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A house is considered to be well-furnished only when it is suitably arranged with appropriate furniture and  furnishings. All rooms which are equipped with a large number of furniture need not necessarily be called functional. Some families may find them sufficient and others, either over-furnished or under furnished. In addition to being functional and in required numbers, the furniture items should also meet the aesthetic needs of the family members.
Comfort: The most important consideration while selecting a piece of furniture is the comfort. The livability of a home depends largely on its comfortable furniture items and furnishings. The ready-made furniture available in the market is according to certain standard measurement. Thus a standard easy chair has a seat depth of 22 to 24 inches and it should be 17 inches high in front and a little lower at the back. An occasional chair is 19 inches deep and 18 inches high. Arm rests are above 7 inches above the seat. Seat backs are 17 to 19 inches high.
However, furniture that does not conform to standard measurements is also procurable and can be made-to-order. While procuring such items, one should always keep in mind certain feature of comfort. For example-a chair should be deep enough to reach the back of the knees of the seated person. The chair back should have a comfortable slant height, and should support the shoulder blades well, or even the head, if that is desired. The children’s furniture should suit their measurements and should not have any sharp edges or corners at all. Some furniture is made with the adjustable legs that can be lengthened as the child grows. This type of flexibility makes the furniture usable in the long run.
Weight: The weight of furniture and its mobility are the other features that also affect comfort of the seated person. Some very light chairs or stools that can be moved easily are needed in living rooms. The most mobile and useful lawn and porch chairs and tables have locking wheels in place of back legs. Thus it is not necessary that furniture be costly to be comfortable, but it must be designed to fit the body, and make the user to feel comfortable.
Expressiveness: The theme of the room limits the choice of furniture. For example, a cottage style expresses informality, comfort and simplicity and calls for furniture of the same characteristics. The kind of wood, the shape of the article, the style and the colour, all are the elements that help to create the mood or ex pressiveness desired.
Some of the ideas that expressed in homes consciously or unconsciously are naturalness, sophistication, intimacy, formality, coolness, delicacy, strength, freshness, antiquity etc. for instance, a room having glass topped furniture indicates delicacy whereas heavy furniture items make a room to appear strong and sturdy. An informal drawing room may include a rocking chair and a few other furniture items while a formal room may confine itself just with a sitting area near a window. A room with potted plants and large natural flower arrangements may express freshness and a room in the absence of these may look barren and dry.
Style: Style plays a very important role is selection of furniture. Some time one piece of furniture is brought as it  represents certain style. Style can be further divided into various group such as:
- Antic/Period based
- Cottage
- Modern
- Abstract
If you want your house to give of look of specifice period like mugal then in that case it becauses mandatory to have furniture which can depict a mugal style. The style of construction should also be keep in mind if your house is having some architectural feature which suits to the mugal style then you can select the furniture representing or similar to the mugal period. Now a days ethnic look are very popular. People want to decoration their house and give a ethnic look for example use of sankhera furniture will give a feeling of gujarti traditions or woven cots and low level chair give of look of Rajasthani traditions .
Beauty: While selecting one furniture piece it is the beauty of the piece which influence s the final choice as every individual is born with some kind of taste for beauty. Any item placed in a house should possess some aesthetic value. One general rule to follow as a guide in the selection of furniture is that the simple and plain things, are the better choice in the long run. Simplicity should be the thumb rule in the selection of beautiful furniture items. Simple furniture items not only appear to be beautiful, but are also, functional, easy to maintain and eligible to fit into any corner.
Utility: All furniture pieces are bought with the main intention of having some use. Therefore, unless an article is  useful, it should not be given a space in the home, regardless of its beauty or sentimental association. This aspect becomes more important in the changing society where space is a limiting factor and flats are made with the bare minimum area because of the cost factor. Therefore, the furniture requirements of every room should be carefully studied and planned. Before making the final purchase, their utility should be calculated and analyzed in terms of the space available and function of the rooms. Sometimes double purposes make furniture more valuable, as table for music system that is also an end side table, the low bookshelves to be used as a seat when a large group is to be accommodated for a short time or a double bed with a box underneath or a sofa-cum-bed that can be used when guests are to be accommodated occasionally.
Abstract designed furniture look good with modern architecture. Some time abstract furniture in also used to utilized the corner space example corner dining table. Modern unit furniture such as wall racks, CD stands. DVD holder, small stools are designed to fit into the compact contiguous group. Modular furniture and unit furniture is also used utilized the space to its maximum.
Balance and scale: It is always unwise to buy furniture and accessories simply because they are in fashion, without paying attention to the need and their size, proportions and relationship to each other and to the space in the room allotted to them. The actual dimensions of a piece of furniture are basic in determining its scale and proportions, but the way it is designed can sometimes have subtle effects. A long, open-back, cane-seat settee, for instance, can occupy a great deal of space and still give an impression of lightness – out of scale with a heavy, squat armchair occupying less space.
Construction: A well built furniture is always an asset because it gives a long and satisfactory service. A good furniture will give many years of service and satisfaction and for that reason, should be bought deliberately. Every piece of furniture should be studied from the point of view of its construction. A complete examinationof a furniture and acquiring information about it is a must for every consumer and decorator. The purchaser should look at the back, bottom and inside of each piece as well as at the front.
Firmness and rigidity: Furniture should be tested for its firmness and rigidity by various methods the ways it was used in home. Firmness and rigidity under pressure are very important features of a good construction. Firmness depicts how the parts are joints together. The joints used and the material used to make a joint are used such as dovels, screws, steel clips, and corner metal plates. These joints should not break or make noises when the furniture is in use.
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