Big Living Rooms
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livingdebA big living room is one of the four things I was looking for when I bought this house. (The others were affordability, convenience to work, and solid foundation.)
My living room is almost 12 feet x 20 feet (minus a corner taken out by the kitchen). This is definitely bigger than many apartment living rooms I've seen. Plus it has another room (about 10 x 10) off to the side making it almost an L-shaped layout. Plus there's a huge window at one end, and the other end is attached to the dining room with another big window, so it feels quite open and airy.
However, I've just now realized it no longer feels big to me. This is not just because it's holding a big rolling toolbox from Robin's last job among other large things. It's because an old friend is coming into town and hoping one of us will host craft night and I'm trying to imagine that happening in my house.
My house doesn't compare favorably to the four houses I visit the most (all of which have hosted craft night in the past). Obviously, those four houses are not a random sample--these are houses where people host craft nights and other parties.
There's T&D's house--with a gigantic living room off the kitchen/dining room area plus another living room upstairs. There's D&L's house--with a gigantic living room off the kitchen and a much smaller big living room with dining room on the other side of the kitchen plus another smaller living room upstairs. Then there's J's house with a pretty big living room right next to an open dining room/kitchen plus another living room on the other side. And there's M&S's house with a dining room so big we don't even need the living room, plus a nice huge living room next to it.
Thank you my friends for also choosing houses with big living rooms. I love big living rooms.
My living room is almost 12 feet x 20 feet (minus a corner taken out by the kitchen). This is definitely bigger than many apartment living rooms I've seen. Plus it has another room (about 10 x 10) off to the side making it almost an L-shaped layout. Plus there's a huge window at one end, and the other end is attached to the dining room with another big window, so it feels quite open and airy.
However, I've just now realized it no longer feels big to me. This is not just because it's holding a big rolling toolbox from Robin's last job among other large things. It's because an old friend is coming into town and hoping one of us will host craft night and I'm trying to imagine that happening in my house.
My house doesn't compare favorably to the four houses I visit the most (all of which have hosted craft night in the past). Obviously, those four houses are not a random sample--these are houses where people host craft nights and other parties.
There's T&D's house--with a gigantic living room off the kitchen/dining room area plus another living room upstairs. There's D&L's house--with a gigantic living room off the kitchen and a much smaller big living room with dining room on the other side of the kitchen plus another smaller living room upstairs. Then there's J's house with a pretty big living room right next to an open dining room/kitchen plus another living room on the other side. And there's M&S's house with a dining room so big we don't even need the living room, plus a nice huge living room next to it.
Thank you my friends for also choosing houses with big living rooms. I love big living rooms.
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