Why Good Entertainment Centers Make Sense for Upgrades and Upcycling

When you’ve got the floor space in the home you always wished for, an awesome entertainment center will make your viewing an extra pleasure. Be it game night or binge-watching your favorite series with your large TV unit, nothing makes a home more relaxing than the theater-like experience that the right entertainment center from Curly’s Furniture literally affords you.

Reasons to Step Up to an Entertainment Center

First of all, unlike the starkness of a TV mount, an entertainment center is a substantial piece of home furniture with a commanding presence. Most living rooms have a wall that’s blank and boring. Give it instant appeal and “homeyness” with a beautiful entertainment center taking the place of the old-fashioned fireplace and mantel. And if you still want the fireplace experience minus the cleanup or hazard, check out Curly’s entertainment units with safe, beautiful LED fireplace inserts that give you heat too!

Second, entertainment centers are an ideal fit in your home if you’ve got lots of media such as a sound system or a big DVD collection as some still do, so you need storage. With their handsome built-in shelves and cabinetry, our top-of-the-line entertainment centers fit the bill perfectly. One more thing on the storage issue: a good entertainment unit is extremely versatile for everything from your library to home office storage and even toys.

Large Entertainment Centers Are Easy and Fun to Repurpose

You might be wary of buying a large entertainment center as our visual media are constantly shifting. From flat screens to movies and TV on your hand-held devices ruling the day, our habits and home furniture needs change. Remember when a giant TV was itself a piece of furniture? We sure do, and man, were they heavy! Don’t let that put you off an entertainment unit, because even if TV as we know it is gone tomorrow, replaced by holograms or who knows what, your entertainment center’s massive shelf space is infinitely reusable. For example, some design-minded homeowners have transformed theirs into everything from cool home bars to do-it-yourself mini-pantries.

Whatever your entertainment furniture requirements are, you can get it for less at our Streator, IL store.

New Ways to Arrange Your Living Room Furniture

Ask anyone about the living room in their home and you’re bound to receive a real burst of emotion from them. As the hub of our social activities, and the space in which we forge some of our happiest memories, the living room and its furniture means more to us than perhaps than any other form of decor. 

When you arrange your living room furniture in a way that’s open and inviting, it’s as if there’s a magnetic force that emanates from the walls, into the air and over your upholstery. But neglect how you decorate and organize the space, and don’t be surprised if guests stay on their feet and inch towards your door. 

Today, Curly’s Furniture of DeKalb, Illinois will review just some of the new ways you can rearrange, and re-imagine your living room furniture—from the layout of your room, to the sofas and accents you place in it.

A Living Space As Adaptable As You

Here’s a given: most of us own a sofa, a couple chairs and a table or two. The key to the modern, flexible, and fully adaptable living room is not to overburden it, but to maximize what’s already in it.

While you may know your space so well that you could sleep-walk through it, think about how your friends and family would navigate it on their first visit. Your sectional sofa may look great in one corner of your room, but is it as accessible as it could be?

The Living Room with a Focal Point

Sometimes the simplest, and most logical way to arrange your living room is to find a focal point, and furnish around it. In most cases, that focal tends to be the TV; or in the more rustic stretches of the state, a cozy fireplace. 

Round up your guests by strategically placing your recliner sofas and accent ottomans in view of something centralizing, like a LED TV or coffee table. Grabbing yourself some throw pillows or poufs could be a wise move here as well.

Symmetry: A Way to Arrange Your Life

Always tried and true, the classic symmetrical arrangement works wonders in virtually any living room. If you have a large occasional table in your space, place a pair of fabric sofas, side by side, angled towards it. 

Of course, adhering to symmetry with your living room furniture doesn’t mean you need two of everything. It’s safe to say most rooms will only require one sectional sofa. But a second accent chair, and accent pillow to boot, could work wonders for you. 

When you feel the itch to rearrange your living room, swing by Curly’s Furniture to talk to our experts in-person!