Family room
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A family room is an informal, all-purpose room in a house. The family room is designed to be a place where family and guests gather for group recreation like talking, reading, watching TV, and other f
Family room in Arizona.
New Orleans living room with formal decorations
Parlour
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A parlour is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner
Family room
…interchangeably. In floorplans, a "great room" is where the living room and family room are combined into one high-ceilinged room adjacent to the kitchen. Parlour Den (room…
The Parlor of the Nuns at San Zaccaria, by Francesco Guardi, 1745-50
A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Makart-style parlour, by Georg Janny