Furniture Guide. Practical advice on choosing comfortable furniture

This is the definitive guide to living with furniture, no matter your interior style, from the bestselling author of The Art of Coziness.

Interior design sensation Frieda Ramstedt changed the way we think about designing a harmonious home with her book The Art of Coziness. Now she brings the same authoritative and comprehensive focus to this companion guide, which covers the most important and functional items in your home.

No matter what your home style is, we all want our spaces to be inviting and comfortable. And the key to that is quality furniture that suits your lifestyle. The Furniture Handbook provides the essential rules for selecting, arranging, and caring for furniture in every room of your home. From choosing the perfect size dining table and seating for your family to arranging items in your living room for the best combination, here are the essential principles used by interior designers and that everyone should master.

- Know what to look for when choosing and rearranging furniture and what common complaints people have so you can avoid them.

- Understand the dimensions and design details of furniture that determine whether an item is comfortable or not.

- Choose quality upholstery that looks beautiful and is resistant to wear and tear from pets, children, and everyday life.

- Learn to match the scale of different pieces and plan what goes where before you start moving furniture so you never regret the time and money spent.

Complete with simple and elegant illustrations, The Furniture Guide is your key to creating beautiful personal spaces in your home.