I remember around 12 years ago going out to see a new client who was interested in updating her lounge room. She had a more formal traditional style large lounge room with a beautiful leather chesterfield and 2 matching leather wingback chairs, a beautifully carved ornate coffee table, and a chandelier that in any other space would have been ridiculously ostentatious but in this home with its lovely high ceilings and large scale really complimented it. During the consultation, I asked her to tell me about her lifestyle and how they used the space. She told me they used the room each night. I then asked her where she and her family sat, she told me that she sat on the floor crossed-legged with her back leaning against the chesterfield as she didn’t find any of the chairs comfortable to sit in at all.

This is a perfect example of a room not serving all its owners.