Importantly, by this period, the dining room was perceived as an especially male zone and … See more

Moving forward in time, in 18th-century London, the royal morning receptions that the French called levéeswere called “drawing rooms”, with the sense originally that the pri… See more

In more recent times, and across the ocean, the drawing room had further applications. During the American Civil War, in the White House of the Confederac… See more

In contemporary times, the notion of a drawing room seems very outdated. We have evolved from the desire and need for many different rooms with separate functions, t… See more

Is it a ‘drawing room’, ‘living room’, ‘sitting room’, ‘front room’ ‘reception room’ ‘family room’ or ‘lounge’? These days it is sometimes also called the ‘television room’ – which tell… See more