5 Family Room Design Ideas

No one can deny that the family room is one of the most essential rooms in any home, because it often serves as the central hub where families and visitors can gather and enjoy the company of one another.

 

Unlike rooms such as your master bedroom which require a more simple style of decoration,  your family room needs to be more fleshed out and make more extensive use out of furniture and décor items.

 

To help you out, here are five family room design ideas:

 

1. Keep It Low Maintenance

 

Keeping your family room low maintenance is especially something you want to do if you have small children in the house. Stick with furniture, rugs, and fabrics that are designed to sustain abuse and that won’t need to be replaced often. Since your family room is where your children will spend much of their time playing, if you have any breakable furniture or décor items of high value to you, it would be wise to keep those items in another room.

 

2. Make Maximum Use Out Of Your Living Space

 

Regardless of whether your family room is large or small, you will want to make maximum use out of your living space. This is for looks equally as it is for functionality: an empty space in your family room is going to stand out horribly, not to mention it’s space that could have otherwise been filled with something practical such as a chair or a table.

 

3. Make Your Family Room Relaxing

 

Since your family room is where you do fun things such as spend time with friends and family, play games, watch movies, and so on, it needs to be as relaxing as possible when it comes to colors and decorations. To this end, choose colors and décor items that make you feel at peace. Most people prefer darker colors in their family rooms for this reason, such as darker shades of red, blue, green, or purple.

 

4. Make Space For Storage

 

Some space in your family room needs to be set aside for storing things such as movies, video games, books, and toys if you have children. Place your storage furniture such as cabinets and bookshelves along the walls where they’ll be accessible but also kept out of the way.

 

5. Keep It Comfortable

 

Finally, the furniture that you select for your family room needs to be as comfortable as possible. Think about it, do you really want to sit in rough or uncomfortable chairs and couches when sitting down to visit or watch movies? Obviously not, so be very selective about the furniture that you choose for your family room and actually test them out in your local furniture store before buying.

 

Designing Your Family Room

 

While designing your family room is certainly a major project to undertake, it’s also not a project that needs to overwhelm you. The ideas in this article will help you create the best family room for your home as possible while also ensuring that you aren’t stressed out in the process of designing it.