. Even if that sofa is structurally still perfect. 

2. Cheaper sofas break before they should.

3. Trends change and something that was relevant a few years ago, suddenly doesn’t have a home anymore. 

Our mission at Dopha is to offer a solution: timeless sofas that last, with changeable covers that keep them new, relevant, and loved for longer. 

In doing that, we vow to work hard on adding value to the world. No cutting corners. No choosing cheap over good. Never adding ‘stuff’ for the sake of it. 

And most importantly, we vow to reduce the amount of furniture that goes to landfill each year. By ensuring our customers have a sofa they love, again and again, for 10 years or more.

While there’s always more work to do, here are some things we currently prioritise:

* Building quality sofas that are structurally solid and ready to last decades

* Making replaceable covers available to keep the sofa ‘like new’ for as long as it can last (decades, remember)

* Using natural and/or recycled upholstery fabrics wherever possible

* Storing our sofa modules independently from our covers to maximise saleable stock and minimise product waste 

* Working with quality suppliers who adhere to our independent Code of Conduct 

* Sourcing recycled and recyclable materials for our packaging, and keeping it as minimal as possible without skimping on protection, including cardboard and recycled plastic bubble wrap for our sofa modules, recycled plastic poly bags and mailers for our covers

* Committing a portion of profits to homelessness charities in Australia 

We thank you for supporting us in this mission.
Our final promise is to have fun and keep it colourful. Always.

Every Dopha purchase helps support organisations working to end homelessness in Australia. So, thank you for choosing Dopha. By doing so, you’re making a difference. 

We choose to donate to:

Australian Red Cross
Who, in an average year, help 2,180 people to find housing, support 1,360 people at risk of becoming homeless and provide 43,400 meals to people experiencing hardship.

Lighthouse Foundation
Supporting young people experiencing homelessness who come from backgrounds of long-term neglect and abuse. It provides them with a home, a sense of family, and therapeutic care. Every year, they help approximately 1000 people break the cycle.

We Are Mobilise
And their ‘Project 10,000’ – an ambitious initiative to positively impact the lives of 10,000 Australians facing homelessness by 2030.