ROOM DESIGN

ROOM DESIGN
Plan for best use
Is your recreation room not exactly for recreation? Your spare bedroom a clutter magnet? The playroom pretty much a storage place? If you're looking to create a functional family "bonus" room, the American Furniture Manufacturers Association has some suggestions:
Compose and prioritize a wish list of what everyone in the family would like to be able to do in the room.
Visualize "zones" in the room, such as an entertainment-center zone, reading zone, game-playing zone and storage zone.
Identify the furniture you'll need. If possible, pull from other rooms. Or try to purchase multifunction pieces.
Analyze the lighting situation, keeping "zones" in mind. Those overhead lights may no longer do the trick.
Take room dimensions, measurements of all electronics and a list of storage needs with you on your shopping ventures.
Add fun accessories to the room -- movie posters, sports team memorabilia or items from a vacation -- perhaps creating a novelty theme.
Source: Baltimore Sun