Successfully designed residential interiors require a marriage of function and aesthetics.

Many of the sitting furniture used examples from leading interior design publications viewed of residential interiors that come across my desk do not meet this requirement.

What percentage of indoor functional activities involve sitting?

What is the purpose of each individual indoor sitting activity: eating, reading, watching, conversations, resting, working, et cetera?

Furniture selected for sitting inside should be comfortable and practical as well as aesthetic.

Regardless of what is proclaimed in advertisements: “One size does not fit all.”

Ideally, seating furniture should not have to be lifted to be moved in and out for sitting at a table or desk.

How well does the sitting furniture fit in with the surrounding furniture for functional as well as aesthetics?

How comfortable and practical is it to get into and out of sitting furniture and move around the space?

How well does the sitting furniture contribute to the successful completion composition of the spaces in which it is used?

Every successfully designed residential interior must be complete.

How well does the sitting furniture where you live fit with this criteria?

Food for thought.