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From the Waverly Williamsburg Language of the Garden Collection
Home decorating - how to arrange furniture
1. Begin by drawing a floor plan for your room. Indicate overall room dimensions. Measure major furniture pieces so you will be able to determine where they best fit.
2. Decide where the center of interest or focal point of the room will be. In most cases, your furniture will be grouped around this point.
3. Allow for general traffic paths: your major traffic lane will require 36" - 48"; minor traffic paths need a minimum of 24". Allow ample space in front of chests and for pulling chairs in and out from the table.
4. When creating conversation areas, keep furniture pieces close enough to each other so that people can talk easily.
5. Avoid placing a chair by itself. Incorporate it into a grouping or use it with a side table.
6. Bring furniture into the room to avoid the doctor's waiting room look. If you place a sofa against a wall, consider using a console behind it.
