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Article: Is the living room dead?: Many new homes don't have one, but some homeowners insist on reinvigorating the most formal - and lonely - room in the house.
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- Newsday (Melville, NY)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2006
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Byline: Carol Polsky
Sep. 28--These days, not much living goes on in the typical American living room, at least in homes with a family room, too. Holidays aside, the living room is a lonely, lonely place. "Do we use it very much? Not really," says George Haughton, who recently renovated his East Meadow split level's kitchen and freshened up his rarely used living room. "You know what? Unless there's a specific reason, we might not even go into the living room for who knows how long. Maybe as a shortcut to the dining room." The Haughtons are fairly typical. The advent of the glamourous kitchen and the wired-for-everything family room, coupled with the ...
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