Design & Luxury Furniture News — Interior Design Tips

Walking into an empty apartment can feel like trying to read a room with the lights off. We break down how professional stagers actually see unfurnished space in Dubai, so you can spot the potential before anyone else does.

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.

People use the word sectional loosely — to mean big, to mean corner, to mean modular. The actual definition is simpler: a sofa becomes a sectional the moment it's built from two or more separate pieces joined together rather than one continuous frame. Once you understand that, everything else — the shapes, the trade-offs, whether to buy one large sectional or two sofas — becomes a much easier decision. Here's how we'd think through it.

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.