I wonder if the 'sideways back to back' couches can be replaced or converted to the 'longways' couches somehow. When we were shopping we saw models with both arrangements. We got the 'longways' couches which we really like. Besides setting up a dinner or games table, we often keep one side as a bed with the other side as a couch. With the right pillows the bed side is a great tv watching spot and it's easy to get at the bins of snacks, shoes, towels, & grandkids clothes we keep below. If you could raise one couch up while keeping the other down it would be fantastic, but I can't see how that could be done. I'm sure nothing is impossible.