As a parent, designing a kid-friendly room can be a big dilemma because you want to make it safe but also welcoming at the same time. However, the struggle is real when you have limited space or a minimalist home so it’s difficult to create a separate playroom for your little ones. Therefore, you have no choice but to make the whole home becomes a playroom for them and of course, kid-friendly in general.

A living room is probably one of the best spots that you can use to decorate and change it to become more kid-friendly. However, since a living room is an area with high-traffic activities that both adults and kids use daily, it can be more difficult to decorate because you don’t want to say goodbye to your dream concept but also want to get a comfortable and safe space for your kids.

In this situation, you are challenged to explore your creativity to keep the aesthetic view of your living room but also make it more kid-friendly. If you’re planning to create a kid-friendly living room, you are on the right page. Below we have some best kid-friendly living room tips that might help you to improve your living room for your little ones.

1. Opt-out Sharp Edge is a Must

This rule is the first obvious thing that you have to consider when choosing furniture, especially if you have a toddler, which is in their very active age. Toddlers usually learn everything for the first time so they can get very curious about everything around them. Also, since toddlers usually start to learn to walk, and become more active, they tend to explore every single space in a home. Of course, it’s a good thing to see your children look active and full of curiosity.

When learning about things around them, you don’t want to make them hurt or injured by furniture with a sharp edge or corner. The first thing you would want to do is replacing your square table with a round one or a coffee table. If you want to change it completely with soft furniture, you might want to opt for a big ottoman or pous instead. Also, choose a table with a wood surface that is safer than the one with glass, stone or metal tops.

2. Don’t Forget to Create More Storage

It comes to no surprise that children have tons of stuff more than adults can get and can fill the whole area. From toys, art supplies, and books are some things that can definitely make your living room looks messy. Of course, you don’t want this to happen when they don’t play it anymore. That’s why you would need functional furniture that has additional storage on it whether shelves or drawers.

You might want to divide your kid’s toys based on something that they use frequently. For example, bring the blocks or car games outside and keep their book collections in their bedroom or vice versa. Keeping only some stuff in a living room with easy storage access can also become a good encouragement to make your children learn to tidy up their own toys. If you want to provide easy access, open shelves, drawers or woven baskets can be a great choice. 

3. Let the Spills and Dirt Away

Having children who start learning to hold and eat their own foods is definitely something that will make every parent feels proud. Enjoying a snack time in a living room with your little ones can’t be separated from some spills and crumbles. That’s why you need a fabric that can endure these happening and easy to clean. Choosing the right fabric is applied when you choose a carpet, area rug, sofa, and plushies.

For a rug, you might opt for natural rugs because it’s durable, quite affordable, easy to clean and come in various patterns, sizes, and colors. As for a sofa, a leather one can be a good option although you might have to spend more budget on it. Another option to choose is by using peel-off slipcovers that makes it easier to protect your furniture because you only need to take and wash it when spills happen.

4. Keep Your Little One Safe

Safety is definitely a point that you can opt-out from making a kid-friendly room. Other than removing sharp-edged furniture, you have to create a safe surrounding. If you’re planning to make a tall shelf for your children’s toys or books, make sure it’s safely secured to the wall. You don’t want to ‘attract’ your children to climb the shelf to reach something and make it falls on them instead.

Therefore, please make sure to keep the tall shelves or other big furniture safely secured to the wall or make a small one within their reach. One of the simplest options that you can try is by making open built-in shelves that only have about two or three tiers with a low height. While you encourage your kid not to climb a tall shelf, making a simple open shelf for their own toys can be a simple way to protect and supervise their activities. 

If you think about it, decorating a living room becoming a kid-friendly space can be slightly tricky and difficult. On the contrary, it may easier than it seems because you just need to move sharp-edged furniture to another room and replace it with other softer things like ottomans, poufs, and bean bags, which we think adults will also love it!

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