A room that has to do several jobs
The living room takes more traffic than any other room in a house. It seats guests, holds a television, stores things that have nowhere else to go and, on most evenings, has to be comfortable enough to fall asleep in. The Christopher Knight Home living room shelves are ordered with that in mind: seating first, then the surfaces that serve the seating, then the storage and the soft goods that pull the room together. Reading the shelves in order is one way to furnish a room from empty. Christopher Knight Home outdoor pieces live on their own page: the patio is furnished by the same logic, but with materials that stay out all season.
Sofas and Loveseats
Seating sets the scale of everything else, so it is chosen first. The range runs from three-seat sofas with channel or waffle stitching to compact loveseats for a narrow room, in velvet, woven fabric and faux leather. Frames are kiln-dried hardwood, and the seat cushions are foam with a fibre wrap, which keeps a shape better than foam on its own. Depth is the number worth checking before ordering: a deep seat is restful for lounging and awkward for anyone who prefers to sit upright with both feet flat on the floor.
Christopher Knight Home Fadil Boucle Upholstered
Christopher Knight Home Leona Loveseat
Christopher Knight Home Sabbo 87.50″ Modern Sofa
Christopher Knight Home Birley Sofa
Christopher Knight Home Canna Fabric Flared Arms
Christopher Knight Home Randa Modern Fabric
Christopher Knight Home Randa Modern Fabric
Christopher Knight Home Emir Modern 3 Seater Sofa
Club Chairs, Recliners and Rockers
A single chair often settles a room that a sofa alone leaves unbalanced. Club chairs come in leather and in fabric, with the low arms and tight back that suit a reading corner. Recliners and gliders add a mechanism, either a lever or a push-back, and they need clearance behind them, so the wall distance is worth measuring twice. Wooden rocking chairs sit in the same shelf and behave differently again: no mechanism to service, and a shape that works indoors and on a covered porch.
Christopher Knight Home Carlo Oversized Manual
Evelyn Fabric Armchair
Christopher Knight Home Coles 360° Velvet Swivel
Christopher Knight Home Kenley Modern Fabric
Merit Leather Recliner/Glider
Christopher Knight Home Sidney Boucle Fabric
Christopher Knight Home Kiki Chenille Upholstered
Alva Wood Rocking Chair
Ottomans, Bean Bags and Poufs
The soft, movable pieces are the cheapest way to change how a room is used. A storage ottoman is a footstool, an extra seat and a box for blankets in one object, which matters in a flat with no spare cupboard. Poufs and bean bags are lighter still and are easily carried between rooms when guests arrive. Cube shapes tuck under a console table; round shapes soften a room of straight edges.
Hedda Tufted Storage
Christopher Knight Home Rio Ottoman, Grey
Christopher Knight Home Manila 64″ Boucle Dining
Ottilie Fabric Storage
Christopher Knight Home CKH Suede Bean Bag, 8′
Christopher Knight Home Hortense Pouf
Christopher Knight Home CKH Suede Bean Bag
Christopher Knight Home Carolina Boho Fabric Cube
Coffee and End Tables
Surfaces follow the seating. Coffee tables come in wood, iron and tempered glass, and the useful rule is that the top should sit near the height of the sofa seat and stop about a hand’s width short of the seat cushion. End tables and side tables serve a lamp, a cup and a book, so they are chosen for height rather than for area. An upholstered coffee table ottoman does both jobs at once when a tray is added on top.
Christopher Knight Home Jana Modern Coffee Table
Christopher Knight Home Coffee Table Ottoman
Christopher Knight Home Iron Accent Table
Christopher Knight Home Tafta Modern Nesting Coffee
Cabinets, Bookcases and Rugs
Storage and floor covering finish the room. Bookcases and display shelves run from slim faux-wood units for an alcove to six-shelf multi-purpose cabinets, and anything tall should be anchored to the wall in a house with children. Rugs come in geometric, floral and plain weaves, and the size decision matters more than the pattern: a rug large enough to carry at least the front legs of every seat makes a room read as one space instead of several. Cushions, throws and lounge cushions close the list, and they are the parts that get changed most often.
Christopher Knight Home Cosen Cabinet
Christopher Knight Home Justin Kitchen Sideboard
Christopher Knight Home Winsten Fir Wood Display
Christopher Knight Home Huley Tall Arched Kitchen
Christopher Knight Home Justin Kitchen Sideboard
Christopher Knight Home Chenny Pantry
Christopher Knight Home Jim Indoor Floral Area Rug
Christopher Knight Home Chenny Pantry, Oak
Christopher Knight Home Audie Modern Minimalist
Christopher Knight Home Salem Lounge Cushions
Christopher Knight Home Broadway Outdoor Chaise
Christopher Knight Home Peron Patio 4-Seater
Living Room Furniture
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