Any body know the history of Living room? Was living room always called the Living room or something else.?

Question

I heard that Living room was once called Death room? I don't know if that is true. I want to know more deatails.

Answer 1

The term marks the twentieth-century effort of architects and builders to strip the parlor of its burial and mourning associations. A typical western living room will be furnished with a sofa, chairs, occasional tables, a television or stereo equipment, bookshelves, as well as other pieces of furniture. Traditionally a sitting room in the United Kingdom would have a fireplace. In Japan people traditionally sat on tatami instead of chairs but western style decor is also common these days.

In the United States, sometimes the living room is reserved for more formal and quiet entertaining while a separate recreation room or family room is used for more casual activities.

The term front room can also used to describe a living room, because in many homes the front door opens into the living room.

Answer 2

Complete nonsense. 'Living Room' was an invention of the 20th century and the growth of suburban living in the UK when 1000s of semi-detached and terraced house were built up and down the country with a kitchen and two rooms downstairs - the dining room and the living room. Before that time the term was unknown. In smaller houses it would have been known as 'the parlour' and in larger houses as the 'drawing room' (from 'withdrawing room' - where the ladies went when the gents were drinking their port after dinner)

Answer 3

Parlor, sitting room. The Death room thing may be from certain societies where they would lay out a deceased person in the living room for viewing until the funeral.