Home decorating idea need

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The charity I volunteer for has a very small, odd room.

The building used to be a small food factory. The other half is a separate business; we have what I think was a large office space, with several small rooms.

For some odd reason, there's a tiny room leading into the women's bathroom. The men's room doesn't have this. I don't know what it was used for; maybe for a bathroom attendant, but who needs one there?

It has a 1970's orange armless love seat; faux leather.  I just love  the burn holes from the smokers on the upholstery! 
  A local hotel donated the furniture, hence the burn holes. So classy. I want to trash it, and put a small armchair that is in better shape in its place, along with a small, round table beside it. This leaves a bare corner, about 3 ft, of space.  Do you have any ideas for something practical to put there to balance out the chair and table?  I don't want to put anything that attracts knick-knacks, as one of the ladies tends to clutter the place up with "charming" vintage 1980's yard sale junk--literally, on every  surface. I've been sneaking around and hiding the knick-knacks from this room and the bathroom.  (My own personal Hell was the glass shelf under the long rectangular mirror in the bathroom. The entire, 4 ft shelf was filled with ugly tacky, mis-matched knick-knacks. The shelf is for putting down a comb, lipstick, etc. while using the mirror. And I resented moving that junk to clean it. After suffering for one year, I hid it all!)

We host a Bingo game twice a month, so the bathroom gets used mostly then. I thought about a coat tree, but I don't know if the Bingo players would want to put their coats where they couldn't see them, or maybe forget to take them home. We did have a player leave her down vest on her chair recently, so they may forget.

Ideally, I'd place two matching chairs angled beside the round table, but I don't think they have any that I could use. I only see one of this particular chair that is not being used. I can't/they can't afford to buy anything, and we may be moving in a few years, so no point in buying something we may not be able to use elsewhere.
 

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A coat tree isn't really a bad idea. Books and magazines in a basket for a book and magazine exchange?
 
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A coat tree isn't really a bad idea. Books and magazines in a basket for a book and magazine exchange?
Oh, no, no magazines!  
  I forbid magazines!  I just got them to trash a 10" high stack that covered a 36" square coffee table.  Some issues were at least 3 years old, and they all just sat there, being piled upon, and no one ever read them. I got tired of moving them to clean the table. The room is really just to sit in to wait for a toilet to be available, and I've never actually seen anyone sit there, but I still think a chair or two is a good idea.  I don't know about the coat rack, as we usually have over 50 Bingo players, and are looking to expand to double that. We'd only be able to get a few coats on a coat tree, so I don't think it would be used.
 
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What about a small table or plant stand with an arrangement of artificial flowers?
Good idea, but I have a half round white console table with flowers on the wall across from it.  
 

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Is there a full length mirror in the bathroom area?  That might be appreciated. Especially if the mirror/sink area is occupied inside the restroom itself. 
 

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an aquarium.

ha. Umm.. a mirror would be a good idea. or a nice long painting?
 

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Or a long piece of reclaimed lumber with hooks attached...it needn't cost much at all, will take up the wall space, and not allow for any clutter.  I googled DIY Coat Hooks and came up with so many cute ideas.  Including one site, just one...

http://www.homedit.com/19-easy-diy-coat-rack  

Give that a try.
 
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