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The room that put our signatures on the purchase agreement for our home, the family room. It has taken over four years of rearranging, painting, and purchasing to find the right mix of furniture for this space!
We have gone through 3 sets of couches for this family room, THREE. Each year we changed our mind, or learned a lesson in purchasing the wrong furniture for the space.
The one piece that always remained the same was our craigslist coffee table – I loved it. It had six drawers for hiding all of the kids junk, and was SO heavy it would take two adults to move it throughout the room. Alas, Max turned into a toddler, pulling at drawers and ripping them off of their tracks and bopping himself in the face repeatedly …. It had to go!
I turned to my peeps over at Wayfair to help me find the coffee table that could live up to the stamina of our craigslist coffee table. I needed it to be substantially heavy – sturdy – and large. We are always hosting parties and a girl needs a place to lay out all of her appetizers for her guests.
And there she was …. the Lewisburg Coffee Table. She was everything I could have hoped for, more than I had ever wanted. Chunky, heavy, and huge.
That’s my girl.
This coffee table bridges the gap between our 3 couch set up. I know 3 couches is a bit over the top, but if you saw how often we host you would not be surprised as to how fast this pieces fill up on a day-to-day basis!
Dan put this table together in under 15 minutes. Just screwing the legs into the base and top is all is takes to put this beauty together!
Did you know it took me 3 orders to get the right coffee table for this blog post? Yep, I ordered 3! Remember when I surveyed all of you and asked which one I should choose? Well, I was not pleased with any of them.
As a family of 5, 3 of which are boys who will use any surface as a launch pad, I struck out multiple times until I discovered this table that could stand the test of time!
I adore how it bridges the gap between the sofas. And that is blends into the space. I did not want to go light again, because, alas, kids.
Speaking of munchkins, and responding to a few questions from my social media. YES! We still have the play area behind our couches. This awkward void was screaming to be filled but I could not wrap my head around putting another piece of furniture in our extensively large family room. So, layering rugs and giving the munchkins a place to dump their toys seemed like the perfect solution to keep both mom + kiddos happy!
You see, when it comes to picking the right pieces for your family you have to understand one thing. YOU ARE A FAMILY!
Your home décor has to work for YOU!
Just because someone else decorates a certain way, or there are pieces that are beyond trendy and you feel like your home would be empty without it …
fight that urge!
Pick the pieces that you know you will love and enjoy for years to come!
Because if you really love it, you’ll never tire of looking it at!
