Guides
A Side Table Should Meet the Hand
Choose a side table by the chair or sofa beside it: arm height, reach, lamp scale, depth, and the small clearances that make it...
Ideas for living well
Journal
Clear, useful notes on choosing furniture, planning a room, and keeping good pieces longer.
The reading room
4 articles
Guides
The Coffee Table: Size It to the Sofa, Not the Room
The simple relationships between sofa length, seat height, table shape, and the walking space that keeps a living room easy.
Living Room
A Sectional in a Small Room, Without the Squeeze
Small rooms and big sofas are not natural enemies - a working guide to making a sectional earn its floor space.
Guides
The Boneless Sofa, Explained
No frame, no springs - a plain-spoken look at what holds a boneless sofa up and why it feels the way it does.