Today’s kids’ room furniture essentials post is about the softer side of teen and family room furniture or in other words…..fabric covered foam. You’ve seen it. You’ve lounged on it. Your kids love it! You see the outside but do you know what’s inside? Fabric covered foam furniture (say that fast 5 times!) can be [...]
Family Room Design Essentials post covered, well….the essentials, including a quick paragraph on furniture used for storage. Another post in the Family Room Design Series covered appropriate storage for kids’ media. This post….a few more storage ideas for family rooms that top them all! Line the walls with open cube storage created from built-ins or [...]
When is it okay to let your kids draw on and create a family art wall? Yes, “when the wall is painted with chalkboard paint” is one answer….so is “when it’s a wall finished to be a whiteboard surface”. What if you want the drawings to be permanent? I have the perfect solution! Try covering [...]
Parents have pretty sharp ears that pick up noise (or lack of) letting them know what kids are up to but they do expect noise in the family room. Games + kids + activity = NOISE. It’s the noise level that can get irritating. So how can parents reduce the noise level without spoiling the [...]
Which does your family room most resemble—mission control with blinking lights everywhere or a war-zone with cords, components, and controllers strewn across the floor? Or is it a combination of both? Hmm….common problem. Family rooms have become kids’ media central so I’m guessing you answered “both”. Televisions, computers, sound systems, video game systems, and even [...]
Do you have tweens and teens at home? If so, you know the three keys to a happy teen….food, fun, and sleep, and they like lots of all three! Social activity is an important part of tweens and teens development and as they grow, they gravitate toward more time with friends instead of family. Want [...]
Family room design with toddlers, preschoolers, and younger kids requires a different approach than it does with older kids. Physical abilities as well as attention span become greater factors. While family togetherness may be your goal, just being in the same room may be all you can achieve. Use the 5 keys listed in Family [...]
First…this is not the living room….no formal seating, no boring adult design. The family room is one place the whole family can comfortably gather. Pull up a chair….or a pillow, flop down on the sofa or stretch out on the floor. Anyone who walks in the family room should feel an open invitation to relax [...]
The family room can be the best room in the house….or the worst. Multi-purpose and multi-activity usually means multi-mess, especially if you have a wide diversity of ages. Next to the kitchen, the family room is your busiest room….but it is also the most sought after for relaxation, conversation, fun and games. For kids who [...]