The living room in my grandparent's house was basically for show and never used, and they were by no means affluent. It was (and still is) a collection of antiq

The living room in my grandparent's house was basically for show and never used, and they were by no means affluent. It was (and still is) a collection of antique and early-sixties furniture, often inherited, thick carpets and baroque wallpaper. They gradually stopped using the room and converted the dining room into a second living room after their children were out of the house, and by the time I was a child, the room was basically a museum where children were not allowed. My grandpa is 90 and lives in the house alone now, he still never uses the room. There even is an alibi television set in there that was last used in the 70ies.