Living Room

Interior Design Living Room

Interior Design Living Room

A living room, also known as sitting room, lounge room or lounge (in the United Kingdom and Australia), is a room for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV or other activities.

Interior Design Modern Living Room

Interior Design Modern Living Room

The term front room can also be used to describe a living room, because in many homes the living room is at the very front.

Modern Living Room Art Deco Contemporary Style

Modern Living Room Art Deco Contemporary Style

In modern homes and apartments, the living room has replaced the old-fashioned front parlour.[1]

New and Modern Living Room

In the 19th century, the front parlour was the room in the house used for formal social events, including where the recently deceased were laid out before their funeral.

White and Light Modern Interior design

The term marks the twentieth-century effort of architects and builders to strip the parlour of its burial and mourning associations.

Art Deco Modern Contemporary living room design

This room was relabeled with the more affirmative term "living room" in the 20th century.

A typical western living room will be furnished with a sofa, chairs, occasional tables, a television or stereo equipment, and bookshelves, as well as other pieces of furniture.

Art Deco Modern Contemporary living room design

Traditionally, a sitting room in the United Kingdom would have a fireplace.

Art Deco Modern Contemporary living room design

In Japan, people traditionally sat on tatami instead of chairs, but Western-style decor is also common these days.

Art Deco Modern Contemporary living room design

Art Deco Modern Contemporary living room design

In the United States, sometimes the living room is reserved for more formal and quiet entertaining while a separate recreation room or family room is used for more casual activities and drinking.

In recent years, the term "great room" has come to be used to denote the family room, especially if it is open to the kitchen, and may feature a vaulted ceiling.