Family Rooms Information

Scale it down
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Decisions, Decisions...
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Family Rooms FAQ's

How do we organize the family room with a growing family and keep it enjoyable for everyone? How can we breathe new life into our current family room? Are there secrets to keeping a family room clean? Provide seating options to comfortably fit children and adults of differing age and size ranges. Use dedicated areas and make storage space available for each family member's activity gear. Display often-used items and keep a master list of occasional use items in deeper storage. Good organization requires seasonal reviews. Sort toys, packing up outgrown ones, and discarding worn ones... [more]

Family Rooms Guide

Fun, relaxing, stress relieving and enjoyable: these attitudes guide creation of beloved family room memories. In the past 50 years the family room has grown in size compared to the living room. Often located on the basement level or at the back of the house, the family room has become second only to the kitchen as the hub of household activity. It may utilize components of earlier cousins, such as rumpus and rec rooms, to provide areas to play games, assemble puzzles, exercise, dance, or socialize. Multi-purpose functions and flexibility are key guides to creating the space that suits... [more]