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Before You Paint, Before You Buy a Sofa, Before Anything — Do These Five Things First
Paint colors and sofa catalogs can wait. If you skip what’s underneath, you’ll undo your work later. Here are ...
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The Layout
Furniture placement, traffic flow, TV-to-sofa distance, how to arrange a room around a fireplace that's in the wrong spot, and why the biggest sofa isn't always the right answer.
5 essays
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The TV Is Where the TV Is — How to Design a Living Room That Doesn't Pretend Otherwise
Stop hiding your television behind sliding barn doors and framed art that looks ridiculous when it's propped o...
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— The Layout —
Open Floor Plan? Here's Where Your Living Room Ends and Everything Else Begins
An open floor plan looks great until you're trying to watch TV while someone runs the blender ten feet away. Y...
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— The Layout —
The Living Room That Has to Do Everything: TV, Playroom, Home Office, Guest Space
Not every living room gets to just be a living room. Some have to host movie night, LEGO construction, Zoom ca...
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Fireplace or Entertainment Center? The Wall That Runs the Room
Every living room with a fireplace eventually asks the same question: where does the TV go? Above the mantel i...