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According to a press release: "FrontRoom's public face will also be familiar to Central Ohio shoppers. Diane McCloy, Sofa Express' spokeswoman for more than 15 years, will take on that job for FrontRoom.
"You'll recognize her," Paul said. "People called her the 'sofa lady.' She had done our commercials from 1984 up to a few years ago."
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What year did she sit at the front of the bus?
Rosa Parks refused to move back in a bus to make room for a Caucasian male in 1955.
What is the origin of the term 'living room'?
Answer 3It appears both answers are propagating the same myth. Firstly, the parlor's primary purpose was not to accommodate the dead who lay in state. Of course, it would be used for that when needed; but that was not the room's main function. That would be a waste of space. The parlor was where one would entertain special company or would be used for special occasions. It was the room that contained the owners finest decor and trinkets. It was intended to be the most impressive room in the house and was designed primarily to impress guests.This notion that the term "living room" was a 20th century replacement phrase for the word "parlor" doesn't appear accurate. In the book "Early Victorian House Designs" by architect William H. Ranlett (1847), you'll find a floor plan on page 68 which contains a "living room." Other floor plans in the same book contain living rooms as well. Based on this book alone, it's easy to deduce that the term "living room" was a catch-all phrase used for smaller homes that did not have a separate parlor and drawing room.It would seem that since there were eventually more small homes with "living rooms" then there were large homes with "parlors," the term "living room" won prominence and relegated the word "parlor" to the dustbin of antiquated terms like chamber, dressing room, ante-room and vestibule.Answer 2Actually, the answer below is only partially correct. Up until 1918 we in America, as in Europe, called the front room of the house the Front Parlor (or Parlour in British English). When the Great Influenza hit in 1918, there were so many dead in such a short period of time, most people had no other place to put the bodies, so they piled them up in their front parlors and began calling this room the Death Room. When the Great Flu finally passed (after as many as 50 to 100 million people had died . . . many within a 4 or 5 month period of time), and people began to get back to their normal lives, they were still referring to this room as the Death Room. Ladies Home Journal then suggested that, since the Flu had passed, the front parlor was no longer a room for the dead, but for the living; therefore, it should now be called the Living Room. The name stuck. So, we have Ladies Home Journal to thank for our living rooms!Answer 1The "living room" is a evolved term for "parlour".Back in the 19th century, the "parlour" was the room in the house where the recently deceased were laid out before their funeral. This became the more affirmative term "living room" in the 20th century.Ther term "living room" is obviously the opposite of "mourning room" and thus, the "living room" was born.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_roomTo the author of Answer 3:I never said that the primary function of the front parlor was to accomodate the dead. That was the other person's answer. The front parlor was used, essentially, as we use the living room today. Now, whether the term Living Room had been used prior to the passing of the great flu pandemic of 1918 or not is beyond my knowledge . . . it may very well have been . . . but I am certain that Ladies Home Journal had made this very suggestion under the circumstances I laid out and that was when it began to gain mass popularity.
What did the Franklin stove look like?
It is like a metal box with a chimney flue. Its big advantage is compared to a fireplace. In a fireplace, a huge fraction of the heat goes up the chimney and you only get heat if you stand in front of it. The Franklin stove can be in the center of the room and warm the room in all directions.
Why is a living room called a living room?
A living room is called a living room because it is a living room, and we spend lot of time in the living room.
Who came up with greek theater?
The greeks. They started it out, developed it, all that. It wasn't any one person who thought 'hey, let's build a big room for people to pretend in front of other people!'
Who is the actress in the Xerox commercial about cutting expenses and asks if they can really keep them in the room?
The actress in the Xerox commercial, about cutting expenses, is Jessica Eichler. Jessica Eichler has been featured in several commercials.
Who is the actress that plays Manager Amy on the La Quinta commercial Gorilla in the room?
Maribeth Monroe
Who is the actress in the roomstore tv ads?
The actress in the Room Store TV ads is Kristen Swanson. She is not well known but works in commercial ad TV.
Who is the actress in the Room Store television commercial?
Kristen Swanson. Kristen can be seen in Foster Solomon's "Tamed" on YouTube.com.
What is an interior decorators job?
I believe it is to choose and arrange colours to match existing furnishings, or possibly in some cases to even choose furnishings as well to give a certain 'look' to a room or rooms.
Definition of domestic housekeeping?
Domestic housecleaning is the act of cleaning a house or a room of a house and its furnishings thoroughly.
Why is Satan in your front room?
Satan is in no one's front room.
There is an actress that pops up in a lot of commercials She plays the mother in the Lowes commercial where the girl wants to paint her room purple Anyone know?
Stephanie Erb - she's a cutie - have always liked her.
Who is the actress on time warner commercial that asks What did you do when her husband purchases room full of furniture?
Her voice seems very familar; I know I've heard it before, but I can't remember the context in which I've heard it.
What is the front leg room in the 2013 Lincoln MKX?
The 2010 Lincoln MKX has 54.8 in. of front hip room.
Who was the actress in Room With A View?
Helena bonham carter
When was Front Room Gallery created?
Front Room Gallery was created in 1999.
