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Frunchroom is a delightful furniture collection that looks like part of a dollhouse

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Furniture is mostly seen as functional objects rather than just for show. After all, you sit on them or place items on them, and they feel like a waste of space if they remain unused for long periods of time. At the same time, however, furniture has always served a decorative purpose, which is why many antique pieces have ornate engravings or designs. Furniture has the ability to create a specific mood or atmosphere in a room. Even an interior filled with minimalist tables and chairs exudes a sense of cleanliness and tidiness. Others, however, prefer a livelier ambiance, especially in a living room, and this furniture collection definitely brings a whimsical spirit that feels like it came straight out of a dollhouse.

Designer: Adi Goodrich

The living room is one of the most important parts of the house, mostly because it’s a nexus of any and all sorts of activities. It’s often one of the first areas that guests see, and it is where they are first entertained. It’s also a place where family and friends gather for games or entertainment, and it sometimes even acts as a makeshift bedroom for someone crashing over. As such, it’s almost always where the majority of fancy decorations and furniture are located.

For those hailing from south-side Chicago, this area is also called the “Frunchroom.” It’s the front room of a house where homeowners keep their most prized possessions and where some of the best memories are made. It’s no surprise, then, that a furniture collection bearing that same name would be just as memorable and fun, calling to mind the whimsical forms of furniture meant to be used as toys, here supersized for actual human use.

The Sketti side tables, for example, have legs that look like they were cut out by children for an art project. The Reading Chair’s unusual ridged upholstery is a bit hard to wrap one’s brain around, and fortunately, it can also be removed. The Duality dining chair really does the part of evoking opposite images and feelings with its flat outer sides and scalloped underside. The combination of colors, pretty much the foundational red, green, and blue hues, strike a sharp contrast to the earthy tones of the furniture’s wooden surfaces.

Frunchroom puts a playful twist to your typical home furniture, one that is sure to enliven any living space. At the same time, the very origins of the set tell of different stories and people that the designer encountered, becoming a sort of personal diary given functional form. It makes for the perfect centerpiece of the house where memories are both remembered and made, hopefully, ones that evoke as much fun and whimsy as these furniture pieces.

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A transforming and multifunctional television set featuring a retractable screen doubles up as a bookcase!

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Giro is a multifunctional television with a retractable display screen that slinks away to transform the TV set into a simple bookshelf.

Living rooms are more like multipurpose rooms. We use our living rooms for everything from watching television to working out, and from eating dinner to doing homework. Taking a traditional living room setup, sometimes it’s not the space, but the single-purpose appliances within the space that limit all of the living room’s potential. South Korea-based designer Park Yoo Jung has developed Giro, a television that transforms its facade according to users’ changing needs.

To help facilitate all that our living rooms can provide, Giro morphs from a conventional smart television into a simple bookcase with the click of a button. Recognized by the Red Dot Design Awards in its Best of the Best category, Giro is the multifunctional living room appliance that creates customizable spaces as your needs change.

For the occasional living room workout between your lunch hour and the night shift, Giro maintains its initial form as a smart television so users can broadcast exercise classes to follow. Of course, Giro operates as an everyday television when needed, projecting movies and television shows chosen from a programmed catalog.

When users would like to transform their Giro television into a screenless bookcase, the rotating projector slinks behind the main platform to remain out of view for evenings spent reading in the armchair or beneath the bay windows. Once the projector screen is retracted, users will find a minimal, yet sturdy bookcase where they place artworks and books on display.

Designer: Park Yoo Jung

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A 3D Printed central knot is the hinge that keeps the components of this wooden lounge chair together!

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Konvergence is an atypical lounge chair that hinges on a 3D-printed central connecting knot that brings each component of the chair together, from its eight wooden slats to its fabric seat rest.

When it comes to chairs, exciting, innovative designs are few and far between. Incorporating technology into the construction of chairs often stretches the creative bounds of the design process. Technology like 3D printing helps create chairs that we haven’t seen before, reminding us of the endless potential in furniture making and interior design.

