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Old 07-22-2010, 01:03 PM  
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Yes. Existing homes are being reconfigured for this and I believe new homes already are being built with offices as part of the plan. This house I'm in is a good example of a reconfigure. It's a 4 bedroom / 3 bath with a good sized separate dining room and two living rooms. We use the one at the back of the house as the "living room" because it's got sliders to the back and is all open to the kitchen and everything, and there's 2 bars (kitchen bar and a separate wet bar). I use the front living room as my studio. Massive vaulted ceiling and architectural cutouts & styling, fireplace (also a fireplace in the back living room and again in the dining room) and right next to the front door. The space is fantastic, but the downside is there are no doors or anything, it's wide open so no office privacy. Second floor is entirely master suite, (bath & walk-in) and nothing else. (attached 3-car garage, laundry room, blah blah blah, etc...)

The homes here in this area were all generally built this way, with minor variations. One of the two living rooms was intended to be a "show" living room basically. One of those places where snooty people put expensive furniture that no one can ever sit on. Well I decided that was stupid, got rid of all my extra furniture, put in overhead halogens, and studio-ized it. Been working on the garage and exterior here now for the last few weeks, putting in shelving and wiring for sound, etc... because garages are for boring people. I need a Lair.
Oddly enough, while out running this morning, I was thinking about this exact subject - the "show" room. When you walk into the front door of my house, you have a large foyer, which opens up to a dining room / living room. WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF THIS?

Foyer:



Opens to living room:



and a dining room behind that.

What the fuck is the point of this? It's a waste of space. We've used the dining room an handful of times when we've had "company" over for dinner. Otherwise no one ever uses it.

But in my case there's only three of us here and we still have rooms we don't use. Oddly enough the most popular room is my office here.
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