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I'd side with nonsense. The house map from that study is unfamiliar to me as an American. Growing up, our living room and family room were the same. We didn't h

• 1337biz 8y ago
  Grew up on the old continent. Except for the family room/front porch, this is almost the exact layout of my parents' house. Any they built it in the 80s. Even if I would build my own today... piano room would be there. Maybe mixing it Piano/Library.
• resg4mp 8y ago
  Also American. East coast. I've been in tons of houses with separate dining rooms, as well as living / family rooms. And yeah, nobody used em. A friend of mine growing up had both living and family room in his house. One was used all the time. The other was untouched, pristine. Like they might have even had plastic covering the furniture. We weren't supposed to play there; it was only for formal entertaining. My in laws also have a separate living room with a piano in it. And besides the off chance someone tried playing chopsticks, the room is unused. Infact, most of us put our coats there. The family room has a TV in it, so everyone goes in there. Heck, the house I grew up in had both a kitchen and dining room. I think the dining room only got used on holidays when we had guests over. Not sure why you haven't seen as much. Might have to do with the size of the house, demographics, or region. But boy, are they stupid. Rooms everyone thinks they need, but nobody uses.