TY - BOOK AU - Manroe, Candace Ord, TI - Family rooms SN - 316652105 AV - NK 2117.R4 .M317 1994 PY - 1994///];copyright 1994 CY - Boston PB - Little, Brown and Company KW - Interior decoration KW - Recreation rooms N1 - Includes index N2 - 2) the great room where eating; 3) socialising and relaxing overlap; 4)the playroom centered on family games and activities; 5) the personal showcase with display of collections and trophies.Includes colored pictures; Presents ideas to assist in designing and decorating room suited to the needs of the family. Discusses the brief history of the family room, from the colonial and Victorian precursor to the wood-panelled dens typical of the 1950s and the basement rec rooms of 1970s. Traced the trends that transformed the traditional family room in many years as: 1)the new den with colors and lightings ER -