Don't shove everything against the walls.

Don't shove everything against the walls.
The number one mistake apartment dwellers (and many homeowners) make is not spending enough time on furniture arrangement, says Mark McCauley, ASID, a Chicago-area designer. "People use the old standby of pushing the sofa against one wall with a chair on each end — all pushed against the wall because they think it provides more room." Instead, he says, it looks cramped and unwelcoming.
Better, he suggests, is to use furnishings to create a vertical line, not unlike the skyline of a city, and pull pieces away from the wall. "This creates movement in the space and makes it feel bigger," he says. "Consider the sofa angled off of a corner with a taller plant behind it. Also angling the chairs will help." The idea is to create a welcoming seating/living arrangement, not a wall display.
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