If your living room feels cramped no matter what you try, you're not alone. It's one of the most common challenges I see as a designer — and almost always, the solution isn't what people expect. Less isn't always more. Smaller isn't always better. Good design is.

Cheap design isn't cheap. It just moves the cost somewhere else — your time, your mistakes, your money spent on furniture that doesn't work. Here's what the $99 room packages aren't telling you.