How to Create a Family-Friendly Home Media Room

There are many benefits of adding a family-oriented media room to your property, and one that is often at the forefront of our customer’s minds is to create somewhere for a spot of family bonding.

A family media room is an ideal space to get everyone together to play games, watch movies, and have some fun.

Home media rooms are versatile spaces, and when designing a bespoke space, you can make it to suit any purpose.

Creating a home media room for the whole family is a great option, and here’s how you can do it.

Let’s take a look.

A Media Room for All the Family

Media rooms are great places to have fun with all the family.

If you install a family-friendly media room, there will be many benefits, including these three key ones:

• Cost-Effective Entertainment – If you head out to see a film with the whole family then the price certainly adds up. Finding choices for entertainment can be tricky and can do some damage to your wallet, but with a family-friendly home media room, once installed you can entertain everyone for free in the comfort of your own house.

• Safe and Controlled Environment – It’s always important to know what your children are up to, and with a home media room, you can rest assured that they are in a safe place and everything in there is comfortable and child-friendly. You can even set your media device to only show content suitable to certain ages.

• It’s Convenient – Ever spend hours debating what to do at night time with the family? Well, not anymore as you have the answer right in your property. A media room not only provides a quick answer to your question but also makes it super convenient, with no need for long drives out or having to book.

Media rooms are perfect for all the family, and here are five tips that can help you install one in your home.

5 Tips on Creating a Family-Friendly Home Media Room

Pick the Right Furniture

Furniture is an integral element of a home media room.

Without taking the time to choose the perfect seating, you could be missing out on some of the comfort and style that really makes a great home media room.

If you are creating a space that is going to be used by the whole family, then you must first think about wear and tear.

Children can be a bit messy, so try and find furniture that can be easily cleaned and is tough against knocks.

You need to find something comfortable but also exciting for children, so bean bags are always a great choice.

These are easily moved around as well for when the little ones get itchy feet.

If you can add these to a plush, soft sofa or recliner chairs, then you have the perfect combination.

Make it Organised

With children come toys.

The last thing you want is a home media room that is cluttered and untidy.

Organisation can help to always leave your home media room feeling as clean and sleek as the day it was installed.

If you have a large collection of DVDs, board games, or toys, then try and incorporate some form of storage, such as drawers or cupboards, into your design.

This way, once the kids go to bed, you can place everything back away and have a nice, clean media room that feels great to be in.

Make it Safe for Children

We’ve mentioned the benefits of having a controlled environment already, and it is an incredibly important point.

The thing that is most important when it comes to your children is safety.

If you can provide a safe space where your children can play and you can always rest assured they are safe, then this is a big weight off your mind.

So, how do you make a media room as safe as possible?

Firstly, eliminate trip hazards such as wires by using a cable management solution.

Also, make sure all heavy pieces of equipment such as speakers and projectors are high enough for them to be out of reach and always attached in a way that they won’t fall.

Electrical equipment can be hazardous, so make sure all empty sockets are covered and try to eliminate sharp edges in case of trips.

Make it Multi-Purpose

A home media room can serve many different purposes, and this means that it can cater to all ages.

If you have one child who loves gaming, and one that loves nothing more than singing along to their favourite song, then why not incorporate both of these into your media room?

These are versatile spaces, so you can have a chilled-out film night one day, and then a fun interactive gaming session the next.

Children get bored easily, so having many different ways you can entertain them is always a big help in designing the perfect media room for the family.

You can even split your media room into different sections, such as having a gaming section, a film section, a boardgame section, and more.

Make it Interactive

There is a wide range of games that can now be played on games consoles that are perfect for all the family.

Getting interactive is a great way to have some family fun, and if you can set up your home media room to provide an abundance of multi-player games that can help to get all the family involved, then you’re well on the way to creating some memorable nights.

If you really want to, then adding virtual reality headsets or motion-based gaming systems can make things even more entertaining.

This is also great for getting other family members round and throwing a party.

Media Rooms by CEAV

If you’ve read the above and think a family-friendly home media room could be ideal for your home, then why not let the team at CEAV help.

We can work with you to design and install a bespoke media room that is tailored exactly to your wants and needs.

Want to know more?

Then get in touch with our team today.