Creative Ideas for a USELESS formal living room
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Anonymous
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I live in a traditional colonial. I LOATHE the formal living room. It is quite small and we already have a family room. It is completely usless for our lifestyle.
Anyone do anything creative with a formal living room? Right now it stores our enormous amount of kids sports gear. |
Anonymous
| How old are kids? Playroom? Study/den for homework. Home office for you and spouse. Library. Also depends on where it is in the overall layout of your house. |
Anonymous
| Ping pong table |
Anonymous
| We have one as well. If we had a piano it would be the piano room. For now, its the room we dust and vacuum once a month. |
Anonymous
| Bar/lounge set up. Funky mom's area - hot pink walls if you like - black walls. Crazy room theme Alice in Wonderland. Go nuts. |
Anonymous
| Ice luge |
Anonymous
| Dj booth, lasers , rave room |
Anonymous
You are onto something, but I think I'm more of a hookah room kind of mom. |
Anonymous
| My living room became the de facto mudroom for my four boys sports gear. Can you shut it off with French doors and make it a nice mud room temporarily? |
Anonymous
I actually thought of that! I was goggling mud room furniture because that is pretty much what it is used for now. It is loaded with lacrosse, Baseball, and Basketball gear right now-plus what seems like a thousand pairs of snow boots. |
Anonymous
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Add built ins and make it a cozy, TV free library/sitting room.
The room that is always clean and does not embarrass you when unexpected company drops in. |
Anonymous
| Band practice room. Pool room. Photo studio. Video game den. Meth lab. |
Anonymous
| Close it off and make an Office? |
Anonymous
| Or, open it up and make room next to it larger. |
Anonymous
| Game room (depending on how old kids are). Ours hold all the freaking game systems. We purchased a huge flat screen tv with great quality. Added very cozy chairs and sofas. It's the room that gets used the most. Great for movies and games for the family |