The pieces a room is arranged around: console and sofa tables for an entryway or the back of a sofa, a small side table, a sideboard with rattan doors and a four-drawer cabinet, arched bookcases, a rotating bookshelf tower and a floating wall shelf, a fluted nightstand, and folding room dividers from three to six panels. Check a piece's width, depth and height against the wall, the walkway and the doors it has to clear on the way in.

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Console & Entryway Tables

Sofas, Coffee & Side Tables

Sideboards & Cabinets

Bookcases & Wall Shelves

Beds & Bedroom Furniture

Room Dividers & Screens

What to check before you buy

  1. 01

    Measure the walkway, not just the wall

    A console behind a sofa or in a hallway still has to leave room to walk past it. Measure the depth against the space that is left, not just the width against the wall.

  2. 02

    Anchor anything tall

    Bookcases, tall cabinets and anything top-heavy should be strapped to a wall stud, especially where children climb. If an anti-tip strap or bracket comes in the box, fit it.

  3. 03

    A divider needs its folds

    A folding room divider stands on the angle between its panels. Its full width is the flat width; set at an angle, it covers less, so measure the gap you want to close against the folded span.