Keeping rooms

A keeping room is a space adjacent to the kitchen where friends and family can gather to hang out with the cook while they prepare a meal.

Ideas for decorating a keeping room off of the kitchen.

Sitting area in breakfast nook

Many homes have a breakfast room that is used daily and a formal dining room that is used maybe twice a year. Consider converting your breakfast room into a keeping room and using your dining room for all of your meals. Keeping rooms were traditionally a family gathering room used to keep warm because it was near the stove. Here are a few tips for turning your breakfast room into a cozy family oriented keeping room. ComfortYour keeping room needs to be comfortable with durable furniture…

What goes around, comes around.

For our 2020 Idea House, we built a spectacular escape that shows off Asheville, North Carolina’s down-to-earth style.

The keeping room is a Colonial colonial concept but unfortunately has become a code word for "open concept." Let's put the "cozy" back in the keeping room.

AHT Interiors recently completed makovers to multiple areas in a client's beautiful home. Check out their master bedroom redesign and study makeover. Now we're excited to show you before and after photos of the keeping room. As you can see, the clients decided that they wanted to convert their keeping room into

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