Long Live Real Living Rooms!
Take It And Run:
Ilyce's Corner
By Ilyce Glink for Right at
Home Daily
According to the National Association of Home Builders,
the living room is officially dead. Silent spaces with slipcover sofas are now
viewed as a waste of money, builders say.
Instead, homebuyers want to live in all of their rooms.
A large family space with a fireplace, television, and homework space that is
connected to the kitchen is preferred. Parents preparing food want to be able
to monitor what their children are doing. And everyone knows the kitchen is
the place to hang out at a party.
So builders and architects have shifted
housing designs to exclude formal living rooms. Flexibility and openness are
what homebuyers are asking for and getting.
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