Living Room Sets by Region: How Britain’s Tastes Differ
Furniture in Fashion finds that the strongest regional influence on a British living room set is the route in, not the style guide. No UK survey records regional set preferences, and housing evidence is collected separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so we have set out the architecture instead. Terraced through lounges leave two focal points and suit a three plus two arrangement. Modern estate rooms with a single media wall suit a corner unit, provided the return arm clears the door swing. Flats, which Census 2021 shows dominate London's stock more than any other English region, reward pieces that do two jobs, from sofa beds sat on nightly to footstools that store bedding. The report covers diagonal depth as the delivery measurement that matters, modular and knock down frames for tight stairs, and the clearances we work to: 75 cm on daily routes and 60 cm elsewhere....
