Position your space for success with these smart moves.

Instead, the pros advise beginning with the floor plan.

Their unique silhouettes and different upholstery choices prevent it from feeling cloyingly matchy-matchy.

Taylor Family Home Living Room

Cooper chose a performance velvet for the 20-foot banquette. “It’s so big you don’t want to have to re-cover it,” she says. An equally sturdy fabric adorns the chairs in the breakfast nook where dogs Biggie and Ivy hold court.Credit:DANE TASHIMA; Styling: PAGE MULLINS

To that end, she outfitted the den with a comfy sectional, nestling it in the window-wrapped corner.

The effect feels a smidge more casual, but just as suited for entertaining.

Nat Note Natalie Steen Living Room

Alison Gootee; Styling: Page Mullins.

Laura Jenkins Living Room

Credit:Alison Gootee; Styling: Kate Malpeli

Natural and bold living room with natural light

“I always knew I wanted to build this room around those,” says the designer about a trio of avian prints.Credit:Hector Manuel Sanchez

Idea House living room

Credit: PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAUREY W. GLENN; STYLING BY KENDRA SURFACE

Idea House 2023 Living Room

Credit:Laurey W. Glenn; Stylist: Matthew Gleason

Hanna Seabrook Brown and Blue Living Room, Library, Den in Louisville, Kentucky

Credit: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Elly Poston Cooper

Allison Allen Atlanta Home Living Room

Credit:Brian Woodcock; Styling: Page Mullins

Pass Christian Living Room

Credit:Dane Tashima, STYLING: Buffy Hargett Miller