In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room, lounge, sitting room, or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house. In large, formal homes, a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom, such as the Queens' Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House.
A Tudorbethan sitting room in the UK.
A California tract home living room, with a kitchen behind a permanent space divider, 1960.
Louise Rayner, Tudor Style Interior at Haddon Hall, UK, 19th century.
Miller House, Mid-century Modern, Columbus, Indiana, 1953-57, "Conversation Pit".
In a building or ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure. The entrance connects it to either a passageway, another room, or the outdoors. The space is typically large enough for several people to move about. The size, fixtures, furnishings, and sometimes placement of the room within the building or ship support the activity to be conducted in it.
Neolithic room at Skara Brae, Orkney, c. 3,000 BC
Castle Howard, "Lady Georgianas' Dressing Room"
Image: Ateneul Român Sala
Image: Salle des catalogues de la Bibliotheque Mazarine Paris
