Common in the US west (including Rocky Mtn. region) is the great room. Basically this is a very large room (mine takes up about half of the main floor of the house, with a vaulted or cathedral ceiling, that's a combination living room-dining room-kitchen. In my house I have reversed the dining room living room parts, so my dining table is in front of the fireplace of what would be in other people's houses the living room. Just personal preference. I hope someday to move up to a larger house without a great room.


TEd