Your family has just moved into a new home in Cocoa Beach, and you are staring at vast, empty rooms. The first step to decorating your home is deciding where all of your newly purchased furniture from Indian River Furniture in Cocoa Beach is going to go. The bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom areas are easy, but what about the living spaces? Indian River Furniture believes it is becoming more and more popular for there to be two sitting spaces in a home, where one is considered the living room, and one is the family room, but what’s the difference?
Most associate the living room as one of the most common areas in the home, the one where most of the “living” is done. According to the New York Times, “the living room started out as formal display spaces for welcoming guests in the 17th century.” Since then, it has slowly transitioned into a more casual and comfortable gathering space. In smaller houses, the living room can be the same as the family room, because there is only one area for sitting and relaxing together. However, in larger homes with multiple common areas, the living room usually contains more formal accessories, no television, and have singular “bucket” chairs rather than a couch for Cocoa beach furniture. These rooms may be grand and only used on special occasions, while the other common areas are used for everyday social activities.
While the living room’s name poses as a place for living and gathering, when both are set up in a house, the family room is more commonly known as the daily living area for watching television and relaxing. Family rooms are often more comfortable and kid-friendly, similar to rec rooms, or “tv” rooms. These rooms tend to be farther back into the house, whereas the formal living room is typically near the front door. In most cases, the family room has a television, comfortable pillows and blankets, and larger seating such as sofas and sectionals for the entire family and guests to spend time together.
At the end of the day, the way a room is decorated and used is entirely up to the homeowner. If your home has lots of space and you want a more formal area that is separate from your everyday living area, follow the suggestions above. If you don’t have space for both, call the room whatever you’d like, it will be you who is living in it. At Indian River Furniture, our experienced employees are readily available to help you decide what furniture in Cocoa Beach is available to best fit your family’s needs.