reception room
Formal waiting area
A reception room is a room where visitors are received and welcomed, typically in a business, hotel, or formal residence.
In British English, it also refers to any main living area in a house—a sitting room, dining room, or lounge—as distinguished from bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms: a three-bedroom flat with two reception rooms.
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- anteroomChamber preceding main space
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- vestibuleEnclosed space between doors
- welcome areaDesignated greeting space
hall · wainscoting · foyer · grand entrance · chamber · lounge · study · library · brocade · lobby · office · guests · guest list · gathering · waiting · greeting · chandelier · high ceilings
- palace roomsballroom, banquet hall, great hall, bedchamber, audience chamber
- Roman Villasvilla, atrium, peristyle, domus, hypocaust
- traditional housestraditional home, family compound, central hall, kitchen, basement
- estatesestates, manor house, estate planning, manor, country house
- diwaniyaguests, seating area, conversation, discussions, cushions
- grand roomsgreat hall, ballroom, banquet hall, audience hall, hall of mirrors
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Secluded individual space
inner sanctum · bedroom · master bedroom · boudoir · back room
reception roomback room
Private space behind scenes
utility room · workroom · scullery · service area · boiler room
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Informal home gathering space
den · living room · rec room · playroom · TV room
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