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A small, functional living room with space for a creative family

Here’s a small, functional living room where a personal, traditional style gets to bloom. It’s perfect for the family that loves to hang out and create together, with storage for craft supplies and everything else and space to display the finished works. There’s comfy seating for relaxing after a busy day creating, too. And much more…

An EKTORP sofa with chaise longue stands in a functional living room near a HEMNES glass-door cabinet and some BESTÅ storage.

Show off your favourites in a cabinet that sets the style

This HEMNES glass-door cabinet, made from solid pine, infuses a room with traditional style. You can show off your favourite items, protected from dust by glass doors, and store other stuff tidily away in the drawers at the bottom. If you want to get at things super quickly and easily, and make use of otherwise empty space on a wall, open shelves are a great option.

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A KINNAHULT floor lamp stands near a HEMNES glass-door cabinet with 3 drawers standing against a wall between two windows.
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BESTÅ storage is mounted on the wall around a LAGKAPTEN/ADILS desk and two TRANHULT/SANDSHULT wall shelves.

Storage you can adapt to suit you

Lots of family activities mean lots of things need to be tidied away behind the calming closed doors of this BESTÅ storage. With the BESTÅ system, you can get a range of options to suit your needs and space, plus different doors, drawer fronts and handles to give you the look you want. You can go for off-the-shelf pieces or create your own unique one. Boxes and magazine files inside will help you organise your smaller stuff.

BESTÅ storage is mounted on the wall around a LAGKAPTEN / ADILS desk and two TRANHULT / SANDSHULT wall shelves.
GÄRDESGÅRD boxes with lid and magazine files stand on the shelves of white BESTÅ storage with an open PIPMAKARE door.

A TV stands on top of a white BESTÅ TV bench with PIPMAKARE doors next to a large plant in a plant pot standing on the floor.
GÄRDESGÅRD storage boxes with lid stand on a shelf of a white BESTÅ TV bench with PIPMAKARE doors. One door is open.

What’s a functional living room without a relaxing sofa?

This EKTORP sofa with chaise longue has thick, comfy cushions and space to sit together, lounge around and stretch out. It’s easy to keep clean and fresh, thanks to the removable, machine-washable covers.

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A light beige EKTORP 3-seat sofa with chaise longue stands on a RAKLEV flatwoven rug made of jute with woollen stripes.
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Soft, cosy ways to add your personal touch

Do you want to boost the cosiness factor and the unique, individual vibe of your home? It’s easy with the softer side of home furnishings, like cushions, rugs and curtains. Here, the traditional look is enhanced by the cushion covers and throws with their different materials and textures and given a playful twist by the handwoven RAKLEV jute rug with its woollen stripes.

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A pile of four cushions is on top of an off-white HUMLEMOTT throw on a light beige EKTORP 3-seat sofa with chaise longue.
Two plant pots with plants stand on a windowsill with a light pink LENDA curtain hanging at one side of the window.
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Create a space where you can be creative

A nostalgic SJÖMAKT desk lamp gives you the light you need to produce masterpieces and adds extra charm to this activity nook. Even in a small living room it can be worthwhile fitting in a desk, a swivel chair and some storage to give you a dedicated space for hobbies or things like paying the bills. Why not add a height-adjustable stool to make creative co-operation easy?

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A lit SJÖMAKT desk lamp stands on a desk with many objects on it underneath a TRANHULT/SANDSHULT wall shelf.
A BLECKBERGET swivel chair and a RUDSTORP stool stand at a LAGKAPTEN/ADILS desk underneath two wall shelves.
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A room for creativity and relaxation, too

With comfy seating just waiting to be lounged on, this functional living room is great for a family to unwind in at the end of a day creating together. Maybe with some newly produced works of art displayed up there in the HEMNES cabinet. A BESTÅ TV bench, coordinated with the larger BESTÅ piece on the opposite wall, keeps cables calmly under control and makes a perfect place to store remote controls and board games.

An EKTORP 3-seat sofa with chaise longue stands near a HEMNES glass-door cabinet and a BESTÅ TV bench with doors.