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[quote=Anonymous]I know exactly what you mean OP!!!! When I first encountered this I was like, "why are there two living rooms?" For our current house we basically made one room into a playroom for the kids with no tv (it has toys, arts and crafts supplies, a little sofa, a play kitchen, etc.) and then our "living room" is the family room where the tv is and where we all mostly hang out together. If I'm reading a book I'm either in my bedroom for the peace and quiet, or just in the living room with the rest of the family. Interestingly, most of our friends like to hang out in the dining room because it is closer to the kitchen (and we're always making some kind of food LOL) and we have a big table we can all sit around and have drinks at and whatnot. We're moving soon to a house with an open floor plan that doesn't have two living rooms. There's just a nice entryway and foyer area that makes a lot more sense to me. Our kids will have a playroom in the basement and upstairs, which is plenty. And they're old enough now that I don't actually need to see them every minute (whoo hoo!). I never felt like we really needed that extra space and I didn't think it was used much at all.

I think for people who grew up in the city and/or in neighborhoods with apartments and smaller houses the two living room setup wasn't a thing. My husband grew up in the midwest and his family has this setup (they are not rich) and the "living room" is 90% unused (just a pretty room where people take a nap sometimes) and everyone only hangs out in the "family room" or dining room.[/quote]

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