Those attending a play in Florida over the weekend had the opportunity to take in the drama on stage while sat on beanbags.

Between August 27th and 29th, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre hosted a production of the The Little Yellow Diary starring 12-year-old Emily Rynasko, the Palm Beach Post reports.

And the play, which was based on the diaries that its writer Patty Nieman kept through her adolescent life, incorporated the use of beanbags.

"The whole studio will feel like her bedroom," Julie Rowe, director of education at the theatre, told the publication.

"People can sit on the floor – there are beanbag chairs and poufs – like it is a slumber party," she adds, claiming that the stage will be decorated with things that are important to the character.

Earlier this month, San Marcos Local News reported those attending Perennial Dance's Menagerie performance at Texas State University's Jowers Center were encouraged to bring their own beanbags and other items of comfortable seating in order to enjoy the show.
 

When heading off to university, many students may be excited about finally having the freedom to decorate their room how they want, without any input from mum and dad.

However, as cost is often an option for those kitting out a room in a halls of residence, bean bags could be a great seating choice.

According to a blogger on Helium, bean bag chairs are both stylish and affordable, and they can also be of better quality than many expect.

"Bean bag chairs are a very economical selection compared to other seating options, and they can be uniquely colourful and attractive in a dorm room setting," the source said.

Other cheap and stylish looking items ideal for a room in a dorm include lamps, students are advised.

When looking for bean bag chairs to furnish a dorm room, students could also try and find bedsheets and cushions to match – or to be even more thrifty, they could buy cushion insides and fabric which matches the bean bags well.
 

Bean bags can play a crucial role in helping to transform a house into a home.

Such is the view of Bill Goldberg, who writes in a piece for Lon's Article Directory that people need to take steps to ensure both they and their guests can feel at ease.

"It will never become a home if simply going inside makes you feel anxious," he points out.

And it seems that bean bags have a part to play in making a home comfortable, as he points out the need to have enough seating.

However, this does not mean people have to purchase several sofas at once, as a bean bag can form an equally useful kind of seating. "The goal is that everyone can get seated and nobody will be sitting on the floor," Mr Goldberg notes.

Earlier this month, Jack Flag claimed in a Blog Niche article that bean bags can be an ideal item for people to purchase should they require extra seating in a hurry.

The comfort and easy-to-store nature of bean bags makes them the perfect choice for students furnishing their dorm rooms, it has been suggested.

According to home and gardens journalist Suzanne Rose, writing for Helium, bean bags serve as ideal chairs for students particularly after stressful exams when comfort and relaxation is needed.

She said: "You might just want to plop down in a bean bag chair. These can be comfortable and you can store it on your bed when not in use."

The fact that the comfy chairs come in various different sizes, colours and styles may be of interest to young students decorating their dorms, Ms Rose suggested.

Using a bean bag as seating in a reading nook has also been identified as a good study method.

New Orleans Net claimed that if a student cannot sit comfortably while doing studying or revising, the work will not be done properly.

Bean bags have become a key feature of a renovation of a children's centre in Rockingham County, Virginia.

Girl Scout Mary Kern decided to renovate a building and provide a kids club for children in the area after seeing a group of youngsters playing football in the dirt with sticks as goals, WHSV reports.

The kind-hearted pupil decided to raise the necessary money to renovate the centre which hosts the La Casita after-school programme, providing a safe place for local children to play.

Bean bag chairs were bought in order to make the club a more comfortable place for kids to relax or perhaps read a book or magazine, while games and a swing set were purchased for those who prefer to play outdoors.

However, Mary is not the only Girl Scout to make use of bean bags to make an open area more comfortable – 19-year-old Mary Stewart Bell installed the furniture at a Salvation Army homeless shelter she recently helped to set up in Fayetteville. 

Those looking to go on a break abroad with that special someone will have the chance to relax on bean bags at one hotel in southern France, it has been revealed.

Assessing some of the most romantic hotels in the world, a Reuters article notes that the 23-bedroom La Reserve Ramatuelle has a heated outdoor pool, by which guests can sit on a bean bag with a cocktail in hand.

