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With your customized playing board (floorplan) and playing pieces (furniture cut-outs) set out in front of you, you’re ready to start playing the furniture arrangement game … A room with a view Go with the flow The ability to get from one point to another unimpeded is basically what interior designers mean by flow. Doorways largely dictate flow. Because we humans tend to be a lazy lot, we tend to like to get from one doorway to another doorway in as straight a line as possible. Which means that you generally won’t want to plop a gargantuan sofa smack dab in the middle of that line of flow between two entryways. You can have a piece of furniture partially jutting into that traffic path – you just don’t want to be completely obstructing that path. Where you place your furnishings in relation to each other also dictates flow. One thing you’ll want to keep in mind as you're planning: two and a half feet is pretty much the minimum you can get away with when it comes to a comfortable path width. keep walking, there's more ... ---------------------------> lounge . nourish . host . laze . home.
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