Keeping rooms

Many homes have a breakfast room that is used daily and a formal dining room that is used maybe twice a year. Consider converting your breakfast room into a keeping room and using your dining room for all of your meals. Keeping rooms were traditionally a family gathering room used to keep warm because it was near the stove. Here are a few tips for turning your breakfast room into a cozy family oriented keeping room. ComfortYour keeping room needs to be comfortable with durable furniture…

While the keeping room has historical roots, its purpose couldn't be more on point for today. It's a small seating area off of the kitchen where family or guests can hang out to keep the person who is cooking company. Erin and Ben Napier, the couple behind the popular show Home Town, shared their country home in Mississippi with us, which had a keeping room just off of their kitchen. At the link, Erin discussed how this charming space is where the family spends so much of their time…

Dating back to the 1700s, keeping rooms are making a comeback in modern homes. A keeping room is a space adjacent to the kitchen, where friends and family can gather to keep the cook company while they prepare a meal. #hostesstips #keepingroom #interiordesign #bhg

Ideas for decorating a keeping room off of the kitchen.

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Our clients decided that they wanted to convert their keeping room into a dining area - check out the before and after photos at https://ahtinteriors.com/keeping-room-conversion/ #roommakeover #interiordesign #diningroomdesign

The latest must-have room in your large or even not so large home is the “Keeping Room”. The name for these rooms originated in colonial times, before homes were 5,000 plus square feet. They were a multi-use room attached to the kitchen or open to it, complete with a fireplace for coziness and warmth. Now, it’s…

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No matter if you call it a living room, family room, den, or keeping room, these decorating ideas will help you mix and match patterns, embrace bold colors, layer rugs, and so much more.

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A keeping room is an area just off the kitchen of a home. Now better known as a family or hearth room, a keeping room is used...

Recently I gave our tricky living room a quick refresh and wanted to share tips on creating a keeping room of your own!

The keeping room is a Colonial colonial concept but unfortunately has become a code word for "open concept." Let's put the "cozy" back in the keeping room.

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Finally feeling settled in our new home! One of the first things we did was to widen the doorway to the "study," making it more of an open sitting room. BEFO…

Such a lovely colonial keeping room!