Yet before these days of decreasing economic expectations, furniture makers were getting the requirement from consumers, small is the new trend.

One trend is for smaller furniture that fits into smaller living spaces. Furniture manufacturers are responding to the growing appeal of city living by reducing the size of coffee tables, night stands, and dressers so on. They are reducing home offices into a single foldout cupboard. And they are cutting back the length of sofas.

One customer is offering a bedroom valet that looks like a TV stand with drawers underside, but hides a fixed laundry hamper and slide out ironing board.

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com