The UK Coffee Table Proportion Calculator

Furniture in Fashion's UK Coffee Table Proportion Calculator addresses the piece most often chosen on appearance and most often wrong on proportion. A coffee table is judged in a photograph where the sofa is invisible and the room has no scale, then arrives in a British living room where both determine whether it works. The guide sets out two governing figures: the table top should sit level with the sofa seat or slightly below it, typically 40cm to 45cm, and the table should stand 40cm to 45cm from the front of the seat, close enough to reach without standing and far enough to step past without turning. Length works best at around two thirds of the sofa width, though a 75cm walkway overrides that rule wherever the two conflict. The report also covers shape in narrow terraced rooms, depth, corner sofa geometry and the relationship between rug, table and seating....