Within Reach: Surfaces Next to Every Seat

A living room examining the relationship between seating and surfaces. Next to every sitting or reclining position in the image, there is a surface within arm's reach when seated, at a height similar to the seat, where a cup can be placed: there is a low side table at each end of the sofa, a footstool used as a table next to the armchair, an extended wooden surface on the window-side daybed, and a thirty-centimeter-high low table next to the cushion on the rug. The height of these surfaces is flush with or slightly higher than the seat, so there's no need to stand up or stretch one's arm. The image indeed shows five or six cups and items scattered in these positions. Avoid: placing only a large coffee table in the center, having some seating positions without a surface to place things on, making side tables too high or too far away, leaving surfaces completely empty.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個檢視座位與檯面關係的起居室。畫面中每一個可以坐或躺的位置旁邊,都有一個在坐姿伸手範圍內、高度與座面接近的平面可以放杯子:沙發的兩端各有一張矮邊几、單椅旁有一個腳凳當几用、窗邊的臥榻有一段延伸出來的木檯面、地毯上的坐墊旁有一張三十公分高的矮几。這些檯面的高度都與座面齊平或略高一點,不需要起身或伸長手臂。畫面中確實有五六個杯子與物品散放在這些位置上。避免:只在中央放一張大茶几、讓某些座位旁沒有可放東西的檯面、把邊几做得過高或過遠、讓檯面上完全空著。