Go big or go home? How about go small at home?

WASHINGTON -- One of the big trends in today's furniture is small.Sofas are shorter and chairs are armless. Console tables that fit snugly in hallways or behind couches open up to seat eight for dinner. Beds are being shown with headboards but no footboards, or resting atop storage units. Major furniture chains are promoting lines with names such as Small Spaces and Loft 21 to catch the latest home-decor wave."We absolutely, positively have scale-sensitive furniture," says Dixon Bartlett, senior vice president of Atlanta-based Storehouse, which last week launched a collection designed specifically "with smaller spaces in mind. Even in the suburbs, there is always that extra small room."... (more)

Go big or go home? How about go small at home? - Orlando Sentinel : Home & Garden Go big or go home? How about go small at home? - Orlando Sentinel : Home & Garden