Monday, November 24, 2008
Arrange furniture in close grouping
The easiest and most effective way to make large rooms feel comfortable is to dissect them into close furniture groupings.
For example, to make the long and lumbering living room in my Greek revitalization feel warm and inviting, I separate the space into two distinct seating areas.
I divided the room in half by placing a sizable stand table in the center. The table acted as a friendly fence, directing guests to either the smaller, proper seating arrangement at the front of the room or the larger furniture grouping at the back, near the hearth.
I gave each seating part its own personality by using harmonious but different furnishings, area rugs, accents and artwork. The room flows beautifully mutually, but each space looks separate and complete.
Source: thedailyjournal.com
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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

