Not all living rooms are winners. Some of them have too many doors, an off-center fireplace, and other awkward layout problems ... a clear purpose. “A bay window, for instance, feels complete ...

which is what dated living room layouts would have been centered around. 'Window seats are a love of mine,' she explains.

In her design work, Ms. Jung aims to make the living room a much more casual ... room has one wall that terminates at the center of a bay window. Few people would see the benefit in such an ...

Strategic furniture placement, smart window ... living room changes you can make to naturally cool your space, no air conditioning required. If your living room tends to trap heat, the layout ...

And where better to have a little design ... the room.” When designer Jennifer Cohler Mason was assigned the living room of an Upper East Side town house as part of the Kips Bay Decorator ...