To use estate agent parlance "What do you call your main reception room?"

In California, Washington State, and (I think) most of the United States we have living rooms and family rooms (where we actually "live"--watch television, read, etc. When I was a child growing up in Michigan state, we called it the front room and didn't have an "extra" room to socialize. We have a master bedroom. It's called it primarily because it's larger than the others and has its own bathroom. We don't live in a mansion or estate.

My grandparents known as Nan and Grandad lived in a 'posh' council house with front parlour, sitting room, kitchen, pantry and scullery. My Aunt lived in the next street, thought to be less 'posh' and had a kitchen,where they had a 3 piece suite and a back kitchen where they ate tea in the evening. My parents bought their own brand new semi in the suburbs, my mum was very proud of her lounge with sliding doors to the dining room and a kitchen with some fitted units. My children called them Nan and Grandad. When I married we moved to the countryside and, without awareness or thought until today, I realise we have a sitting room, dining room, kitchen and sun room. We have sofas in the sitting room, we eat lunch in the middle of the day and dinner in the evening and when did my children start calling my parents Gran and Grandpa, didn't even notice. Changing times.

Living room, although a lot of people here in Yorkshire, call it the lounge.

Poppsbaggie, why shouldn’t we have a light hearted thread? Of course there are more important things to think about, but not to the exclusion of a bit of light hearted banter.

Sitting room.Thats what my parents called theirs but I love my kitchen we sit and have more fun in it than any other place.

Love Paddyanne and the 5 bedroom house description of being normal. I have a sunroom, front room and all the 4 bedrooms are bedrooms even though one has an en suite.

My elderly Yorkshire landlady in the 60s used to call her living/dining room ‘the house’.
‘Come in’t house, love.’
She still used thee and thou, too, but mostly to her budgie.

We have a sitting room. I also grew up being told that airports and pubs have lounges. Also that living rooms were in houses that had only one room. If you had a separate dining room then your 'other room' was not a living room.

Gummie my mother always said only airports and hotels have lounges! We have a living room.

Sitting room and we also have a dining room.

Drawing room.

Sitting room. My Mum always called it that too.

I call it the lounge now but, as a child growing up in a council house, it was the front or living room. The evening meal has always been tea though (lunch is midday)so not that posh yet!

Does anyone really care? Surely there are many more important things to concern us.

In estate agents parlance it's our "recently decorated in pleasant neutral tones. Sunny, park aspect, well proportioned lounge" but we call it 'the front room'

janeainsworth
I usually call our main meal tea as well. Normally we just have lunch and tea if we go out for a meal in the evening though or invite people round though I would always say dinner. I don't know why! Language is odd isn't it?

Alexa no need for any name when it was a single end ...lol

We have a lounge and a den (boys room with audio, projector, big screen etc

living room and conservatory here. Don't like the term Master bedroom, we have our bedroom, back bedroom and little bedroom.

Its a front room of course. It was after all the front of the house! The room behind it was the kitchen although the room with the sink and the cooker was a shed and yes, it was actually a shed.
The meal we had around 5:30 in the evening was, and still is, Tea. At 12:00 we had Dinner.

I say living room, my mum always said front place or front room. For some reason I dislike the word lounge!

Did Hyacinth Bucket have a lounge?

Wehave a day room and sitting room where the TV is. Upstairs we have our room, the ugly room and green room !

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Front room always x