People will often purchase the standard size of a piece of furniture for their home. When choosing furniture for all rooms, I prefer to use Computer-Aided Design tools to figure out what size furniture works the best. Suppose you are trying to figure out what size furniture and the layout in the room yourself I’d recommend using scaled/graph paper and drawing out the space to see what proportionately can fit. You never want the result to make the room feel small. Even with a small sofa in a small room, it can make the entire space feel a lot smaller. For example, don’t choose a loveseat rather than a three-cushion sofa. The loveseat will make the room feel small. Although it sounds counterintuitive, buying a more oversized sofa/sectional will end up stretching the space out, expanding your eye. Then topping it off with a large piece of artwork placed above your large sofa or on a big wall will help make the room feel grand.

When you’re looking at a new home or moving out of a home, have you ever noticed how much smaller the room feels when there’s no furniture? Furniture is what makes the area feel larger. Never feel like you need to purchase smaller furniture because of your space’s size. I recommend the opposite. When you use either CAD or graph paper to scale the room, it’ll be easier for you to pick and choose which sizes will work best. See how large it will be in the room and figure out how much space is left over for other furniture pieces, for example, end tables, lamps, etc. Don’t think small just because your room is small. Pay attention to the length of the sofa in inches. 87″ is about the standard size, but if you can go with 90″ or larger, go with that. You’ll be surprised at how much it’ll transform your space. The bigger, the better! Not to mention, it’ll help make the room feel cozier.

Another important key that helps with scale and proportion are the end tables. Especially when you consider the lamps placed on those end tables can offer some height. Not to mention the difference those lamps can make in lighting. But I’ll save that for another blog😉