You can't just jam the end of the sofa right up against the wall even if you have no room. You need a little space there. You don't want your room to look crowded.
Here's what to do in order to gain that idea of roominess you're looking for. Position one of these bright beauties between the arm of your sofa and wall:
A floor lamp.
It will create the illusion that there’s more space there than meets the eye.
It will give some height and illumination and provide separation.
You'll get the sense that there just might be a table there after all.
If you do one on each side, it will provide some symmetry and extends the overall length of the sofa, visually. It adds prominence and purpose.
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Chunky floor lamp adds corner interest in a showroom at Highpoint Market.
While there is room for round tables on each end of the sofa here, below, the floor lamps add delineation and tuck back into the corner so nicely here. Floor lamps always leave more space for items on end tables too.
Highpoint Market, Baker Showroom
Floor lamps beside these two sofas were just enough and helped to add some detail and make this grouping feel more intimate.
So, when you don’t have space for a proper end table and you want your small space to seem larger, add floor lamps.
I love how this designer, Sherrell Neal, used two floor lamps at the desk in her showhouse room, River Oaks ASID Showhouse 2019. Why take up desktop space when you can do a floor lamp?
Two floor lamps give this settee a more prominent and purposeful look in the space. Century Showroom at High Point Market
There is plenty of space here in this showroom vignette at High Point Market, but these two floor lamps flanking the sofa allow for different end tables with different heights to be used, while still achieving a symmetrical look.
Here are some of my faves.
