As any self-respecting interior designer will tell you, the art of placing a chair is an exercise in geometry.
Take, for example, the humble coffee table. Its placement is not merely a matter of "putting it here," but rather a delicate balance of angles and proportions.
Consider the coffee table as a rhombus, its diagonals bisecting the room with the precision of a Swiss watch. The couch, a rectangle of questionable taste, sits in tension with the coffee table, its corners a-jut like the fangs of a snarling beast.
And don't even get us started on the ottoman, that diminutive but potent presence that disrupts the otherwise smooth lines of the room with its angular, cuboid presence.