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Living Room Interior Design
A living room fails for three reasons: the seating is arranged around the television instead of the room, the lighting is a single ceiling fitting, and every piece of furniture is the same height. All three are fixable.
Seating, focal point, circulation
We start by deciding what the room is actually for — conversation, film, reading, all three — and place the seating against that. A sofa off the longest wall often opens a room rather than shrinking it, and a chair angled into the corner does more work than a second sofa.
Then the focal point. A fireplace, a window with a real view, a wall of books. Televisions can be present without being the subject.
- Seating composition and conversation distances
- Focal point and sightline resolution
- Rug sizing — the most common error we correct
- Three-layer lighting scheme, all warm
- Textile and material palette
- Storage and media integration
Small living rooms
Lower furniture makes a low-ceilinged room taller. Legs visible under seating make a floor read larger. A rug that reaches under the front legs of every piece pulls a small room together, where an undersized rug floats and fragments it.
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