Many people’s living room decorations are based on the model of sofa + coffee table + TV wall. If you visit someone else's home, whether it's a relative, friend, or colleague, you'll find the same pattern in their home as soon as you enter the living room.

The question is, why can everyone’s homes be unified to such a standard? Why do decoration companies of all sizes give such design templates?

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This matter started in the 1980s.

At the beginning of reform and opening up, television gradually entered the lives of ordinary people and became a symbol of living standards. Before that, the standard symbol of family living standards was three turns and one beep, and it even became the hard currency in the marriage market of that era.

Chinese people are generally face-conscious and show off, and they can’t help but want to show off good things to others. Therefore, in the era when three turns and one ring were popular, you could see trendy people walking and dancing with a tape recorder on their shoulders, and handsome guys wearing small watches and riding bicycles happily all the way.

Unfortunately, battery-powered wireless TV was not invented at that time, and the weight of the TV was a bit beyond the ability of ordinary people to carry it. Otherwise, you would have bumped into a trendy person walking down the street carrying a TV from time to time. people.

In this case, the Chinese arranged a reasonable and easy-to-display place for the TV: the living room.

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The culture of watching TV

In an era of limited information, TV has undoubtedly greatly broadened people’s horizons and enriched people’s lives. . The greatest happiness for a family is to squeeze in front of the TV to watch various programs; the greatest sense of accomplishment and annoyance for the head of the family may come from the same thing: there are always some inexplicable relatives or neighbors who come to watch TV.

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With the improvement of living standards, people have begun to buy TVs for their own homes one after another, without having to go to other homes.

However, at that time, everyone did not have much awareness of decoration. So you can see that many husband's houses in the 1980s are almost rough, and the only things that can be called tasteful in the house are just a few cabinets.

In the 1990s, people began to have aesthetic needs. Something like television, which marks the standard of family living, must of course have a matching background to set it off.

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As a result, the TV wall came into being, and began to have various design styles. Just moving a few chairs for everyone to sit around and watch TV cannot reflect the sophistication of the owner's home. The sofa has gradually become the best companion for this kind of enjoyment.

Now that we have a sofa, we can’t still switch channels on the TV, right? There has to be a place to put the remote control, there has to be a place to put melon seeds, drinks and snacks. Otherwise, how can we reflect the atmosphere of entertaining guests? The coffee table has reasonably become one of the standard features.

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At this point, the model of sofa + coffee table + TV wall has become the impregnable standard design of Chinese living rooms and has entered the homes of millions of people. , continues to this day.

A decoration model that is out of touch with the rhythm of the times

Although it has not changed and is recognized by many people, I regret to tell you that this is a decoration model that is out of touch with the needs of the times.

Why do you say that?

In the past, the main way for family members to communicate feelings and obtain entertainment was around television. The center of making friends and receiving guests was also the living room at home, so it is reasonable to combine these.

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Nowadays, people are in the era of information explosion. They have more channels to obtain information and entertainment, and more connections with family members exist on mobile devices. . Even when making friends and meeting guests, people tend to go to restaurants, coffee bars, bars, and KTVs outside. Few people are willing to bring friends home anymore.

The house begins to become more private and personalized. Therefore, this decoration model based on showing off and socializing needs to be changed.

Replanning the space

In fact, some people are still aware of this. Once the status of the TV is no longer important, the sofa + coffee table + TV wall decoration model formed around the TV will naturally also Split split split.

For ordinary people, when buying a house, they usually choose a 2- to 4-bedroom apartment. And now that house prices are so expensive, every space should be used rationally. Since TV is no longer a necessity, it should not take up precious space. The same goes for the TV wall.

How should these spaces be used efficiently and comfortably?

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With the development of social civilization, the living room rarely becomes a social place anymore, and there is no need to show the quality of life through TV shows. The current living room is just the hub of family life. Perhaps the living room is a more suitable name for it.

In this case, in line with the principle of making the best use of everything, the living room should become a space for family members to communicate effectively. We can call this area the core area. Many combinations can be evolved from the core area to replace the outdated and impractical sofa + coffee table + TV wall model.

Actually, you still have many choices

Living room + home theater

For many people, it may be uncomfortable to say goodbye to the TV suddenly. After all, people Life still needs entertainment, and lying on the sofa with your family and watching shows is also a great pleasure in life. But video walls and TVs can be replaced by more modern technological products: home theaters.

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Remove the TV and TV cabinet, and the original TV wall can be designed into a sky-wide storage cabinet or bookcase, and then set a liftable one above the bookcase. Curtain to watch various programs and videos through projector. In this way, the space is fully utilized, the original habits are retained, and the viewing experience is improved. When you don't need to watch a show, just close the curtain and the whole space will look very refreshing.

Living room + dining room

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If you don’t need to watch TV, just move the dining room to the core area. For a small house, this can save a lot of space. After all, the smaller the house, the more storage space is needed. The space freed up can be used to store some storage cabinets.

Living room + craft room

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People who love crafts are usually dedicated people, often immersed in their own world and unable to Extricate yourself. In this case, what kind of video wall and TV do you need? You can choose not to do anything that distracts people. It would be nice to arrange the entire core area into your own world.

Living room + study room

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It is a very good choice to transform the core area into your own spiritual world. If you have friends over , you will be shocked by your strong spiritual power and uniqueness, and you are also very literary and artistic.

Living room + children’s room

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Many people are always willing to give everything for their children. When there is not enough space at home to create a separate children's room, abandoning the inherent combination of TV wall + sofa + coffee table can create a large play area for children at home. The opportunities for parent-child interaction to sublimate relationships are greatly increased, and it also avoids Unnecessary bumps and bruises.

All four things are empty

You can be like Steve Jobs or the heroine of "My House is Empty", vacating everything that originally belonged to the living room, leaving only two walls as Space to think for yourself.

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In fact, after abandoning the fixed model of "sofa + coffee table + TV wall", you can also have many more personalized choices. The purpose of our choice of decoration is not to follow the trend, nor to follow the pattern of most people. The original purpose of home decoration is to make it easier for you and your family to live happily. There is absolutely no need to choose a lifestyle that you cannot use just to stick to tradition.