Room by Room

Everything you need to consider when redesigning your living room, kitchen, bedroom or bathroom.

To create your perfect living room you will inevitably have to do your research and work out exactly what you want. So firstly, ask yourself if you want it to be a social space for chatting with family or entertaining friends, then you may want to have your sofas or chairs facing each other, or if the space is more for family to relax and chill in, then you might go for a single corner sofa facing a large TV and maybe some snuggler chairs. Then decide about coffee and side tables, floor lamps, footstools and any extra seating. Also, don’t forget to include storage for all those things a living room might have to house from books and magazines to DVDs, CDs, gaming consoles and children’s toys. Choose your storage based on whether you want these on display or behind closed doors.

Read more in the May issue…