Living Room Renaissance A Guest Post by Will Flanagan from CSN Stores . Based on spending analysis across a variety of home categories and sites, including CSNStores.com, LivingRoomsDirect.com and many more, trend spotters have signaled ?living room revivals? as the hot new makeover for ?09. Celebrity TV designer Angelo Surmelis commented on this phenomena, saying that ?the way you feel in your living room is linked to the way you feel in your life,? and if the living room is drab, dull and depressing, the entire mood and outlook of the household can suffer. It?s also been reported that living rooms have been taking a back seat to rooms requiring more focused makeovers, i.e. the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom, and were really becoming the ?forgotten room? of the home. What?s worse is that, in the past two years, living rooms were being made to feel smaller by recently added functions. A CSN Stores / Harris Interactive Survey conducted this April revealed that some living rooms were becoming both the place to lounge and the place to exercise or work. As changes in lifestyle called for additional furniture and space, families were incorporating new ?functions? into the living room, even if that meant putting the new laptop cart or treadmill next to the couch. However, in the past months, the call and need for a nationwide living room renaissance has been heard. Alex Wilczek, an online retail specialist, notes that ?living room accents have been very popular in mid-2009, as people are trying to add more appeal

to their decor inexpensively.? Also, Surmelis just launched one of the first design-oriented lines of affordable living room furniture ? angelo:HOME. And on top of that, a coast-to-coast search for recession-weary living rooms in the most need for resuscitation was just launched ? the CSN Stores? Living Room Search and Rescue. The grand prize features a Room Rescue Package worth north of $5,000 and all that enter are awarded 10% off their next purchase. To enter, people just need to log onto the contest page and write ?how the recession has affected their living room and why it should be saved by Angelo.? If anything, the contest hopes to raise ?living room awareness? and remind people that this particular room is essential to a home?s well being, appearance, and feel. All these developments point to a mini renaissance in the living room, with this ?Heart of the Home? finally getting the attention it deserves. ———- Will Flanagan is a trend-spotter for CSN Stores , a top three online retailer of home and office goods. He helped spearhead the Living Room Search and Rescue , a coast-to-coast search for the most recession-weary living rooms in the country. Check it out at the link above. Subscribers to Home Construction Improvement can download two FREE Spreadsheets: Stair Calculator Fuel BTU Calculator New Home Trend Points to Living Room Renaissance Related posts: Window Blinds On A Budget Decorative Column Capitals Buying Railings Online

 
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