The Living Room, for entertaining guests, reading, or other activities. The term front room, sitting room can also be used to describe a living room.
A typical Western living room is furnished with a sofa, coffee table, chairs, occasional extra tables such as lamp tables, and bookshelves, lamps, rugs, as well as other pieces of furniture. In larger homes in the United States and Canada, the living room is sometimes reserved for more formal and quiet entertaining while a separate, informal living room (often called a den, family room or recreation room) is used for more casual activities, watching television, spending time with children and drinking. Many living rooms don't have a television in the room. In recent years, the term "great room" has come to be used to denote the family room, especially if it is open to the kitchen, and may feature a vaulted ceiling.
