\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>After the kitchen and bedroom, the living room is possibly the room you will spend the most amount of time in and should be designed with this mind.\u00a0 The living room is generally the place we retreat to after dinner or a long day at work.\u00a0 It is often a space which is used more in the evening to relax with family or friends, catch up on some reading or to chill out on the front of the TV.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The largest item in the living room is usually the sofa and the room layout should be carefully considered prior to deciding which style, shape, size and colour you should go for.\u00a0 Purchasing a sofa is a commitment as hopefully, you will be relaxing on it for many years to come rather than regretting your decision for many years to come. Getting it wrong can be an expensive mistake! Luckily you can easily make the right choice by following some basic guidelines!<\/p>\n Obviously, your sofa must be comfortable but it should also work with the architecture of the space and size of the room for example if the room is quite small look at sofas with legs and slim tapered arms.\u00a0 Alternatively, if you are fortunate enough to have a large space with high ceilings a corner sofa with chaise and high back could work very well.\u00a0 It is important to measure the room to determine the size which will work best if you are having trouble visualizing I sometimes suggest to clients to map out the sofa size on the floor with newspapers.\u00a0 Remember that your sofa and other furniture items should never be pushed up against a wall, I try to leave at least 30cm between the back of sofa and the wall if possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nInvest in Comfort<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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