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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Jennifer Ebert

Diane Keaton's living room furniture arrangement is perfectly set up for conversation – get it wrong, and a negative layout could ruin your space

A picture of Diane Keaton.

When you have people over for social gatherings, you notice when you've got the seating arrangements right. Seating plans are very important – and not just at a dinner table. I like to think of seating plans for the living room early on when designing a living room – using what I like to call 'conversational seating'.

Interior designer Stephen Shadley, the mastermind behind Diane Keaton's living room layout, is an expert in creating social spaces that sing.

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