Buying furniture is one of the hardest decisions you can make for your home or business. To buy the right piece of furniture, whether it’s a sofa or a dining chair requires some thought. 

Interior Style Goal

As always, start with the interior style goal and colour scheme. This forms the design strategy for the project. Knowing the end goal in terms of your interior style helps in making decisions for your interior from kitchen handles to coffee tables to cushions.

Different styles lend themselves to different shapes and lines. For example, if you like Mid Century Modern, your furniture will have a slim horizontal line. If you like French Provincial, your furniture will most like have a curved line. For example, the cabriole leg in a dining chair.

Knowing your colour scheme will also help you decide on the colour of your furniture. Generally, when deciding on a colour scheme for clients, it is important to ensure that it’s applied in a balanced way through the pieces specified. For example, in a black, white, grey colour scheme, if you have white walls, I wouldn’t necessarily go for white dining chairs. Might be a good choice going for grey dining chairs and a black rug.

Size & Shape of Furniture

It may be a no brainer, but the size of your furniture is important. Not only in relation to the space but to other pieces of furniture. A large dining table with small dining chairs doesn’t work. A deep sofa in a narrow space doesn’t work.

The shape of the furniture is also important. For example, a round dining table in a small square or rectangular space doesn’t work.

What furniture you buy is directly related to functionality. 

So, when considering furniture consider functionality. This is true too for sofas. Many clients want L shaped sofas to accommodate many people. But, people don’t interact with each easily sitting side by side. So maybe two three-seater sofas are better for entertaining large amounts of people comfortably.

Source from: https://thedesignbasics.com.au/furniture-buying-tips/