A new layout for the furniture was a challenge because three rooms interlink (kitchen-diner, this room and the TV room). The main requirement was for a good ‘flow’. The couple wanted a flexible space that provided a social area for adults but that also gave the children and their friends plenty of room to play with toys on the floor and play or listen to music. A diagonal arrangement meant that the seating could be used facing into the room with the artwork as a focal point, or facing out onto the garden. With seating that could be easily moved the arrangement works on several levels. Image credit: Georgi Mabee.