Article: A TREND: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING LIVING ROOM

The living room, also known in the past as the front room or parlor, may become a thing of the past. Although the rooms have not completely disappeared, in many markets their function has changed from formal entertaining to a functional room for the family.

Preston and Sharon Swafford, residents of White Eagle Club, a Macom Corp. community in Aurora/Naperville, use their living room as a pool table room.

"When we moved here from New York, I decided to move the pool table from the basement into the living room, since we had never used that room in our old house anyway," said Sharon.

Working with the builders of the home, Raintree Builders Inc., she eliminated a wall between the formal ...

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