As much as we want to make our living room a perfect haven for ourselves and sparkling for any guests, the hard fact remains that the little munchkins live there too, and they’re not about to give up that right to use it.
So, how do you accommodate the little ones?
We’re looking at methods for making your living room fun for children in your décor choices.
Carve out an area for the kids
There are two approaches you can take to making your living room more fun for children: embracing the childish and allowing the whole room to become the kids’ playground, or sectioning off a little space for them to keep themselves amused while you sit with a well-deserved glass of wine and some trash TV.
You can add a little table to an unused corner, perhaps with a stylish chest filled with their toys.
There are lots of ways to section out the corner without putting up a new wall.
For example, if you need your space, you might want to look into a sectional couch, which will naturally set boundaries. You can find a cheap sectional couch here.
Embrace curves
If you want to subliminally portray to your children that this is a safe space, you should add some curves to your living room.
The best part about this is that curves are really in trend for 2023 and can be found all over the living room.
Coffee tables have corners rounded off, which gives points for safety, but they can also come in fun shapes like squiggles and clouds for a stylish look.
On top of that, the trend of color blocking continues on, but there are a lot of curves added to that.
Painted circles frame mirrors and art, arches frame doors and cabinets and the bright colors convey fun to children. There is also the addition of bubble and cloud couches that children of all ages can enjoy.
Create a multifunctional living room
The idea of a multifunctional room and rooms that are dedicated to hobbies and other purposes have been taking off since lockdown.
Some ideas include a home library, gym, office, cinema, and for 2023, a listening room for music lovers. Some of them are easier to implement in the living room than others.
For example, a home gym might be better off in a spare room and will probably not be too attractive to kids. But other ideas like a home library, cinema, or even just a space dedicated to the kids will be a big hit in the living room.
There are two ways to go about this: you can either carve out an area for the kids, as we mentioned before, or you can take elements from all those ideas and add them to your living room.
Ask yourself, what your children are into, and see if you can think of some way to allow you all to share the space.
For example, a large TV will appeal to a little movie-lover, a listening corner will appeal to a child who needs to practice their violin, and a little table with an easel and some paints will make a great starter art studio.