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Tables may also contain lamps, books, and other accessories both for decorations and use. Tables and chairs should harmonize in weight and style. Image credit powered by flikr.com Tall pieces of furniture (breakfronts, secretaries) should be placed against (and parallel with) walls. Seating furniture should be arranged along walls, either parallel or at right angles. Chairs and chaises may also be placed with straight side parallel to the wall, away from heat, and so as the receive light fro the left. Paper patterns of piano to lay on the floor for experimental purposes are available from most manufacturers. Breakfronts may be placed opposite a door of equal height, between two windows, or facing a sofa. This, of course should be balanced by a large group at the other end of the room. One group is usually centered around a fireplace. Whenever possible, unit should be balanced with pieces of similar or equal design. Pairs of chairs, tables, lamps, etc, help in this. The entire room sho...

The living room: There is nothing that makes a room or a single grouping of furniture look more inviting than the appearance that it is used and enjoyed. Image credit powered by flickr.com To achieve this feeling in your  home  think of the activities that go on in your household and arrange groups or combinations of groups that will take care of all of them. If yours is a house for informal entertaining, arrange conversation groups where two or more can sit cozily, close together. For reading, have enough shelves for books, and a convenient place to keep magazines. Then, a comfortable chair and a reading table with an interesting but effective lamp for good light, create an inviting atmosphere. Is your family is musically inclined, you may want one section of the room for the piano with another grouping. Plan storage space for the records and sheet music, each convenient to its own unit. The living room, or drawing room, or sitting room, or parlor, should contain upholstere...