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Family Room
"Where the tribe can roughhouse or relax.
The family room, separated from the kitchen by a stone fireplace
wall, encourages informal fun. So does the amiable grouping of
sofa, love seat, lounge chair, and hand-crafted rug of Creslan.
-SOURCE: Souvenir
Book, pp. 14-15
The modular unit shelving
holding books is a design still in use today. The polka-dot cabinet
beneath them is used for storing records (remember them?), and
the TV console includes a "Hi-Fi stereo". Note the colorful
area rug; it will be seen again in pure white with even longer
fibers at Expo67 in Montreal. It will take a few more years before
it finally catches on, but eventually it will be called a "shag
carpet", and everyone in the 1970s will own one.
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"The big Skydome above the hearth fills the
room with natural light by day, incandescent by night. Recessed
ceiling lights enhance the appearance of art objects on the walls."
-SOURCE: Souvenir Book,
p. 15
I hope the rug is nonflammable.
By the way, that's an Eames chair, and you can still get one
today if you have a lot of money. They start at around $2900.
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Another view of the couches.
They look extremely uncomfortable to modern eyes, but that material
probably wore like steel.
-SOURCE: Souvenir Book,
p. 74
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View from the Eames chair. You
could enter this room from the Kitchen to the left or from the
main hallway behind you. The large picture window behind the
drapes looks out onto a snow-covered back yard.
-SOURCE: Souvenir Book,
p. 38
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