Same with guest rooms. In my area, almost all “old” houses have a room that is kept neat and tidy but unused until guests come over - basically wasted space specifically reserved for other people not living under that roof. And the boomers here get confused about why newer houses (especially rental appartements) don’t have that oh-so-important feature anymore.
Imagine an entire effing room and everything in it (furniture included) getting the “fine china” treatment and old people being offended that “the youth today” has the audacity to invite guests into the regular boring non-special living room.
I’m not sure if this is an American thing or not but here in the UK a guest room is just a spare bedroom for when people are staying overnight, I’ve never heard of a whole extra space existing just so that you can invite guests round.
But when you own an entire house sometimes you want a place to invite friends and family to come in to town. It’s nice to to have a place for them without having them pay to stay at a hotel. It’s for people who like to entertain and have visitors.
Remember that houses were much cheaper back then and space wasn’t as limited.
In my time growing up, that was dens. People who had a whole second living room in their house which wasn’t to be touched except to dust it because it’s the den, for guests. Even when I was the guest.
I have forever had a negative connotation associated with the word “den” as a result. Unless we’re talking about non-human animals.
Same with guest rooms. In my area, almost all “old” houses have a room that is kept neat and tidy but unused until guests come over - basically wasted space specifically reserved for other people not living under that roof. And the boomers here get confused about why newer houses (especially rental appartements) don’t have that oh-so-important feature anymore.
Imagine an entire effing room and everything in it (furniture included) getting the “fine china” treatment and old people being offended that “the youth today” has the audacity to invite guests into the regular boring non-special living room.
I’m not sure if this is an American thing or not but here in the UK a guest room is just a spare bedroom for when people are staying overnight, I’ve never heard of a whole extra space existing just so that you can invite guests round.
In apartments space is super limited. I get that.
But when you own an entire house sometimes you want a place to invite friends and family to come in to town. It’s nice to to have a place for them without having them pay to stay at a hotel. It’s for people who like to entertain and have visitors.
Remember that houses were much cheaper back then and space wasn’t as limited.
In my time growing up, that was dens. People who had a whole second living room in their house which wasn’t to be touched except to dust it because it’s the den, for guests. Even when I was the guest.
I have forever had a negative connotation associated with the word “den” as a result. Unless we’re talking about non-human animals.