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Living Room
Explainer How deep should a sofa seat be? Sit in one and see A sofa can be the right width and colour and still be uncomfortable, because seat depth decides whether the edge presses into your knees or… 5 min Bedroom
Tool What bed size fits your room? Drag the bed and see Bed sizes are sold by the mattress, but you live with the gaps around it. Pick a size, enter your room's measurements and drag the bed… 4 min Living Room
Explainer How far apart should your seats be? Drag the chairs and see Seats that are too far apart make everyone raise their voice; seats that are too close make a room feel crowded. A rule of thumb from… 3 min Small Spaces
Tool How wide should a walkway be? Drag the furniture and see A room can have plenty of floor and still feel cramped when one gap, between the sofa and the wall, say, is too narrow to walk through… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What tog duvet do you need? Match it to your room and see That number on every duvet label is the tog: how well it holds your body heat in. The right tog depends less on the calendar than on how… 4 min Living Room
Explainer Where should the sofa sit from the TV? Slide it and see The best sofa-to-TV distance comes from one idea: how much of your view the screen fills. Aim for roughly 30° to 40°, which for a 16:9… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer Why do dining chairs feel wrong? Slide the table and seat to see Why does one dining set feel right and another feel off? Mostly it comes down to two gaps: the space from your seat to the top of the… 3 min
Explainer How deep should a sofa seat be? Sit in one and see A sofa can be the right width and colour and still be uncomfortable, because seat depth decides whether the edge presses into your knees or… 5 min Bedroom
Tool What bed size fits your room? Drag the bed and see Bed sizes are sold by the mattress, but you live with the gaps around it. Pick a size, enter your room's measurements and drag the bed… 4 min Living Room
Explainer How far apart should your seats be? Drag the chairs and see Seats that are too far apart make everyone raise their voice; seats that are too close make a room feel crowded. A rule of thumb from… 3 min Small Spaces
Tool How wide should a walkway be? Drag the furniture and see A room can have plenty of floor and still feel cramped when one gap, between the sofa and the wall, say, is too narrow to walk through… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What tog duvet do you need? Match it to your room and see That number on every duvet label is the tog: how well it holds your body heat in. The right tog depends less on the calendar than on how… 4 min Living Room
Explainer Where should the sofa sit from the TV? Slide it and see The best sofa-to-TV distance comes from one idea: how much of your view the screen fills. Aim for roughly 30° to 40°, which for a 16:9… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer Why do dining chairs feel wrong? Slide the table and seat to see Why does one dining set feel right and another feel off? Mostly it comes down to two gaps: the space from your seat to the top of the… 3 min