The way we arrange our living spaces has a profound effect on how we experience our home — and how we connect with those who share it. But some once-beloved layouts have aged out of relevance, leaving rooms that feel stiff, impractical, and uninspired.
In 2025, the notion of entertaining in a buttoned-up formal living room, with upright seating and nowhere to truly relax, feels almost antiquated. The same goes for the era of matchy-matchy sofa and love seat sets — an aesthetic relic of the mid-century mainstream. And dedicating an entire wall to a hulking media console? It's a lingering vestige of the ‘80s and ‘90s that no longer suits the way we live now.
