Posts with tag great room

After years of conspicuous consumption when it came to our homes and what we put in them, Americans are rethinking their priorities in the recession-induced Age of Austerity and paring down their possessions and what they spend. We won't be living in cold-water yurts, of course, but some recent numbers suggest that... Continue Reading »

Your dining room has become a walkway to the kitchen, with eight chairs and a table piled high with mail and laundry. Your living room is occupied by a television and two people working on laptops, and papers spread all over the coffee table. You look around and think you need a bigger house. Or a smaller house. Or an... Continue Reading »