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@simsplayer818   I went ahead and bought the Luxe Modern kit for my PS4 and can confirm that the pillow will raise for me.  I noticed that if I press the triggers together, it almost always changes the free placement.  If I press the right trigger (which toggles the lined grid) first, then press the left trigger, the free placement does not change.

If it's still not working, I wondered if you could try something similar to the curtain rod  / window workaround.  Maybe place the chair or whatever, then place the pillow.  Move the furniture piece out of the way and raise the pillow (I think 4 clicks up is ideal) and rotate it as you wish.  Then use free placement to move the furniture piece under / into place where the pillow is.  Again, I know this isn't ideal because you still have to sort of eyeball the placement and positioning but maybe something to try until it's fixed?