Looking to learn more about keeping rooms and possibly design your own?
Below, designers chime in with the historical background, furniture suggestions, and more.
Meet the Expert
Karen Wolf is an interior designer and the Creative Principal and owner ofk+co LIVING.
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Noel Gattsis an interior designer and HGTV personality.
She’s also the owner of New Jersey-based design firm,beam & bloom interiors.
Caroline Moore is a designer and interiors specialist atCase Architects & Remodelers.
Design:Case Architects & Remodelers/ Photo:Stacy Zarin Goldberg
History and Purpose
Keeping rooms have existed for centuries.
Why Is It Called a Keeping Room?
The room was a space to “keep” everyone warm.
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Furnishings
Fortunate enough to have space for a keeping room in your home?
Moore weighs in with some tips on how to best furnish this area.
Today’s keeping rooms can be designed to reflect a modern family’s multitude of needs.
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“We tend to seebreakfast areasas our unofficial keeping rooms,” Moore says of today’s houses.
Building a home from scratch?
She provides a few suggestions for making the most of this setup without distracting the individual cooking dinner.
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