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Living Rooms, Anchored in Stone

The Editors  ·  April 2026  ·  5 min read

Living Rooms, Anchored in Stone

Travertine, plaster, and a low-slung silhouette — how to compose a living room that feels collected, not styled.

A living room earns its calm from one heavy thing — a honed travertine coffee table, a plaster fireplace, a single oversized lounge chair in bouclé. Build the room around that anchor and let the rest stay quiet.

Sofas should sit low and deep, slipcovered if you live with them daily. Pillows in three textures, never more — washed linen, stonewashed cotton, a slubby weave. Always in the same neutral family.

Negative space is the most expensive thing in the room. Leave it.

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