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Winter

How to Prep Your Patio for Winter

A new season begins, with summer transitioning into a series of shorter days and pumpkin-spiced nights. However, Home Zone Furniture knows that fall fun can’t be the only item on your to-do list. Instead, learning how to enclose and prep a patio for winter demands more attention now. 

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Living Room Ideas

Five Creative Ways to Use Bookcases in Your Home

The bookshelf has long been a favorite of literature fans, housing their well-thumbed paperbacks and hardbound classics. However, Home Zone Furniture knows these furnishings offer more than storage. They also deliver flexible design solutions. 

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Types of Bookcases

Fuse your home with innovation, using bookcases as furniture to organize clutter, define floor plans, and add a touch of fun. These shelves complement every space, offering a variety of styles and accents to match your decor

Standard Bookshelves

Standards are known for their tall, wide frames and are the most common choices in many homes. They’re classically designed and easily transition from trend to trend. 

Barrister Style

Prefer old-world charm? Barristers sit neatly in any vintage-inspired space, offering glass accents, metallic hardware, and stacked cabinet constructions.

Cube Shelves

Give your home a modern makeover. Cube bookcases combine open-back shelves and sharp, symmetrical lines for a sleek effect. 

Ladder Style

Bring some industrial flair into your home with ladder bookcases. These sophisticated shelves prove perfect for narrow spaces, with their leaning frames slotting into even the tightest corners. 

Creative Bookcase Uses

After finding the perfect shelving for your home, you can focus on creating a fresh new design — using our five tips to elevate every shelf. 

Divide and Conquer 

Create a multipurpose space with ease, using bookshelves as stylish dividers. Strategically place them in a room to redefine the layout, building custom zones that adapt to your family’s needs. Changing the floor plan and traffic flow allows you to take full advantage of your home. 

You can also spare yourself the frustration of swinging a hammer. Free-standing shelves don’t need support or installation. They leave each space untouched and, unlike mounted curtain rods or glass partitions, maintain the walls’ integrity. Construction is unnecessary. 

Transform Your Bedroom 

Craving both style and function? While bookcases have traditionally been staples of home offices, living rooms, and reading nooks, these days they also serve as chic additions to the bedroom. Use them as headboards to anchor your space and create bold focal points. Achieve a sense of height in even low-ceiling conditions by drawing the eyes upward and adding texture with rich color palettes and playful accents.

House Them in Closets 

Nightstands border your bed, dressers anchor the wall, and you’ve shoved chests into any available corner. The battle for storage leaves you forever searching for extra space — but blending your home decor with bookcases may end that search. 

Turn bookstands into adaptable closet organizers. Their deep shelves easily accommodate shoes and clothing while their compact frames won’t steal precious floor space. Sturdy designs further help you maximize bedroom storage, taking on the weight of your heaviest blankets, suitcases, and accessories.

Make Your Garden Grow

Want to showcase your green thumb? Consider bringing the great outdoors into your home with bookcases, using their wide, flat shelves to display decorative planters, terrarium jars, and more. Hang small containers from the open sides, and flank the base with larger pots for a fun indoor garden. 

Due to the use of hardwood materials and mixed metals, book shelving should — in most situations — remain indoors. Exposure to intense ultraviolet rays, humidity, and rain undermines their structural integrity. Keep them in low-light environments and choose your plants accordingly. 

Add an Accent to Living Areas

Frustrated by flat walls and empty spaces? You can use bookshelves to transform them into imaginative focal points. Stylish bookshelves bring depth, dimension, and drama to every room.  

  • Position a sofa between bookcases to create an intimate seating nook. 
  • Flank your fireplace and turn it into a statement piece.
  • Frame unique room elements  such as window seats or arched doorways — to add emphasis.
  • Use horizontal shelves in shallow spaces to create an illusion of depth, extending the lines of the wall.

Home Zone Furniture Stores Sell Bookcases: Find Your Perfect Match

Turn every room into a statement, with innovative shelving that delivers storage, style, and sophistication to your home. 

Searching for a bookcase store near Dallas? Visit one of our Home Zone Furniture locations or contact our team directly to learn more about available options.

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Decor

How to Add Finishing Touches to Your Home Décor

While you may have carefully selected furniture for your home, such as a comfy lounge suite, stylish coffee table, and practical entertainment center, your home décor adds the finishing touches to any room. Home decorating accents are stylish pieces that turn your house into a home. They tie everything together, make your space feel cozy rather than empty, and give you an opportunity to showcase your personality. 

