Design & Luxury Furniture News — home styling

The rule is simple: your rug should be large enough that at least the front legs of your sofa sit on it, and ideally all four if the room allows. Here's how to size a rug for small, medium and open-plan Dubai living rooms, the spacing to leave around the edges, and the placement mistakes that make an otherwise well-furnished room look unfinished.

Most furniture guides tell you to start with a sofa or a colour palette. We think that's the wrong place to begin. After furnishing hundreds of homes across Dubai, we've found the people happiest with their finished spaces are the ones who got the sequence right first — move-in timeline, room function, anchor pieces, budget split — before they got the style right. This is the guide we wish more people read before they started shopping.

Console table height isn't just a technical spec — it's what makes a space feel intentional. In this guide, we walk you through the standard measurements, how to adapt them to your hallway, living room, or dining space, and what our designers at The Design House recommend for a truly refined result.

Console tables and entryway tables are often used interchangeably — but they're not quite the same thing. This guide breaks down the key differences in function, placement, and style, so you can choose the right piece for your home with confidence.