The Snug Price Index 2026

Furniture in Fashion's Snug Price Index 2026 finds that the snug is the least expensive reception room in a UK home to furnish well, because its small footprint limits how much furniture it can hold and the qualities that make it succeed are specification qualities rather than costly ones. Spend concentrates almost entirely in the seating, which the report identifies as the single decision that determines whether the room works, with seat depth of 55 cm to 60 cm and back height mattering more than width or seat count. Lighting is ranked second for value, delivering the greatest visible change per item at a small fraction of a seating cost, followed by textiles. The index warns that buying additional furniture to fix a room suffering from flat overhead lighting is an expensive answer to a cheap problem, and recommends dual function pieces throughout. The index is published as an editorial reference for media covering UK interiors and furnishing priorities....