Coffee tables should be taller than the height of the seat cushions.

• A. True
• B. Sometimes
• C. False
• D. Not specified

Answer: (C)

Proportion between table height and seating height drives comfort and usability. When you’re seated, you want a surface you can rest your forearms on and reach easily without shifting your posture. Keeping the coffee table at roughly the same height as the seat cushions (or slightly lower) makes it easy to reach items, rest cups, and interact with the space without neck or shoulder strain. If the table is taller than the seat cushions, reaching over it can require lifting your arms, leaning forward, or bending awkwardly, which is uncomfortable and impractical for everyday use. That’s why the standard practice is to align the table height with or slightly below the seating height. In light of that, the statement is not correct.