Everything you want to know about design and fine furniture.
Straight answers from a family that has furnished Kansas City homes since 2000, on what design costs, how it works, and how to buy furniture worth keeping. So the big decisions feel a lot smaller.
Working With a Designer
Do You Need an Interior Designer, or Can You DIY It?
An honest framework for Kansas City homeowners deciding whether to hire an interior designer or furnish a room yourself, plus a simple self-test.
Read the guide →Working With a DesignerHow Design Services Work at Seville Home
What working with a Seville Home designer involves and how it is billed: a complimentary first consultation, then design time billed simply by the hour.
Read the guide →Working With a DesignerIs an Interior Designer Worth It?
An honest look at whether hiring an interior designer pays off for Kansas City homeowners, and how Seville Home makes trying one nearly risk-free.
Read the guide →Working With a DesignerThe Interior Design Process, Start to Finish
How a full-service design project works at Seville Home in Kansas City, from complimentary consultation to white-glove delivery and lasting care.
Read the guide →Working With a DesignerWhat to Expect at Your First Design Consultation
A warm, no-pressure walkthrough of your first complimentary design consultation with Seville Home in Leawood and across Kansas City.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That Lasts
Sofa Cushion Fills, Explained: Foam, Spring-Down, and Down
Foam, spring-down, blend-down, or all down: how each sofa cushion fill sits, ages, and behaves, from Seville Home, a luxury showroom in Leawood, Kansas.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsSolid Wood vs. Veneer Furniture: Which Is Better?
Is solid wood better than veneer? Seville Home explains why the finest luxury casegoods use veneer on purpose, and how to tell true veneer from cheap laminate.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsThe Best Sofa Fabric for Kids and Pets
How to choose a family-proof sofa fabric that survives kids and pets: performance finishes, rub counts, tight weaves, cleaning codes, and protected leather.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsEight-Way Hand-Tied vs. Sinuous Springs: What the Difference Means
A plain-spoken guide to the two main sofa suspension systems, how each feels and lasts, what it costs, and how to choose.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsHow to Tell If a Sofa Is Well Made: 7 Signs Before You Buy
Seven signs of a well-made sofa you can check in person, from frame to fabric, at the Seville Home showroom in Leawood, Kansas City.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsLeather Grades Explained: Full-Grain, Top-Grain, Aniline, and Nubuck
A clear guide to leather grades and finishes, so you know what full-grain, top-grain, aniline, and nubuck actually mean before you buy.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsLeather vs. Fabric: How to Choose the Right Sofa Material
Leather or fabric sofa? A balanced guide to durability, cleaning, feel, color, and cost to help you match the right material to how you live.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsQuestions to Ask Before You Buy a Sofa
A room-tested checklist of questions to ask any furniture store about how a sofa is built, covered, sized, and serviced before you buy.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsWhat Double Rubs Mean: How to Read Fabric Durability Ratings
A plain-spoken guide to double rubs, the Wyzenbeek test, and how to read fabric durability ratings without being misled by the number alone.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsWhere to Splurge and Where to Save on Furniture
A practical guide to where furniture dollars do the most good: splurge on daily-use anchors, save on trend pieces, and build a room that lasts.
Read the guide →Buying Furniture That LastsWhy Quality Furniture Costs More (and When It's Worth It)
What you are really paying for with quality furniture, the cost drivers behind a well-made sofa, and how to know when it is worth the investment.
Read the guide →Custom Furniture & Upholstery
How Long Does Custom Furniture Take? A Realistic Timeline
How long custom furniture takes, why made-to-order pieces need time, and how to plan ahead for a holiday, a move, or a new build.
Read the guide →Custom Furniture & UpholsteryIs Custom Furniture Worth It? What You Get for the Wait and the Price
An honest look at whether custom furniture is worth the wait and cost, when it pays off, when a floor model is smarter, and what you actually get.
