Family room and dining area

This is the 'heart' of the house. It is a south facing room which gets tons of direct sunlight and solar warmth in the winter when the sun is low in the southern sky, but is cooler in summer when the sun has gone north. There is a built in window seat in the eating area that can accommodate two large or three small diners, and it has storage that holds the table cloths and extra coasters and candles, or your Scrabble game to pull out and play in front of the fire. The wood burning fireplace is used by us all winter long.