Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness.
The living room should be a place where we feel totally at ease - temple of the soul.
Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them.
Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.
I've never met a truly creative person who was happy and satisfied with life.
The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.