Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunken living room. A design style that dates back to the 1920s, sunken living rooms are a highly social design style that is all ...

Aided by the growing popularity of the sectional sofa, whose continuous seating allowed for chair-leg-free flexible seating, the sunken living area was seen as a way to encourage conversation and ...

Conversation pits were deliberately engineered to create psychological intimacy — the sunken floor mimics the instinctive comfort of gathering around a campfire. Built-in seating eliminated the ...

Are retro spaces like the conversation pit having a moment? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photo: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) ...

Sunken living spaces or 'conversation pits' were a popular feature in mid-century homes. The trend slowly disappeared, in part due to the pits' safety concerns. However, in recent years, there's been ...

The mid-century trend of the sunken living room has found its way outside, trading the dusty shag carpet for open air and grass. Building a conversation pit below the grade of your lawn (usually ...