It has dawned on me MANY times since we recently gave our family room a complete makeover, just how much smarter we got this time around when it comes to seating. You see, we bought our ginormous sectional when we bought this house, 7 years ago, thinking how perfect it would be for entertaining. We love having family and friends over, and we thought, what better couch for them to lounge on when they’re here?
Then, I discovered a KEY to our family room by pure accident: the ottomans. Oh my, if I had one piece of advice for decorating a family room, it’s to have a couple ottomans floating around. I happened to discover how easy it would be to cover our ugly pleather ottomans with new fabric, so I gave them a makeover. They have been awesome. Guests sit on them, we move them around, use them to plop our feet up, stick a tray down and make it a table to put our snacks and drinks on – they are SO versatile and just plain perfect for any room really. They are never in the same spot and that’s fine by me. I even use my yard sale bench as a place to sit if we need to – it’s half “accent table,” half “ottoman”….
By placing a tray down, it’s perfect for drinks, etc, but just take off the tray and BAM! More seating:)
And finally, the chairs…
My new chairs have been a great addition. I love how it completes the conversation area, yet if a game’s on, guests can still see the tv;). And I love that instead of the large chair I had there initially, there’s now place for two people to sit.
We’ve had people over a lot since the makeover, and every time, I’m amazed at how much more we use this room. How much smarter this layout is. It feels like we use every inch of this space, and use it well. Funny how getting rid of our huge-seats-a-ton-sectional resulted in seating more people in our family room than ever before. Live and learn, I suppose!
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