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 ...

Design firm Part Office added a conversation pit to a recent Mar Vista renovation to allow for unobstructed views of the garden. A monochromatic palette makes the feature feel modern Earlier this year ...

The 1970s-style “conversation pit” — a sunken or recessed living area, often with built-in cushioned seating — is no doubt a bold design move. Who doesn’t remember seeing Don Draper’s sleek Manhattan ...

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 ...

Sunken living rooms, conversation pits, recessed spaces—whatever you call them, these cozy, Hippie-era lounges are back in all their groovy glory. Though today’s iterations provide a sleek, ...

Sunken living spaces or 'conversation pits' were a popular feature in mid-century homes. The trend slowly disappeared, in part due to the pits' safety concerns. However, in recent years, there's been ...