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6 Secrets of Furniture Placement
From Use What You Have Decorating by Lauri Ward
 Time and time again I hear clients say: "I've tried moving the living room furniture every possible way I could think of, and it just never looks any better. It isn't very comfortable, either." Chances are you've said these same things to yourself. Proper furniture placement and balance may at first seem a complicated task, but all it really takes is common sense and learning to look at your rooms in a new way. Take a good look at your living room with these guidelines in mind.
�?/SPAN> Think about the location of your doorways. If there are two doors, consider having the traffic pattern move behind the seating, not through it, from one door to another. If there is only a single doorway, it's best to have easy access directly to the seating, as long as you leave enough room around the sides and behind it.
�?/SPAN> The placement of your major piece of furniture is important. If your sofa is placed off the wall, leave a minimum of two and a half feet to three feet of walking space behind it. A bit less space is needed between chairs and the sofa.
�?/SPAN> Consider your seating arrangement. If you have a long wall, establish your seating arrangement there with the sofa against the wall as the anchor. Traffic will flow around it.
�?/SPAN> The balance of a room is affected by both the placement of furniture and the size of each piece. If all of the big pieces are crowded to one side of the room, it will be off-balance horizontally. If much of the furniture is either too bottom-heavy or too top-heavy, a room will be off-balance vertically.
�?/SPAN> If you can, reconfigure your modular sofa. Break up the sofa so that some (or one) of the pieces can be used as a long couch. Place this "new" couch up against your longest wall. Doing this will also help you create a focal point for the room. Place the remaining sections to the opposite side of the room on angles facing the sofa. (See Make Your Living Room More Livable -- with before and after photos! -- to get a clearer view of this setup.)
Though placing your couch against your longest wall is often the easiest way to create a focal point in a room, it is often one of the most common design mistakes that I encounter. Most people assume that this configuration will create the illusion of more space or allow them to put more furniture in their room. Others believe that it permits easier access into and out of the room. And, unless the room is very tiny, it also lacks a comfortable conversation area.
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