Living Room Furniture Design

How do you choose your living room furniture from all the available designs?

Apart form the kitchen, the living room is often the hub of the home. For most people, living room furniture is about sitting to watch the television or play on games consoles; it’s where we entertain visitors for coffee or drinks; it’s where the kids play during the day and it’s where we relax with our feet up in the evening. That’s why the designs you choose for your living room furniture can have such an impact.

Which Living Room Furniture is Right for You?

You’ve probably built up your collection of living room furniture over time. Few people furnish their living rooms completely in one go. That’s often because your budget simply won’t stretch to everything you need, but it’s also because your needs change as you and your family grows. The type of living room furniture you needed as a single person is different to what you need when you have two toddlers careering round the house, or a teenager who wants to chill out at home:

• Sofas and chairs – the traditional suite is still one of the most popular pieces of living room furniture around, but design changes mean that there’s much more choice available now than ever before. From smart leather two-seater sofas to corner sofas, incliners, giant footstools and beanbags, contemporary chrome frames and glamorous styling, you need to look at how you use seating in your living room, how much space you have, and what sort of style you want before you buy.

• Coffee tables – the coffee table is a key piece of living room furniture and the design and use of the coffee table has evolved in the last few years to encompass clever storage as well as just surface use. The materials used in today’s coffee tables range from traditional oak to modern glass and plastic, so you should have no trouble finding something that fits in with your décor.

• Occasional tables – a nest of tables is still a key part of living room furniture sets, but increasingly, homeowners are opting for side tables or occasional tables which are placed at either end of the sofa or against a wall and used for lighting and storage. Occasional tables come in a variety of heights, sizes, materials and finishes and you can make a real difference to your living room just by changing this small element of furniture.

• TV and Hi-fi stands – often an afterthought, but increasingly one of the most important pieces of living room furniture, the AV cabinet or shelving holds your television, cable or satellite box, DVD player, games console and more. Designs vary from simple, contemporary glass shelving to larger wood pieces that include doors to hide the electronic equipment when it’s not in use and plenty of storage for all the accessories.

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