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 ...

Building a sunken seating area or fire pit is a neat trick that architects sometimes use when they want to create an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Designed by Bruce Goff, the circular stone home is anchored by a sunken seating area with a dramatic fireplace. Designed by Bruce ...