Custom Living Room Furniture

A living room plan begins with seating: how many people, facing what, at what distance. From there we size the sofa and chairs, set the coffee table at a comfortable reach and decide where storage and screens belong.

In open-plan homes the living area must also relate to dining and kitchen spaces. Low backs, freestanding feature walls and rugs can define the room without enclosing it — see our guide to open-plan living.

Media walls and display cabinetry can make or break a living room. Designed to the full height and width of a wall, with integrated lighting and concealed cable routes, they become part of the architecture rather than furniture in front of it.

Comfort is mostly geometry: seat height, seat depth, the angle of the back and the firmness of the cushion. A deep, low sofa invites lounging; a slightly higher, firmer seat suits conversation and is easier to rise from. We ask how the room is really used — films, reading, children, guests — and tune these dimensions accordingly.

Proportion matters just as much. A sofa that is too long crowds a room; one that is too short leaves it feeling unresolved. Drawing every piece on your plan, at real size, is how we avoid both.

Living rooms see daily use. We recommend upholstery, leathers and table surfaces with that in mind — performance fabrics where there are children or pets, leathers that age gracefully, and timber or stone finishes that can be maintained rather than replaced. Explore leather and textiles in our material library.