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A Room To Live In
A living-room or sitting-room must meet several basic needs in today’s house or flat.
The first essential is liveability. Too many houses have a carefully furnished drawing room or “front parlour” which is seldom used unless there are visitors.
The dining-room in such cases becomes the living-room and the family usually eats in the kitchen. If there is to be a living-room then it should be lived in.
There must be adequate room for comfortable seating, a place to write, a place for books and papers, and packs of cards, heat for winter comfort and lighting for any need.
Liveability is another word for comfort. It means comfortable chairs and couch, lights for relaxed conversation or reading and furniture arranged for natural conversation groups – in twos, threes and fours.
Colour is vital. A bright background of deep, strong colors, colorful lamps, pictures and ornaments, gay