Private Residence

Whole-Home
FF&E Design

We don't begin with furniture.
We begin with the person who will live with it.

We understand how you want to live and how you want your home to feel — then translate that into color, form, material and a complete FF&E language.

Project
Private Residence
Scope
Whole-Home FF&E Design

01 — Whole-Home Planning

From the Way You Live
to the Way the Home Feels

A whole-home FF&E scheme is not a collection of individual furniture choices.

It begins with how the home will be lived in — how people gather, move, rest, work and spend time together.

From there, furniture scale, placement, lighting, rugs, textiles and decorative elements are developed as one connected design language.

Plan highlighting the living-room FF&E zone
Living
Plan highlighting the dining FF&E zone
Dining
Plan highlighting the home-office FF&E zone
Home Office
Plan highlighting the bedroom FF&E zone
Bedroom
Scope — Whole-Home FF&E DesignInterior architecture by collaborating design firm

02 — Living Room

Designing the Relationships,
Not Just the Pieces

A sofa is never considered on its own.

Its scale affects circulation. Its form changes the balance of the room. The rug, tables, lounge seating and window treatments all need to speak the same visual language.

Here, each selection was developed as part of one living-room composition.

Original Client FF&E Presentation

Presented as part of the original project documentation.

Original living-room FF&E proposal board combining plan, furniture selections, dimensions, textiles and spatial context

Design Decisions

01

Scale & Circulation

The curved sectional establishes the primary volume while preserving circulation through the living space.

Sectional sofa used to study the primary scale of the living-room composition
Sofa technical drawing with verified dimensions
4430 × 1450–1930 × 700 mm
02

Material Balance

Soft textiles balance the stronger furniture forms and create a quieter visual layer.

Rug reference within the coordinated living-room material languageWindow sheer reference within the coordinated living-room material language
03

Layered Composition

Tables at different heights create rhythm around the main seating composition.

Coffee tables contributing varied height and form to the compositionSide table contributing another layer to the living-room composition

03 — Home Office

A Different Function.
The Same Design Language.

A home office has different functional demands, but it should still belong to the same home.

Furniture scale, seating, materials and the rug were coordinated to create a focused working environment without breaking the wider FF&E language.

Complete FF&E Scheme
Original home-office FF&E proposal board combining plan, furniture selections, dimensions, rug and spatial context

Design Decisions

01

Function & Scale

The desk and task chair establish the functional centre of the room, with scale and placement considered as part of the wider residential composition.

Desk and task chair defining the functional centre of the home office
2290 × 700 × 750 mm

04 — Dining

Designed Around How People Gather

Dining is not only about the table.

Scale, seating, lighting and the surrounding space shape how people gather and how the room feels when it is in use.

The dining selections were considered as part of the same whole-home direction.

Complete FF&E Scheme
Original dining FF&E proposal board combining plan, dining furniture, lighting, specification and spatial context

Design Decisions

01

Designed for Gathering

Table scale, seating and decorative lighting were considered together to shape how the dining space is experienced when people gather.

Dining TableØ2000 × H760 mm
Dining chair considered in relation to the dining tableDecorative lighting considered as part of the dining composition

05 — Bedroom

A Quieter Language for Private Space

The bedroom carries the same design story in a softer way.

Upholstery, textiles, window treatments, rug and furniture scale work together to create a more private and tactile atmosphere.

Complete FF&E Scheme
Original bedroom FF&E proposal board combining plan, bed selection, dimensions, textiles, lighting and spatial context

Design Decisions

01

A Softer Expression of the Same Home

Upholstery, textiles and window treatments create a quieter, more enveloping expression of the same whole-home design language.

Upholstered bed establishing the primary scale of the bedroom
Bed technical drawing with verified dimensions
2060 × 2305 × 1150 mm
Textile and rug references forming the bedroom's softer material layerWindow-treatment reference within the bedroom material layer

What You Receive

From an Idea of Home
to a Complete FF&E Scheme

The goal is not simply to select beautiful pieces.

It is to give every major FF&E decision a place within one clear residential design direction.

  1. 01

    Whole-Home FF&E Planning

    Each room is developed within one clear whole-home direction.

  2. 02

    Furniture Selection & Specification

    Pieces are selected in relation to scale, function, material and the overall scheme.

  3. 03

    Furniture Sizing & Placement

    Key dimensions and placement are resolved against the plan and circulation.

  4. 04

    Decorative Lighting Selection

    Lighting is selected for function, proportion and atmosphere.

  5. 05

    Rugs, Textiles & Window Treatments

    Soft layers are coordinated across colour, texture and practical use.

  6. 06

    Material & Finish Coordination

    Furniture finishes are reviewed as part of one consistent palette.

  7. 07

    Accessories & Styling Direction

    Decorative elements complete the scheme without becoming visual clutter.

From Design to Delivery

Design First.
Sourcing Follows the Design.

For international residential projects, the design direction comes first.

Once the FF&E scheme is defined, ZHIORA can extend the process into China-side sourcing and coordination — helping furniture, materials and decorative elements stay aligned with the approved design as the project moves toward procurement and delivery.

This describes ZHIORA's current service capability and is not presented as part of this historical project scope.

Begin with the project

Start With the Whole Home in Mind

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