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Living room seating should be comfortable, practical and – ideally – something you feel proud of that works with the rest of your living room aesthetic. We find out what led these readers to pick their particular pieces.

Our readers’ favourite sofas and more

Lara Rath, Indian

We moved to our new home in 2016 and realised that we needed more furniture for our living room. In line with our personal value system and the ethos of my own brand (secondsguru. com), we wanted to do up the house with pre-loved furniture. We did the rounds to seek out used pieces that we liked, and we got lucky with some gems – however, I was still unsuccessful in my attempt to locate that ‘signature sofa’ for the family lounge area.

I came across Artful House while visiting the Tan Boon Liat Building, and as soon as I entered the store I saw pieces that I loved. When I walked further in, my eyes fell upon their single- seater fabric-covered sofas. After sitting on and trying few of them out, I knew they were the ones I wanted – both for style and comfort!

The next big task was convincing my husband that we should get two of these made to order, upholstered in a greenand-blue batik print fabric. I succeeded and they now fit beautifully in our home!

We are delighted with the way our lounge area has turned out thanks to the sofas. Usually, we don’t buy new things; we try to secure pre-loved items when we can, but if I ever need a storage cabinet I will go back to Artful House as I love the ornate cabinets there. Artful House #08-04 Tan Boon Liat Building 315 Outram Road 8112 6127 | artful-house.com