The Keeping Room Furniture
It is a term that dates back to colonial times when homes were typically heated by a small fireplace or wood burning stove in the kitchen.
The keeping room furniture. Because the area was still well within the warm reaches of the kitchen stove family members would often sleep here when the other rooms of the house became too cold. My furniture forum how to find buy and maintain quality furniture. The kitchen and the great room are.
Welcome to my furniture forum sponsored by the keeping room a dealer in high quality leather and reproduction furniture. Most of the time i really like this arrangement as it makes the space seem bigger and not so chopped up. When you walk in the front door of our house the great room dining room and kitchen are all open and visible.
Experts in american made leather upholstery and period reproductions since 1979. The actual definition of a keeping room is an area adjacent to the kitchen. The keeping room is one of the largest hancock moore dealers on the eastern seaboard.
In colonial homes the keeping room while it sounds like something out of bluebeard s castle was the room located directly off of the kitchen. Andee may 11 2012. Sierra sofa great look and it s available in a sleeper.
Families often slept in the keeping room during the colder months when the rest of the house was cold.