The living room should be a place where we feel totally at ease - temple of the soul.
The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.
Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.
Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness.
Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them.
Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.