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Room design guides

Straight answers with real measurements, from Kelly. Use them on your own, or let Kelly apply them to your actual room.

• What Size Rug for a Living Room?

  The right living room rug size, explained: 8x10 minimum, 9x12 for most rooms, how far it should extend past the sofa, and the mistakes that make a room feel off.

• How to Arrange a Living Room With a Sectional

  Where to put a sectional, how big it can be for your wall, how much clearance to leave, and how to place the rug, coffee table and TV around it.

• How High to Hang Art

  Hang art at 57 inches to the center, or 6 to 8 inches above a sofa. Exact heights and widths for walls, sofas, beds, consoles and gallery walls.

• How to Choose the Right Sofa Size

  Pick a sofa that fits: length by room width, the two-thirds wall rule, seat depth and height, and the clearances to check before you buy.

• Living Room Layout Ideas That Actually Work

  Four proven living room layouts (U-shape, L-shape, parallel, angled), with the distances, clearances and focal point rules behind each.

• How to Mix Wood Tones in a Room

  A simple method for mixing wood tones: one dominant wood, no more than three species, one temperature family, and a rug to tie them together.

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