Or if you're an avid reader, install custom built-in bookshelves to build a mini library. Remember, a sitting room can act as a back-up living space, a secondary sitting area to host impromptu ...

Take your cue from the library idea, which Solomon says she has created in her own sitting room, and think about what you love to do. If you craft, perhaps this could be a good crafting room.

The founder of Anne Michaelsen Design wanted this stunning room to feel like a library or sitting room in an old estate that had been updated to feel “bright, cheery, and related to the formal gardens ...