Living room corners are rife with decorating opportunities. While it can be tempting to leave an empty corner vacant, these unloved spaces can be surprisingly easy to enhance with elegance. The simplest way to transform this area is to create a conversational corner – one that beautifully showcases one of the most enduring living room furniture trends: using curves in interior design. Using curved lines within a home offers a wealth of benefits, including the potential to add flow, dynamism and an essential softness. In actress Jennifer Aniston’s living room, designed by Stephen Shadley, the curving shapes fuse with raw textural materials to reinterpret a retro vision of the future. While the photo of her home is from an older post, the design philosophy she championed remains deeply relevant for 2025, as it uses lines and cylindrical influences in profound, comforting ways. When you’re faced with an empty living room corner, filling it in a way that is both functional and beautiful can seem overwhelming. But if there is one thing most spaces lack, it is more comfortable living room seating. Full-on voluptuous or gently rounded, the ‘curve’ will lift any living room layout and soften the overall look of the corner, adding a subtle touch of shaping to your decor. As a design element, curves are something you feel; they soften the space but also give interesting negative volume to the room. Joshua Smith, principal and founder of Joshua Smith Inc speaks to the trend’s maturity and staying power: ‘For furniture trends, we are seeing more sectional sofas become curved instead of square.
Jennifer Aniston’s living room corner showcases the ‘Forever Furniture’ trend
Published on: November 17, 2025 1:25 AM