Read the guide →Custom Furniture & UpholsteryCustom Furniture vs. Ready-Made: How to Choose What's Right for Your Home
Custom furniture or ready-made? A practical guide to choosing what fits your home, your timeline, and the chapter of life you're furnishing for, and why the best Kansas City rooms often blend both.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing Furniture
How to Decorate a Mantel for Fall and Winter
One mantel from October to January: an everyday base that stays up, a fall layer, Christmas and January layers that swap on top, the right mirror size, and how to decorate safely over a working fireplace.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureAre Curved Sofas Practical? Where They Work and Where They Don't
An honest look at curved sofas: how many they seat, whether you can nap on one, where they belong in a room, and how to pair them, from the furniture showroom in Leawood, KS.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Choose a Swivel Chair, and Where to Put It
Swivel, swivel glider, or swivel rocker? How to pick the base, size it to your sofa, leave room to turn, and place it for hosting, from Seville Home in Leawood, KS.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Set a Dinner Table, From Everyday to Holiday
Where the forks, knives, glasses, and napkin go for an everyday dinner, a dinner party, and a formal holiday table, plus spacing, centerpieces, linens, and candles.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Style a Sideboard for the Holidays
A simple formula for holiday sideboard styling: the right mirror size, lamp height, and groupings, a seasonal layer that comes down easily, and a clear serving zone.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureRound vs. Rectangular Dining Tables: How to Choose
Round or rectangular dining table? How your room's shape, your guest count, and the way you like to talk at dinner decide it, with the sizes that seat four to twelve.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureExtendable vs. Fixed Dining Tables: Which Is Right for How You Host?
How dining table leaves work, from butterfly leaves to end extensions and round tables that open to ovals, and when a fixed table is the better choice.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow Big a Dining Table Do You Need to Seat 6, 8, 10, or 12?
The table lengths, round diameters, chair widths, and walkway clearances that seat 6, 8, 10, or 12 comfortably, from a Kansas City fine furniture showroom.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureWhat Is a Jupe Table? How the Expanding Dining Table Works
How a jupe table opens from the center and stays round, where the 1835 design came from, how many it seats, and how it compares with round-to-oval tables.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Lay Out a Living Room
Learn how to lay out a living room like a designer: anchor, circulation, spacing numbers, and rug sizing, from the luxury furniture showroom in Leawood, KS.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureWill It Fit? How to Measure for Furniture Delivery
Measure doorways, stairs, and elevators before your furniture arrives. A step-by-step fit guide from Seville Home, Kansas City's luxury furnishings showroom.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureSideboard vs. Buffet vs. Credenza: What's the Difference?
Sideboard, buffet, or credenza? A Kansas City fine furniture showroom explains the real differences and how to choose the right piece for your room.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Choose the Right Sofa Size and Seat Depth
A measurement-driven guide to sizing a sofa to your room and to how you sit, from the design team at Seville Home in Leawood, KS.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Choose the Right Rug Size for Every Room
A room-by-room guide to choosing the right rug size, with the exact measurements designers use for living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureHow to Furnish a New-Construction Home Without Regret
A designer's guide to furnishing a new build in Kansas City and Johnson County: start early, plan the whole home, and avoid the panic-buy.
Read the guide →Choosing & Placing FurnitureDesign Trends That Last: Warmth, Texture, and Furniture for Real Life
The design trends worth investing in now, and the ones to enjoy later. What we saw at High Point Market points to warmth, texture, and furniture built for real life.
Read the guide →Caring for Your Furniture
How to Care for Leather Furniture (Protected and Aniline)
How to identify protected, aniline, and nubuck leather and care for each one: everyday cleaning, spills, conditioning, and what to avoid.
Read the guide →Caring for Your FurnitureHow to Care for Wood Furniture
A practical guide to keeping wood dining tables, casegoods, and bedroom pieces looking new for decades, from the Seville Home care team.
Read the guide →Caring for Your FurnitureHow to Clean a Fabric Sofa the Right Way
A calm, step-by-step guide to cleaning a fabric sofa without damaging it, from reading the care code to blotting spills and when to call a pro.
Read the guide →Caring for Your FurnitureHow to Protect Your Furniture from Sun, Heat, and Pets
Practical, low-effort habits to protect leather, fabric, and wood furniture from sun, heat, humidity, and pets, from the design team at Seville Home.
Read the guide →Caring for Your FurnitureUpholstery Cleaning Codes Explained: W, S, WS, and X
A plain-English guide to the W, S, WS, and X upholstery cleaning codes on your furniture tag, plus the safe way to treat spills at home.
Read the guide →In Kansas City
How to Choose an Interior Designer in Kansas City
How to choose an interior designer in Kansas City: what to look for, the questions to ask, and a low-risk way to test fit before you commit.
Read the guide →In Kansas CityHow to Find the Best Furniture Stores in Kansas City
A local buyer's guide to the best furniture stores in the Kansas City metro: how to compare showrooms, what separates a long-keep piece from a throwaway, and where design-led independents fit.
Read the guide →Still have questions?
The best answers come from a conversation. Every project begins with a complimentary consultation, in the Leawood showroom or your home.