
Architect and designer Dara Huang, founder of studio Design Haus Liberty and furniture brand Dara Maison.
1. “One of the first things you need to do in a living room is to work out your seating strategy. Just putting a three-seater sofa across from the TV is really basic. If you’re planning on entertaining or having people over, or just having somewhere nice to sit and have a chat, you want to arrange your seating as if it’s in conversation. I call it the magic square: you don’t have to have seating on all four sides of the square; you could have armchairs facing the sofa and a bench on one side. As long as you have a conversation, and seating on more than one side of the square, it holds the room and makes it look bigger. And please explore curvy sofas, they bring instant oomph to any space.”

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