Home / The guide / Rooms and storage
Rooms and storage · Resilience rooms, living rooms and bedrooms · rooms-15Furnish the family and media room
The family room is where the household relaxes, eats together and keeps morale up during a long outage. Plan it around low-power devices and screen-free play.
How
- Pick low-power screens and players and fit them into the solar budget, as entertainment-15 and entertainment-16 explain.
- Mount the TV on the wall or anchor it, and anchor bookcases and units that hold games and books (rooms-21). CPSC reports that TVs were involved in most child tip-over deaths.
- Provide shelving for books, games and craft supplies from entertainment-19 at heights children can reach without climbing.
- Use daylight in the day and a few warm-white LED lamps at night (rooms-22).
- Choose upholstered seating that meets your country's fire safety rules (rooms-20).
Safety: Anchor TVs and tall units before children use the room.
Do these first
Sources
- CPSC Injury and Fatality Report Shows Despite Some Progress Need for TV and Furniture Tip-Over Prevention Remains Strong. US Consumer Product Safety Commission, accessed 2026-11
- Light Bulb Purchasing Guide. ENERGY STAR (US EPA and DOE), accessed 2026-11