Den & Playroom Redesign

The Madison family consists of two adults and one 5-year-old boy.  This family enjoys relaxing time together and often hosts gatherings or overnight guests. As such, their home has several spaces focused on entertaining however, the den functions as their common space to spend as a family while watching movies, football, and playing together.

The den is approximately 190 square feet containing a 7' couch, storage/coffee table, TV console, and desk to support a desktop computer (with office chair). The room features an 8’ 1” sliding glass door which exits onto the backyard deck.  In the current room setup, the couch overhangs the stationary portion of the glass door by about 3’ which is not ideal, though not blocking the access to the doorway. Much of the furniture in the room acts as storage for children’s toys in both bins and storage boxes. 

During our interview, the clients expressed that the storage in this room is extremely important but could be drastically improved. The family would like to change the current seating to a large couch that all three family members can share. Preferably, a new couch would be made of leather and feature a full-sized fold away bed. They would also like to add an ottoman and/or fold away trays to facilitate dining for their 5-year-old who often eats snack meals in this room. Additional lighting is also needed as this room has 4 can lights in the ceiling, but they do not illuminate the room enough. The clients would like to replace the flooring however, this may be done at a later date as part of an update to flooring throughout the house.