The furniture in your home is about more than mere functionality; furniture is a part of the decor scheme of your home, and it should complement your style preferences and your general attitude and outlook. While a home can look great furnished entirely in Mission style or when filled with nothing but Mid-Century Modern items, ideal interior decoration usually involves blending a few different aspects of varied styles together. Great residential interior design starts with an assessment of a home's rooms and space within them as well as the space beyond the house. Interior design will look different in a beach house as it will in a mountain cabin, e.g. everything from construction material to paint color to flooring (or floor coverings) plays a role, and these more permanent aspects must be accounted for first. When it comes time to furnish a room, the furniture chosen must fit with the aesthetic of the people who live in the home and it also must fit with the layout and appearance of the room itself.
Some spaces demand lighter, more delicate feeling furniture while others can handle heavier, bulkier items. While a degree of unity in furnishings is important, there is almost always room for a few unique items of more playful furniture in the house or apartment. You don't have to tuck a leopard print couch into a room filled with Stickley furniture, but you could. And if you're looking for an affordable piece of furniture to bring a bit of lighthearted spark to your living space -- and also to provide another place to have a seat -- don't overlook the beanbag chair. This unusual but classic type of furniture was first introduced in 1968 by a trio of Italian designers. Most bean bag chairs are made with microfiber fabric exteriors and are filled with polystyrene beads. They are considered anatomic and amorphous, assuming the shape of the person or people using them rather than maintaining a set shape at all times. For this reason a bean bag chair can look a bit odd, but it can certainly be comfortable.
A bean bag chair is an ideal piece of furniture for kids, teens, and even for college students. This is true first and foremost because most bean bag chairs are very affordable. If damaged beyond repair, dirtied beyond where cleaning can restore them, or simply worn out through heavy use, it's no great matter to simply replace a bean bag chair. Bean bag chairs also make great furniture options for kids because they are lightweight and easy to move around. A child can easily maneuver his or her own bean bag chair around the room or even carry it around the house if it's their chosen place to read, watch TV, or study. There are bean bag chairs that are small enough to accommodate a toddler or younger elementary aged child, but in truth almost any bean bag chair makes a great choice for a kid. There is a playfulness inherent in bean bag chairs that kids love, and providing a child his or her own dedicated piece of furniture can make them feel respected and cared for. Just make sure to look at options with vinyl covers or consider coating a bean bag chair that has a microfiber or cloth fabric cover with a stain resistant material.
The bean bag chair may be a mainstay of the child's bedroom or the dorm room, but there are plenty of options out there that are more than suitable for adult use. Some bean bag chairs even retain much of their shape during use, which provides the back support many adults need. Other bean bag chairs are simply large enough to accommodate an adult, and some are even big enough for several people to use at once. If you choose an extra large bean bag chair to serve as primary piece of furniture in your home, you will get an unusual but comfortable item that can act as a couch for several people or as a singularly comfortable spot for one person to take a nap. Many larger (and pricier) bean bag chairs with microfiber exteriors even have removable covers that can be machine washed, so these items may be in the family for many years. Smaller bean bag chairs are also almost invariably popular with pets, so consider a bean bag chair as a bed for your cat or smaller dog. If you get your pets a unit without a removable cover, you might want to cover the unit with a sheet or blanket if a pet will use it, though, as many fabrics attach pet hair, and in the event of a urinary accident, it can be hard to deep clean a bean bag chair.
How to Make Slip Cover for Bean Bag Chair Need some inexpensive moveable seating for guests when you entertain? Here's an easy solution: slipcovers for cheap beanbag chairs. Buy them during back-to-college sales and cover them with fabric that matches your decor. Bean bag chairs can be an awesome way to add additional flex seating to a room. Unfortunately, the cute patterned ones always cost a ton! We purchased inexpensive (and ugly) bean bag chairs and made our own fun, slipcovers using awesome fabric from the clearance aisle. To make your slipcovers extra durable, consider using a serger rather than a sewing machine. If you're using a sewing machine, make sure to carefully measure your seam allowances, making them even on all sides of the fabric, so that the pieces fit together. Here's what you'll need: home decor weight fabric sewing machine or serger 1. Measure your bean bags and determine the length and width of each side and the top and bottom.
Add an inch to each of your measurments for looseness and seam allowances You'll need to cut a rectangle of fabric for four sides, and two squares - one for the top and one bottom piece. 2. Mark your side panels 1,2,3 and 4. With right sides together, sew the side of panel 1 to the side of panel 2 with a half inch seam allowance. Repeat this, sewing panel 3 to panel 2, and then panel 4 to panel 3. You should have a long line of panels that would wrap around your bean bag chair (don't sew them in a circle just yet). 3. With right sides together, sew one side of the top panel to one open side of panel 2. Repeat with bottom panel on the opposite open side of panel 2. 3. Repeat this process, sewing the top and bottom panel to panel 3 and then panel 4. 4. Then, sew the bottom panel to the bottom of panel 4. 5. Turn the slipcover inside out and insert your bean bag. 6. To make the slipcover removable, cut a strip of velcro the length of the remaining seam. Sew the velcro to the inside of the top panel, folding the edge of the fabric over just slightlyto make a clean hem.