The 2-2-1 styling rule is a fool-proof way to make your sofa look professionally styled – interior pros say it’s ‘easy to follow and hard to get wrong’

A dark green-painted living room with a pink velvet sofa with five floral-print velvet cushions with a fringed trim.

Some of us are more comfortable than others when it comes to styling our homes – and that’s absolutely fine! If you fall into the slightly less confident camp then you’re going to love the 2-2-1 sofa cushion styling rule.

The 2-2-1 rule is an easy and fool-proof formula for how to position your scatter cushions on your best sofa. It also answers the question of how many sofa cushions you need if you weren’t sure about that either.