3 Alternative Things To Sit On For Your Home

There's a great deal to be said for sitting down on a comfy couch, putting your feet up and stretching out to enjoy a night as you're watching telly. For most households, a three-piece suite from the local household furniture superstore is sufficient to serve your living-room seating needs, but how about the rest of your house? And what happens when you need some overflow seating during visits from friends or when you throw an event? Here are three alternative items to sit on that are comfortable, versatile and look rather cool too.
Beanbags
Still think of beanbags as overblown floor cushions that are manufactured from cheap fabric and difficult to get free from? Obviously you have not been introduced to the Fatboy range.
Beanbags are not just additional seating options for the living room, they can be used as a sofa replacement in student digs, a chill-out chair for a teenager's bedroom or possibly spare bed if you want to put up your friend overnight. Have a couple of these funky seating options handy for impromptu parties or any time you've more visitors than your permanent seating can cope with.
Hammocks
The simple mention of the word conjures up images of hazy summer days, swinging between two trees beneath the shade of branches while enjoying a long, cold drink. Yet isn't a hammock limited to the warmer months? In fact, it isn't. And before you ask, no you don't need two trees to tie it to either - at least not with modern hammock technology because a steel-frame manages things.
A hammock can just as readily be positioned in the house as out and should you be short of furniture in your conservatory it's ideal. When you do need to unwind in the great outdoors, or when you need something a little more comfortable than the normal bistro chair and table set in your garden, a hammock is a good substitute.
Gaming seat
Okay, this one might sound like it's simply for the gamers and geeks but as an alternative seating option it's as adaptable as they come. In case you are of the Playstation or Xbox generation then you may be all too familiar with sitting forward on the sofa, straining to get closer to the action. Rather than attempting to move your sofa a few inches nearer to the box, pull up a gaming seat.
Not only will a gaming chair take care of your comfort while challenging the latest level of Halo, it's adaptable enough to turn into a footstool or an occasional seat for social events whenever you require additional places for friends to park their bums.

By: David Craythorn

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