As I continue to tour you around my dream house?code for? showing my reader(s) rooms that I really like, I now enter the living room.? The living room in recent years has been called the great room, the family room, the bonus room, the parlor and a few other terms.
I love the sunny, fresh feel of this living room.? I?m not sure I could ever paint my wood floors white but I love the look.
Older homes usually have a living room space and a family room or den space.? In Southern California the newer homes were designed with a ?great room? instead of the 2 separate spaces traditionally carved out of the floor plan.
Image via Apartment Therapy.? This is a small space but I love what they did with it and have always wanted brick wall.
Our home was built in 1968 and is a fairly smallish tract house.? We originally had a living room and a family room and fortunately our family room was designed in such a way that it is adjacent to the kitchen as well as the fireplace.
This is our mantle?it looks like I was listing a little, sorry about that.
So as I explained HERE we switched the living room with the dining room and renamed the space ?library? or reading room, since that is where I most often sit to read.
This used to be our living room?
This was our dining room
If I could make one change to my family room it would be to make it about 5 feet wider?since the wall we would push out (if that was even a possibility) has the fireplace on it that won?t be happening.
This is such an open and airy room with an amazing view.? {Sarah?s Summer House, HGTV}
It?s a cozy room and I like it most of the time.? I thoroughly enjoy the fireplace in the cooler months and we use the room daily.
Isn?t this gorgeous?? I love the crisp, clean feel of the black and white.
Image via Traditional Home
One of my favorite accessories?a doggie!
Image via Tracery Interiors
I love this living room.? It?s inviting and looks like it would be comfortable.? Maybe that?s the advantage to keeping both a ?living room? and a ?family room?, there wouldn?t be a need for a television and you could arrange the furniture for comfortable conversation without concern that the chairs and sofa are facing an entertainment center.
Isn?t this clever, an over-mantle where no fireplace exists?? I think this is a sweet vignette for the corner of a living room or family room or library.
Image via Michael Whaley
Paladin windows {sigh} Is there anything more to say?
I have always thought a day bed was something that would serve a library or study well?I mean doesn?t reading make you sleepy sometimes?
I hope you have enjoyed my tour of living spaces.? What items do you feel are essential to the well dressed living / family room?
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Source: http://gardenhomeandparty.com/2011/05/a-living-room-by-any-name/
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