The Living Room or the Great Room
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The Living Room or the Great Room The days when the living room was roped off like a museum are long past. People are really living in these spaces today. And they’re taking shape in a variety of ways. Here’s how the formal and informal living room can often be differentiated. |
Formal Living Room:
Formal Living Rooms are usually made up of symmetrical arrangements using traditional furnishings. Exquisite fabrics such as damasks, tapestries and brocades are featured throughout the room. Polished hardwood floors, Oriental rugs or wall-to-wall carpet are used. Lavish swags and jabots are featured as window treatments.
Informal Living Room:
Informal Living Rooms are usually an asymmetrical, more casual floor plan made up of a mix of traditional, country, rustic and contemporary furnishings. Fabrics that run the gamut from plaids and checks to florals and prints are featured throughout the room. Dhurrie rugs, wall-to-wall carpet and sisal flooring are used. Unpretentious window treatments such as shirred side panels and tab curtains are featured.
