A knockdown sofa that includes a pair of angled struts affixed at opposing sides to a wooden base and configured to engage different ones of a pair of angled slats, each of the slats attached to different ones of a pair of side arms. The base also defines a pair of apertures configured to receive different ones of a pair of downwardly depending lugs affixed to the bottom of a sofa back, such that the entire sofa can be assembled quickly and easily without the need of tools. An embodiment of the sofa includes hook and loop strips connecting both the side arms and the back to the base.