Weeks after Shetal Mehta purchased her “it” couch, she broke the news to her interior designer.
Her request? That the emerald-green velvet sofa become a focal point of the living room. “It was the first big purchase for our home, not an everyday kids-jumping-on-the-couch type of piece,” says Ms. Mehta, who lives in a 2,900-square-foot home in Rye, N.Y.
