Living room or front room?

[C'est Moi]

Living room. And we call the "family room" the den, which is where most of our living is done.

 

[Gary O']

Living room. And we call the "family room" the den, which is where most of our living is done.

Heh....here at the cabin, that's all we've got!
So, yeah, it's our 'living' room

......well, there is the bedroom
But, that's the luvin' room

 

[Ruthanne]

While growing up we called it the front room and now where I live I call mine the living room

 

[Butterfly]

Growing up it was always the front room or the parlor.

Today I call it the living room.

Same here. Growing up it was the front room (not the parlor, though). Now it's the living room.

 

[hollydolly]

Always been called a living room , even when I was growing up

 

[Ken N Tx]

While growing up we called it the front room and now where I live I call mine the living room

 

[Lewkat]

We always called it the living room. My great aunts called theirs the formal parlor.

 

[Sliverfox]

After reading everyone's replies,, going with living room, although its in the front of the house.

I would say this room which is middle of the house gets more usage.
Its the first room as you come into either from front walk or from house garage.

 

[Pepper]

My husband called it Front Room. Had never heard that before I met him. I called it Living Room, because everyone else I had ever known did.

 

[Pinky]

When I was little, we called it the parlour. Later, having my own place, I called it a living room.

 

[RadishRose]

Always the Living Room.

 

[JaniceM]

We always called it the living room. It wasn't the everything-covered-in-plastic-and-nobody-go-in-there room, it was where we all watched t.v., etc.

 

[twinkles]

when we were kids it was the parlor now it is the living room

 

[MickaC]

Grew up knowing the word living room.......still use that word of location.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Maybe it was that the homes in the late 1800s had a "front" room. It was a room that held the best furniture in the house, and used only when guests called. Behind the 'front' room was a room that the family used for "living".????????

 

[Ellen Marie]

At my grandma's house, it was called the "parlor." In my mother's house it was called the "front room." In my house it is called the "room that is never used." We gather round the kitchen table.... actually I refer to it as the living room.

 

[Ellen Marie]

For many, it was called the "front room" because they lived in "shotgun" houses, and the "front room" was at the front of the house had was where people sat.

 

[the_she_ray]

Why do we call it a "Living Room" when we don't have a "Dying Room?"

Interestingly enough! https://www.vintag.es/2018/01/living-room-what-we-call-today-was.html

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I remember it being called the front room by the elders. For me it's the living room.

 

[peramangkelder]

My paternal Grandparents had what my Grandmother called a Drawing Room....short for Withdrawing Room
My Grandfather called it the Front Room....but it was ONLY used on very special occasions
In my childhood home it was called a lounge room or a living room
Ours is a called a Family Room and has a Kitchen, Dining and Living Room in one large space which is handy
when we need to use the air-conditioner

 

[Knight]

Why do we call it a "Living Room" when we don't have a "Dying Room?"

It's called a bedroom for those lucky enough to die peacefully in their sleep.

 

[terry123]

Now that I live in a condo, its the living room.

 

[horseless carriage]

Growing up, our family home had one long utility room, it was purpose built that way. Dining table and chairs under the window that faced the garden, the rest of the room was for sitting, reading and later, watching TV. A door gave access to the kitchen at the dining end, whilst another door gave access to the hall and front door at the other end.

Nowadays I refer to the rooms as sitting room and dining room,