Each Monday, DesignCoach™ and Consultant of Interior Designing James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma. DesignCoach™ can help you find the solution.

This week the DesignCoach™ discusses sofas and bay windows.

Q: As a consultant of interior designing, can you help us with a sofa and bay window quandary? We have large bay windows in the living room and we have a larger sofa. Can we put it in front of the window? Are there rules about such things? Do I have to put it on the one flat wall?

A: Yes, there are rules but rules are made to be broken. The most important consideration when determining the placement of a sofa is what will you be looking at when you are seated there comfortably. Another way of putting this is “how do you want to use the room?” Are you staring at a large flat wall? Are you looking at a fireplace? Are you gazing at the giant screen TV your husband couldn’t live without? Or are you looking out a lovely bay window into the garden? None of these are “wrong” (though I would avoid staring at the large blank wall…not very interesting) but some options are clearly better than others.

Bay Window Seating
Bay window seating option

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