A successfully designed living room wears many hats – and a cosy space to binge-watch Bridgerton is only one of them. It’s a social space, a solo space, a room for family board games, gossip, giggles and moments of quietness and calm. Getting a sitting room to deliver all of the above starts with careful planning. Placement – deciding where to put the sofa, TV and all the rest – enormously impacts the mood of the space.