Is your recreation room not exactly for recreation? Your spare bedroom a clutter magnet? The playroom pretty much a storage place? If you’re looking to create a functional family “bonus” room, the American Furniture Manufacturers Assn. has some suggestions:

• Compose and prioritize a wish list of what everyone in the family would like to be able to do in the room.
• Visualize “zones” in the room, such as an entertainment-center zone, reading zone, game-playing zone and storage zone.
• Identify the furniture you’ll need. If possible, pull from other rooms. Or try to purchase multifunction pieces.
• Analyze the lighting situation, keeping “zones” in mind. Those overhead lights may no longer do the trick.