How Living Rooms Are Expected to Change in 2015

An overwhelming majority of respondents do not expect the living room to stay in its current form, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Instead, more than half are expecting the living room to merge with other spaces in the home, while 30 percent expect it to vanish to save on square footage. Another 13 percent expect it will become a parlor/retreat/library or music room (Figure 3).