You spend so much time viewing your television, so it’s important the surroundings are worth looking at. There are now more stylish solutions on the market than ever before, but some of the glossiest designs are coming out of Italy, and especially designer Casabella. Their popular Luce and Rivera ranges, which are available from select upmarket furniture retailers, have been extended to include multi-media units which offer flexible storage opportunities, while being designed to harmonise with the other contemporary furniture pieces in the range.

The gorgeous black and white Luce low-level TV and entertainment storage units are divided into two or three drawer elements that allow complete freedom to create your ideal furniture piece. The soft black gloss contrasts with the white drawers to create an eye-catching effect. By removing the optional glass TV shelf, you also have a striking low sideboard for displaying important items.

Luce’s spacious TV and media entertainment unit features several shelves for a DVD player and/or satellite/freeview receiver, plus generous cupboard space with a sliding DVD shelf. This contemporary unit can be personalised by either a glass or solid door across the cabinet area.

Rivera’s entertainment unit is designed to fit with the rest of the range, contrasting glossy white with rich olive wood. It’s a combination that oozes opulence, matched by the clever design’s functionality as it incorporates 3 spacious shelves, a large space for your TV and cabinet storage for your media.

Upgrade your entertainment centre this summer with some carefully chosen pieces of stylish contemporary furniture.

It seems like every day there is a new top selling game, and each of these games comes with a full set of large controllers, sports pads, or fitness gear to accompany them. When your family room or living room is full of these high tech gadgets, it can quickly become a cluttered tangle of cords, equipment and mismatched chairs. Luckily, furniture manufactures are already offering many options to help declutter your living space while keeping even the most serious gamers in your home content.

One of the first must haves for today’s gamer are comfortable gaming chairs. Two popular styles dominate the market, although there is no doubt new contenders will appear. The most popular style of gaming chair is the ergonomic gaming chair that sits on the floor. These often have built in speakers, headphones or stereo cords to maximize the effects of today’s top games. Gaining popularity are bean bag style gaming chairs. These come in a wide variety of styles including traditional round bean bag chairs, two-seater deluxe models with sound systems, and bean bag rockers.

After your gamers are comfortable in their new gaming pods or chairs, it is probably time to consider an entertainment system cabinet. Because so many homes have flat screen televisions mounted to the wall, its necessary to find an alternative to the old fashioned entertainment centers that held televisions. These old style cabinets typically do not have room for fitness, sport and guitar accessories, but the new styles of gaming cabinets are made with these popular games in mind. Drawers are designed to fit larger controllers, and the overall design of the cabinets is made to minimize unsightly tangled cords.

Your living area does not have to be a cluttered mess just because you have gamers in your home. Today’s top furniture manufactures are on top of the problem and provide many functional, stylish and affordable options for your gaming room furniture needs.