Whatever happened to the living room?
Back in the late 19th century/early 20th there were parlors. We had a house built in 1892 that had a lovely parlor with pocket doors. Then there were formal living rooms, which we paid a lot of money for the furniture for and never used. I remember a home I had in Cleveland with very expensive furniture in the living room. We would pass through it on the way to the formal dining room (which we never used either).
When I was a kid, we spent time in the basement…furnished or semi-furnished, of course. Then we …read more
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