Sunday, March 09, 2008

i'll be in the den!


do people have dens anymore?
i feel like the word "den" is a word from my 80's childhood years, no?
my friend was talking yesterday about when she had mono as a highschooler and she said she was set-up in the den for a few weeks.
and it struck me that we don't really use that word anymore, do we?

3 comments:

Lori said...

You're right, you don't really hear "den" anymore. I think it's been replaced by "office." It's still the same smaller room closed off from the rest of the house by french doors, but it's no longer a "den." I think living rooms are becoming obsolete, as well. At least formal ones are. Now everyone has just one family room or great room. A formal living room seems kind of redundant.

Who knew home trends could be so fascinating?

Ky • twopretzels.com said...

The word "den" has gone the way of the "davenport".

Sad.

Ky • twopretzels.com said...

(Do you remember Mike Brady's den on the Brady Bunch? Where is architect's desk was? Does your brother have one of those?)

:-)