tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249013.post114806262672793242..comments2023-10-25T03:45:31.753-04:00Comments on The Cool House: Name That Roommodernemamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837091713842104507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249013.post-1148658561457520092006-05-26T11:49:00.000-04:002006-05-26T11:49:00.000-04:00Ok, but what the heck is a "keeping room"? Is that...Ok, but what the heck is a <B>"keeping room"</B>? Is that where you lock up unwelcome visitors or where you send the kids for "time out"?modernemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837091713842104507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249013.post-1148599021009466632006-05-25T19:17:00.000-04:002006-05-25T19:17:00.000-04:00I think that the "future quarters" may be the spac...I think that the "future quarters" may be the space for the entryway to the new apartment you'll want to put up over the front garage when you've overflowed the piddly little 7200 square feet of main house.<BR/><BR/>*shudder*orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127551500120547348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249013.post-1148143805424327392006-05-20T12:50:00.000-04:002006-05-20T12:50:00.000-04:00Its all marketing - you market the benefit not the...Its all marketing - you market the benefit not the feature. Thus with a house - it is not an extra room, it is marked by its possible use. <BR/><BR/>Typically the "family room" began in the 1950s for marketing. The "living room" was an offshoot of the "parlor" or a formal living space that you entertained guests in. The family room was where the tv was, where the kids did crafts, etc.<BR/><BR/>The den was the man's room. It was his office/retreat etc. (ie a bear's home). The decoration was traditionally more masculine etc. When you had couples over, the men would go there for whiskey and cigars. <BR/><BR/>The great room / gathering room are also different concepts for living, manifested in their shape. The great room is a large room that incorporates "family room", casual eating area and kitchen into one great living area. Gathering room just another concept, as most americans feel pulled apart from their family, so it is a reinvention of the family room.<BR/><BR/>The bonus room is a room developed by real estate developers. It is typically a room above a garage, in various states of finish. Some are completely finished, some just barefloor, some bare studs etc. It is intended for future expansion as playroom, bedroom etc. Usually it is less than a normal room with the sloping ceiling etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249013.post-1148096563898687792006-05-19T23:42:00.000-04:002006-05-19T23:42:00.000-04:00I spent 12 years in England. It seems to me that E...I spent 12 years in England. It seems to me that Europeans live in pubs and just use their houses to sleep in!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490458126307090201noreply@blogger.com