In the last article we went over office furniture. In this articles we're going to cover furniture that's a little more near and dear to our hearts. The furniture in our homes. More specifically we're going to cover the living room in this article since it is usually the main room in everyone's home.

For every room in our home there is furniture to go in it, maybe too much furniture. Then it comes time to move, and unless you hire a professional moving company, you are in for a world of hurt. But moving is not the point of this article.

Probably more marketing is spent on furniture for your living room or recreation room, as some people call it, than for any other room in your house. Why? Probably because we spend more time there than in any other room in our home. For starters, the living room is where the majority of TVs and entertainment centers are located. Living rooms are also usually the largest rooms in our home. So there's lots of furniture made to go in it. Just about every living room in the world has a coffee table in it. Why they call it a coffee table is actually rather strange because ultimately what ends up on the table is everything but coffee. This is where most people throw their mail, magazines, and an assortment of little knickknacks. Coffee tables for the most part are rectangular and made of a variety of materials such as metal, marble, wood and even glass.

Usually to compliment the coffee table are a couple of end tables. For the most part these are used to place lamps so that you're able to see what's on the coffee table. End tables are also made of the same materials as your coffee table and are generally bought in sets.

Then of course there's the places in your living room where you sit. A typical living room will have a couch or sofa, maybe even a hide-a-bed like a Castro Convertible which is a couch that turns into a bed. In addition to the couch you'll have two or more chairs. Depending on how large your living room is you may have enough chairs to seat the starting line up for the New York Yankees baseball team.

To compliment all of the above the finishing touches are usually in the form of some kind of entertainment center. These can be bought ready made but many you need to put together yourself. These centers are used to put your TV, stereo, DVD player and whatever else you may have for entertainment purposes. With the creation of some very large TV screens some of these centers can take up half your living room.

Some other things you might find around the living room are floor lamps, bookcases and various kinds of cabinets and storage furniture.

In the last article of this series we're going to cover the bedroom, kitchen and dining room. The rooms are smaller so there's not as much to throw in them.

Thank goodness.

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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Furniture
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