Whether you want to update a house you’ve lived in for years or you’re starting fresh in a new place, our home décor ideas will make your space feel complete. From adding fresh greenery and warm lighting to focal points and textures, these small and effortless touches have a significant impact.

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Customer Service

Relax and Entertain With the Ultimate Man Cave

A man cave is the perfect place to unwind and relax at the end of a busy week or invite friends to watch a sports game. It’s a room within or separate from the family home where men decide on the theme, decor selection, and furniture. While you may have thoughts about what you want in your sanctuary, such as home theater seating or a bar, our list of man cave ideas can help you create a cohesive and inviting space. Whether you’re a sports fanatic, gamer, movie lover, or conversationalist, including these man cave essentials will ensure your space is one that you won’t want to leave.

Pick a Room

You can turn a guest room into a designated man zone or convert a basement, attic, or shed into a relaxing space for your downtime. You can also combine two areas that have two different functions, such as making your home office into a male sanctuary. A multipurpose space is a perfect solution when you need to design a small man cave due to limited home space. Regardless of where you’re setting up your den, measure the space, consider your ideal layout, and select furniture proportionate to the room size.  

Decide on a Room Theme

Deciding on a theme is the next step to creating your sanctuary. Your man cave decor should reflect your personality and interests while being comfortable and welcoming. If you’re a sports fanatic, consider decorating your room in your favorite team colors or creating the perfect entertainment hub for watching games. If you enjoy movies, you can create a mini cinema in your home with theater seating and a large TV. If you love music and conversation, think about making a sophisticated room with warm tones and leather couches. 

Add Comfortable Seating

Every man cave needs a place where you can recline or stretch out and relax. Movie theater seats or power recliners are ideal for comfortable seating in small spaces, while large sectionals provide ample seating for all your friends. Leather loveseats can add a touch of sophistication to any small room, especially if you want to create a reading nook or conversation corner. Add a stylish coffee table or end table between the chairs to place your drink, and you’ll be set for a relaxing time. 

Furniture Options

Once you have selected your theater seats or couch, consider additional furniture, such as a coffee table or ottoman. You’ll need a spot to put your feet up for a long movie or something to hold your snack tray. Side tables are also an ideal alternative if you’re tight on space. Bar tables are the perfect height to lean on while waiting for your turn to throw darts or play Ping-Pong, and the complementing tall chairs make it easy to get up and move about the room. They also have a small footprint and can easily be placed in a corner. 

Set Up Your Entertainment

Whether it’s a media center, wet bar, pool table, gaming station, or conversation corner, try to create a focal point in your space. You can then arrange your man cave accessories around this main element. Media room furniture pieces, such as a TV console and theater chairs, are versatile options for any theme. Most man caves will have a TV or gaming station, so you can easily keep your cords, consoles, and man cave accessories looking tidy and out of the way in your wall unit. Placing an entertainment unit against the wall can also give you more floor space for your theater chairs, bar cart, coffee table, or game table.

Include Lighting

Lighting is key if you’re creating a man cave in a basement with no windows or in a room with minimal lighting. Floor and table lamps can make your space feel more welcoming while adding color and texture. Lamps make it easy to create the ideal ambiance for watching a movie or brightening your space for a better view while playing a game of pool. 

Choose Your Room Decor

Man cave décor ideas don’t need to be complicated. You can easily warm up a space with a floor rug or add color with wall art. You can also frame your favorite team’s jerseys and hang them on the wall or add a movie poster to your home theater to showcase your theme. Fill the shelves of your media center or add a faux plant to your coffee table to make your room feel less empty. Touches of décor and color in your basement or media room will make it feel warm and inviting. 

Find Man Cave Furniture at Home Zone

You can readily set up your man cave with our quality furniture, affordable prices, and stylish decor options. From entertainment units and occasional tables to oversize sectionals and theater seating for your home, we have a wide range of furniture and home accessories to suit your theme and room size.

Contact our friendly team with any questions or for more ideas regarding the ideal furniture to suit your theme. If you’re ready to start creating your man cave, shop bar tables, sectionals, end tables, ottomans, and media centers online, or visit your nearest Home Zone store.

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Chairs

Choosing the Right Chairs for Your Home Bar

Whether you enjoy entertaining guests or unwinding with drinks and snacks at the end of the day, the perfect bar-height stool or chair can make a big difference to your comfort levels. While you may think that any counter-height stool will work in your kitchen or dining room, there are a few elements, such as height, style, material, and functionality, that you should consider to ensure you select the ideal counter bar stools for your home and lifestyle. If you’re also wondering what a bar-height chair is and how it is different from counter-height stools, keep reading our guide to find out everything you need to know to make your selection easier and hassle-free. 

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