Room layouts
Check the corner before choosing a corner sofa
The long return of a corner sofa can create a comfortable seat or divide the room in an inconvenient place. Check it at full size before choosing the upholstery.
Room layouts
Make space for the way a room is used, from the first furniture plan to the everyday route through it.
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Room layouts
Separating sitting and dining in one open room
Sitting and dining can share a room without needing a partition. Start with the routes and activities, then use furniture to give each area a clear place.
Room layouts
When a round dining table earns its floor space
A circular top can ease movement around a dining area, but it needs a useful circle of space around it as well.
Room layouts
The space an extending dining table really needs
An extension leaf adds tabletop, chairs and movement. Plan all three before relying on a table's larger setting.
Room layouts
Should one side of the dining table have a bench?
A bench can tuck neatly beneath a table, but getting on and off it is different from using separate chairs.
Room layouts
Choosing the wall for your bed
The most obvious wall is a starting point. Doors, storage access, light and the way you get into bed may lead to a better position.
Room layouts
A small double bedroom without matching bedside tables
Equal bedside tables can demand more width than a small bedroom has. Give each side what it needs instead of forcing a matching pair.
Room layouts
Allowing space to open bedroom drawers
The gap between a bed and a chest is only useful if a drawer can open and a person can stand in front of it.
Room layouts
Furniture under a sloping bedroom ceiling
Low furniture can use the eaves, while standing and sitting tasks need the taller part of an attic bedroom.