Located on a hill above St Tropez and the Mediterranean sea, the publication goes on to claim that the hotel is "all about chic simplicity".

And as the hotel's bedrooms have floor-to-ceiling windows which "let the ocean views take centre stage", sitting on bean bags at the La Reserve Ramatuelle could give people the chance to not only relax but also to take in some magnificent vistas.

City AM's Zoe Strimpel reported last month that The Scarlet, a 37-bedroom eco-hotel in Cornwall, has lookout pods which give guests the opportunity to sit on bean bags and look at the sea.

One newspaper reader has acknowledged the role bean bags play in a library in Ontario.

In a letter to the Caledon Enterprise, G Millar notes "the warm feeling of amazement at the beauty of the Albion-Bolton Library".

And it seems that bean bags have a part to play in this. The reader points out that young children are often seen sitting on such comfortable seating in order to read.

With the library's staff praised for being friendly, it was revealed that as well as being able to sit on a bean bag to read, people – both young and old – can also borrow audio books and DVDs, as well as participate in learning programmes.

The writer goes on to note claims by their four-year-old daughter Ella, who states that she likes "joining the reading club and going to story time".

Last month, the South Wales Echo reported that Cardiff's Cathays library now contains bean bags and radio cataloguing equipment after a £1 million refurbishment was completed.

A newly-built play area at a Salvation Army shelter will give children the chance to relax on a bean bag, it has been revealed.

A Fayetteville Observer article notes that Mary Stewart Bell, a 19-year-old Girl Scout, created the play area using an empty space at the homeless shelter – located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

It seems bean bags play a central part of the room. Featuring a pair of bean bags, the facility also includes games and toys for children to play with.

"This was a fantastic project for us. I know the children will get a lot of use out of it," states Jackie Godbold, director of public relations for the Salvation Army in Fayetteville, claiming that before there was nowhere for children to play outside of their rooms.

Ms Bell dedicated the space to friend and fellow Girl Scout Connor Maxwell, who died last November. The shelter project was to be the pair's last community mission before their time as scouts ended.

The Georgetown Times reported last month that a new reading centre, featuring a number of bean bags, has been opened near the Plantersville Elementary School in South Carolina.

Those visiting one pub in London are able to relax with drinks while sitting on a beanbag, one publication has noted.

A report by Here is the City states that the Queen of Hoxton pub on Curtain Road comes with a large roof terrace, allowing drinkers to make the most of the outdoors.

Such an area, the website indicates, is "the icing" on the establishment. The terrace incorporates an English garden party design, featuring beanbags and picnic tables, making it "a year-round oasis of fun".

And as they relax on such cosy seating people will have a wide variety of drinks to choose from, ranging from American and Argentinean lagers to "classic cocktails".

However, this is not the first time that beanbags have featured in the likes of pubs and hotels. Earlier this month, Kevin Pang of the Miami Herald reported that rooms at the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach come with bean bag seating and a flat-panel HD television.

The new offices for one US mortgage company will give its workers the opportunity to relax on bean bags.

A Model D article reports that as Quicken Loans takes up four floors of the Compuware Building in Detroit, the office space is "quite Googlesque in appearance", thanks to the use of bean bags and "a loft-style look".

While they sit on a bean bag, employees will have the chance to view a number of murals created by graffiti artist Antonio 'Shades' Agee, featuring Quicken Loans' company slogans.

"Allowing your space to become dated brings down the energy. We're a company that is all about the energy," Melissa Price, director of facilities and business office for the company, tells the publication.

Around 1,700 employees from the firm and its four subsidiaries – Quizzle, FatHead, One Reverse Mortgage and In-House Realty – are expected to be relocated to the new office within the next 45 days.

But this is not the first firm to fit bean bags into their office space. Speaking to Florida Trend last month, Christine Barney of rbb Publication Relations stated that the creation of an office 'playroom', which allowed workers the chance to sit on such comfortable seating, helped her firm to improve productivity.