In the past, a large coffee table would be placed in the living room. It had to be large enough for the whole family to use. It was equipped with snacks, nuts, water cups, newspapers, etc. However, large coffee tables often took up space and were easily filled with clutter, which

Coffee table, TV cabinet, chandelier

Did you know that many people don’t use these furniture?

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The lifestyle is gradually changing

The living habits of this generation of young people It is very different from before.

Even the choice of furniture and electrical appliances has also changed.

The necessary household items in the past have become a burden. It is better to eliminate them and abandon them.

The space is larger and more texture

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Today, let’s make a list of household items that are on the verge of being eliminated.

Which household items have been discontinued a long time ago!

1► Coffee table

In the past, there would be a large coffee table in the living room. It had to be big enough for the whole family to use. It was equipped with snacks, nuts, water cups, newspapers, etc. However, the large coffee table often took up a lot of space and was easily filled with clutter. Practicality.

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Nowadays, in most small apartments, the living room abandons the coffee table and only puts a sofa to maintain the openness of the space. With carpets or floor mats, it becomes a playground for children, who can sit on the ground at will. No problem.

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If you want to have an area where you can temporarily put teacups and mobile phones, most people use side tables or side cabinets , and arrange them on both sides of the sofa.

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Or put a few large poufs instead of coffee tables to make the seating arrangement more casual, and you can also temporarily place books and mobile phones.

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2► TV

In an era when you can watch dramas and movies on your mobile phone, the frequency of TV use is getting lower and lower! Rather than putting a TV as a display in the living room, it is better to give up the TV and make the living room more versatile.

Most people who do not install a TV will use a projection screen instead. It is usually hidden in the ceiling and does not interfere with spatial vision. When needed, it can be used as a home cinema, so that the whole family can get together to watch movies.

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And without the TV, the wall can be freed up, which can be used for bookcases, display racks, and an extra single chair or sofa, so that family members can sit and chat more intimately.

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3► TV cabinet

Since there is no TV, the large and heavy TV cabinet has naturally been eliminated, replaced by a floating cabinet. The lighter the cabinet, the more space can be expanded.

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If you want to be more simple, you can also simply place shelves or stone countertops on the ground, which can be used to store audio-visual or game equipment, such as XBOX or high-end speakers. If you want to play games here, Watching movies is no problem.

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4► Chandelier

In the early days, as long as a large chandelier or crystal lamp was hung in the living room, the whole village praised it. However, the chandelier is easy to accumulate dust and requires regular maintenance and cleaning, which is not easy.

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Therefore, more and more people prefer the design of without main lights in the whole house. Everyone uses recessed lights or spotlights instead. It is low-key and simple, and it also saves the need to clean the chandelier. trouble.

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And in the past, there was only one main light design, which was easy to light up in the middle and dark around. It was necessary to add additional fill lighting. The advantage of changing to recessed lights is that the whole room can be evenly lit, with uniform lighting. light source.

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5► Wardrobe

In this era, customized wardrobes have become popular early, closet-style wardrobe design are more popular among young people.

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Customized wardrobes have a visually protruding feeling and inevitably appear heavy and take up space.

The closet-style wardrobe uses bricks to enclose the space, with shelves and brackets. The "wardrobe-free" design makes the bedroom appear larger.

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And this design is somewhat similar to a walk-in cloakroom. You can go directly into the closet to select clothes, which is more ritualistic.

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You can even use porous metal brackets, and the shelves can be adjusted or added freely. Compared with the previous fixed shelves, they are more flexible in use.

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6► Mop pool

In order to make housework smoother, in the past, an extra mop pool was set up on the balcony, which was convenient for pouring sewage and washing mops.

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Nowadays, everyone advocates freeing your hands. There have long been robots that combine sweeping and mopping to assist, or you can use steam mops, , or electric mops, so you don’t have to work too hard to clean them afterwards. The existence of a mop pool seems redundant and wastes balcony space.

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Therefore, the balcony is basically no longer equipped with a mop pool, and the space is moved to install a washing machine and dryer for more efficient use.

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There is no coffee table or TV in the living room, and the bedroom is free of wardrobes

These seemingly non-mainstream designs are more suitable for our modern life

Do you have any household items that have been abandoned a long time ago?

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