A living room with plain or bare ... your art is the wall behind the sofa, according to Byamungu. Feel free to go big and bold while hanging your family pictures and artwork.

Considering that a big chunk of my job entails going to furniture stores and testing their products for AT's Personal Shopper ...

Save money on an interior designer by trying a disembodied one -- just watch out for what it might do to your furnishings.