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Ptilk
Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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I reserve the space for out of work strippers and other young women who need shelter and comfort.
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vn_nnanji
Title: Outpost Music Expert
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Registered: 2001-6-30 17:22:56
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Yukishiro1 posted:
WTF is the difference between a living room and a family room? Arn't those the same thing?
Depends on how big your house is.
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Yukishiro1
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Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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vn_nnanji posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
WTF is the difference between a living room and a family room? Arn't those the same thing?
Depends on how big your house is.
The question stands. What is the difference?
If it's just a second living room because you have more money than sense I guess I get it. Is there supposed to actually be some difference?
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Moe_Nox
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Traditionally the family room has been for lounging, relaxing, and family activities, where as the living room has been designed for slightly more formal functions.
This is why living rooms are off of the front door to a home and family rooms are usually a bit removed.
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Halloweve
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Registered: 2004-3-6 10:19:02
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I had a house like that once, the room was filled with expensive furniture that we never sat on. I would love to have that room now ..lol  . It is what it is.
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Ptilk
Title: Creepy old pirate
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Living rooms are too look nice, family rooms (or dens) are to enjoy yourself in. That's in a house that has both of course.
I always hated living rooms when I was a kid...well when we went to a relatives house that had one that is. We sure as hell didn't. I thought it was stupid that the kids weren't allowed in the room because they might "mess it up".
WTF have a room that you can't use? It's stupid. I'll never have something like that when I grow up....I thought as a kid 
The way this house is built, there really isn't anything else to do with the space and it's not like I need the room. I bought a much smaller house and it's still too god damn big. Next time, I'm getting a condo or something.
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ZigmundZag
Title: Grammar Nazi
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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Taliesihne posted:
Our common area space is an open concept. No walls between the kitchen, living room and dining room.
We kinda have the same thing, but they're in an L-shape and doesn't work quite right. Not that it matters - we usually don't entertain more than 10 or so people - but I envy people who have a true "grand room". As it is our living room just has some tables and cozy chairs and is used mostly for reading.
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Afio
Title: Belle of the Bull
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Registered: 2002-3-19 16:18:03
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The house we had before in the city had a formal living/dining room.
It was to the left of the front door.
We used it maybe twice for family dinners.
Our den opened to the kitchen and had a bar between. That's where we entertained mostly. Or on the back porch.
Now we have a huge room the runs the width of the house. Den,kitchen and dining area.
I gave my mother in law my formal dining room furniture, she has a separate dinging room.
My house now is more comfy.
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Testerion
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Registered: 2001-12-28 03:07:47
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I have a room...in an apartment...I can turn around in it.
...being poor sucks! 
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Yukishiro1 posted:
WTF is the difference between a living room and a family room? Arn't those the same thing?
I believe the living room is a mutant descendant of the parlor or sitting room of old. It is the room near the main entrance that is used to entertain guests in a more formal setting and without introducing them to the rest of the household space. You fill it with higher end furniture and decorations to demonstrate your earthly success and crap like that. In my family, this is the 'front' room rather than the living room.
The family room is where the family actually lives and spends time hanging out. The furniture may be a little more beaten up, but the better tv / entertainment system is there, and the carpet probably has some stains in it.
When I was a kid, my best friend's living room was carpeted and upholstered in white and contained both the marble fire place and the baby grand piano, along with some important looking bookshelves and artwork. This room was immediately to the left as you stepped into the house, and the first thing you really saw besides the grand staircase curving up to the second floor. Their family room was brown and grey shag carpeting with brown and black upholstery on torn up furniture, but that's where the remote controlled tv and the betamax was 
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