Article: Faster, informal lives threaten the traditional living room

Article: The Kitchen Is the New Living Room -- And ...
The Washington Post;  October 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Association of Home Builders. "The kitchen has become the new living room," says Bethesda architect Mark McInturff, who routinely ... repeated in the bookcases and wainscoting of the adjacent living room so that all the rooms are visually connected. In Silver Spring ...

Article: Apple Makes Biggest Move Yet into Living Rooms; ...
eWeek;  March 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... FRANCISCO-Apple Inc. made its biggest move yet into the living room on Wednesday by starting shipments of the Apple TV box, a ... clear winner. "It's Apple's first major foray into the living room," said Shannon Cross, an analyst at Cross Research ...

Article: The expendable living room Some buyers still want a ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... them. But living rooms are getting ... buyers want that living room, according ... said that living rooms are always ... complexion of the living room has changed ... plan with a living room is available. Living rooms, and just ...

Article: Living rooms deserve more than sporadic visits
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  May 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... going on in our living room. "If men were meant to sit in living rooms," said my husband ... recently read that the living room is making a comeback ... reports "the staid living room is being reinvented ... appeal." The living rooms of the 21st century ...

Article: A TREND: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING LIVING ROOM
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  February 22, 1997 ;     598 words ... ... square feet, have living rooms or living room and dining room ... still have formal living rooms." The move ... eliminating the living room. People would ... to the formal living room area," Prince added. Living rooms don't have ...

Article: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING LIVING ROOM
Sun Publications (IL);  February 21, 1997 ;     606 words ... ... square feet, have living rooms or living room and dining room ... still have formal living rooms." The move ... eliminating the living room. People would ... to the formal living room area," Prince added. Living rooms don't have ...

Article: HOMEOWNERS FIND THEY CAN LIVE WITHOUT A LIVING ROOM ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... ll eliminate the living room in order to "make ... observes that "when living rooms are put into (new ... statistical abstract the living room is losing ground. "Living rooms are almost dinosauric ... they have cut the living room in half ...