Designing their own interpretation of the classic lounge chair called Konvergence, Paris-based designer and maker, Emmanuel Hugnot turned to 3D printing to produce a central knot that eight wooden slats protrude from to define and support the shape of a fully-formed chair.

The central knot of Konvergence resembles the shape of a ball-and-socket connector piece from LEGO kits. Keeping a total of eight end sockets, the central knot functions as the chair’s cornerstone, providing the bridge for all of Konvergence’s additional components to connect. Taking to common beech to produce the eight wooden slats, Hugnot went with the brightly textured timber for its rigidity and current abundancy in Europe’s forests. Once connected to the central knot, the wooden slats form the skeletal frame of Konvergence, leaving space for blankets of fabric to cover the slats to follow Konvergence through to its final form.

Designed so that the lounge chair could be dismantled just as quickly as its produced for easy assembly and portability, Hugnot describes the inspiration behind Kovergence in their own words, “In an ecological will, ‘Konvergence’ is intended for small series to compete with heavy industry in terms of resource consumption and price. Thanks to its shape the chair is easy to disassemble for better transport or storage.”

Designer: Emmanuel Hugnot

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Inspirational Living Rooms designed to act as your home’s centrepiece!

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The first room you encounter when you enter a home is the living room! A living room essentially creates the first impression of your home, and hence it’s extremely important to give this space the due attention it deserves. Your living room should be a reflection of who you truly are, your personality, taste, and aesthetics. And we’ve curated this collection of beautifully designed living rooms to give you the inspiration you need to create the living room of your dreams. These living rooms embody the major home decor trends of today!

The living room of A Touch of Resplendency by Studio M6 features a high ceiling and a glorious view of the snowcapped mountains. Neutral tones of grey and maroon, along with wooden furniture add a calm and soothing aura to the space. The aesthetics are rustic but homely.

This stunning living room in The Roma House by @buro511 showcases a color palette of greys and browns that harmoniously complement one another. The intriguing bookshelf with a fireplace underneath it creates a warm and intimate space, where you can spend some precious quality time with your loved ones!

This cozy living room by Sondos Ahmed is fresh and full of colors! A pastel color theme, minimal wooden furniture and ceiling lamps draped in plants give the space an almost Japandi-like aesthetic.

Julia Skochemaro’s modern living room is a great example of clean lines and neutral colors. The living room is beautifully lit up with natural light coming in from the big windows on one side while the minimal white lamp adds a minimal touch, merging with the white background and provide lighting without grabbing much attention.

This Medittarean-style living room by Mohamed Elasar is a refreshing and uniquely designed space. Hues of off-white, brown, and beige create an organic space that instantly makes you feel at ease. The jute furniture and textured wooden flooring add interesting details to the living room!

While pastel colors are not the norm, Ira Lysiuk and Liza Nikulina’s living room design uses pale pink to add a breath of freshness to the room! The room boasts of a simple two-tone palette, shades of neutral white and grey with the pastel color repeating itself in the table and the accent wall while the modern fireplace adds warmth to the entire space.

I love this clean and beige-themed living room by Fatima Mohamed! The fireplace design is extremely unique and modern, adding a futuristic touch to an otherwise classically designed space. Rustic vases, bowls, and planters make for little warm additions to the room.

This ‘outdoor living room’ by INODEQ is unlike any living room I’ve ever seen before! It’s the perfect integration of the outdoors and the indoors, creating a living room you can relax in while enjoying the outdoors, regardless of weather conditions!

Designed by Georgios Tataridis, this contemporary living room features soothing tones of brown and beige. The layout has been designed to ensure that one can enjoy the view from the large floor-to-ceiling windows. A smart and remote-controlled fireplace provides warmth to the open and free-flowing space!

Olivia Miller’s living room is an example of using a warm color palette throughout the room without overwhelming the senses. This design also balances the old with the new – with the modern gold-brushed coffee table to the traditional-looking jute-woven chair and even the wicker basket that adds a lived-in comfort to the room.