June 7th, 2026

The Joy of Living Rooms

“Some of the living-rooms we see have really no right to the name; they are so unattractive they ought, instead, to be called existing rooms. I like to think of the word ‘living-rooms’ being short for the joy-of-living rooms. That is what they ought to be—full of life and happiness and beauty.”

Lucy Abbot Throop

“My living room is the room of family, community, love and belonging.”

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–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 198 to 200 of 501.

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