Can a comfortable family living room also look elegant?
Whether you have young children constantly creating chaos in your home or an extended family visiting on weekends or during holidays, a family-friendly living room is the ideal place to spend important daily moments. So why not create a space that is both comfortable and elegant, suitable for sharing between adults and children, a necessity that has become fundamental in pandemic times?

Here are some ideas.

Go higher and higher

Look for elegant storage and decoration options upwards: remember that everything on the ground is more accessible to children, and therefore in “danger.”
If you want to add elements that highlight their important presence, then decorate the living room with their drawings: the frames should obviously be out of reach but easily visible to the whole family.

Unleash creativity in rug format

Soft rugs can help prevent nasty falls and also add a cozy and familiar atmosphere to a space. For a family-friendly living room, choose a durable rug, making sure to clean it regularly to avoid dust accumulation. While you’re at it, since the rug invites sitting or lying down, if space allows, why not place a cute Indian tent next to it as in the photo above? You’ll spend time together while perhaps you’re flipping through a magazine as he plays nearby.

Choosing the sofa

You can say goodbye to that delightful velvet sofa you had your eye on. Smashed fruit, markers, and dripping drinks are arch-enemies even of the toughest fabric sofas, so choosing a leather sofa is perhaps the only way to go.
Avoid lighter leathers if you can and make sure to clean it often: even if leather may seem like a bold choice, it is the best option, one that over time tends to have at least a lived-in look. Then “dress” your sofa with soft cushions and different textures.

Yes to softness, watch out for corners

Children’s heads seem to be magnets for sharp corners, so choose furniture that will at least soften the blow… occasionally. Choosing a round coffee table, perhaps with storage capabilities like those above, will save you a lot of bumps on your little treasures’ heads and provide you with extra storage space for games and books (which is never a bad thing, right?).

Conclusions

We can say that when it comes to trends for child-friendly home furnishings, these two years of pandemic have taught us the art of surrounding ourselves with calm and comfortable furnishings.

So, rather than committing to a single style, say all modern or traditional from floor to ceiling, interior design has become much more fluid and has led to an overlap of a wide variety of styles. The result? The living room has become a space to personalize and unique, the ideal place to promote cocooning for everyone in the family.