Essential Furniture Items For Your Living Room
Every home has a special room that everyone goes to when it’s time to relax and enjoy each other’s company, and no, we aren’t talking about the kitchen, we mean the living room! This is where you can stretch out on a sofa or a comfy armchair, kick back and watch the big game, or entertain guests. It’s a friendly space for friends and family to enjoy together!
If this is your first home, or you are doing a big decor makeover, you are going to want to make a stop at Kensington Furniture so you can get everything you need to put the ‘living’ in your living room! So, what are the essential items that make this room so special? Here are a few to consider!
Sofas – Note that this is plural because we like to have more than one! Our living room map has two sofas, one facing the entertainment center for maximum TV-watching comfort, while the other is further back against the wall. We have placed it there so it will face the –
Coffee Table – No living room is complete without a nice, long coffee table that you can set your drinks and snacks down on or set up a family board game to play! A lower level is nice for storing books and magazines, and the top should be glass or some other stain resistant material. The height should reach just below the average adult’s knees when they are sitting on the –
Armchairs– These soft and comfy seats are placed to face across the coffee table at the sofa so people can see each other while they chat, drink coffee or cocktails, play a game, or read a book. If you are enjoying a good read you can just reach to your side to the adjacent-
End Tables – One on each side, and one in the middle of the two comfy armchairs, which would make it a ‘mid table’, but let’s not get fussy! The end tables are perfect for extra drink holding, and when you need some extra reading light you can turn on the –
Table Lamps – These should have a nice solid base so they aren’t easy to knock over and are also a part of the decor, so they should match well with the other pieces. It’s nice to have three setting dimness options, bright for reading, and lower to make a more intimate mood. They should have very attractive lampshades so they look nice on –Uncle Larry – When he has too many cocktails! Don’t worry, he will leave eventually.
