Jennifer Aniston’s living room corner features the ‘forever furniture trend’

Living room corners are rife with decorating opportunities. While it can be tempting to leave an empty corner vacant, you would be surprised at how easy it can be to decorate this unloved space in an elegant way. The simplest way to make the most of this space is to create a conversational corner; one that makes the most of my favorite living room furniture trends to date – curves in interior design.

Using curved lines within a home offers a wealth of benefits, including the potential to add both flow and dynamism. In Jennifer Aniston’s living room, designed by Stephen Shadley, the curving shapes fuse with with textural raw materials for a reinterpretation of a retro vision of the future.

Line is an important consideration in interior design in order to make a room well-balanced and visually pleasing, and here I examine how to introduce curves and the effect they will have.

When you’re faced with an empty living room corner, filling it in a way that is both functional and beautiful can seem like an overwhelming task. But if there is something that most spaces lack, it is it more living room seating.

Full-on voluptuous or gently rounded, curves will lift any living room layout and soften the overall look of your living room corner, adding a subtle touch of shaping to your décor. Curves are something you feel. They soften, but also give interesting negative space in a room.

‘For 2024 furniture trends, we are seeing more sectional sofas become curved instead of square. Curves massively reemerged in the world of interior design a few years ago, and they are really coming to a climax this year; from sectional sofas to to coffee tables,’ says Joshua Smith principal and founder of Joshua Smith Inc.

‘This year, curved furniture is leaning more into biophilic and biomorphic influences, as we crave that grounding, indoor-outdoor connection in our homes, with these organic shapes promoting an energy of softness and calmness.’

Getting the proportions right when using curved furniture and furnishings is essential. As with all pieces, you want to avoid couches or armchairs looking clunky and uncomfortable, so it’s important to carefully measure the base of the piece and back for maximum comfort. Don’t go for style over substance!

If possible when designing a bespoke curved piece, it’s useful to see the product in 3D before it is made; often seeing it on paper or on a plan does not give a true sense of the dimensions and overall aesthetic.

For smaller spaces, curved furniture can really help to soften the room and extend the eyeline, whereas in larger spaces, big sweeping curves create cozy, cocooning, warm moments.