The old rule of thumb was to place all of your furniture against walls. Here’s a good example from Tempe, Arizona.
Home decorators nowadays suggest floating furniture away from walls to make a room feel bigger. It also makes it hard for guests to talk to each other without shouting when all the seating is so far away.
Pushed up against the walls in Keene, New Hampshire.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Murphy // Jun 26, 2012 at 10:52 am
That first house is beautiful - I could move the furniture around!
2 Natkat // Jun 28, 2012 at 11:35 am
I remember everyone doing this back in the day. How did it ever get started as a thing? I also rememberr rearranging the furniture every couple of weeks. Nobody ever does that anymore, which is a good thing?
3 warren // Jul 3, 2012 at 1:45 am
First thing I would do if I bought that house is take out that ugly railing
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