What is Standard Size of Living Room?

There is no such thing, except for some pretending.

The only "standard" I'm aware of is for prefabricated homes. All rooms should be smaller than the trailer taking them to the site. Going larger requires an oversize load permit for the transport.

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The size of the room depends upon your standard of living.

In the United States, a common size is about 3.66 meters by 6.10 meters in a middle-class home.

Living room? At what point or dimension does living have to be great?

I am curious, if the question were asked what is the minimum space one requires for a living room, what kind of responses that would draw? Clearly, the responses have demonstrated there is no maximum size, provided one has the resources to clean and maintain it. But what is the minimum space we need to still feel comfortable? Who grew up with tiny bedrooms and how did that shape you?

The question for a minimum size would probably need multiple answers depending on family size.

A "standard" is whatever suits the owner. My standard is 15' x 15' x 10'

Everyone else will be different.

The amount of floorspace thought adequate varies widely from country to country. I've seen a figure quoted for north America of 1100sq ft or 100m2 per person whilst a 'normal' three bedroom dwelling in the UK housing a family of four will typically be 120-150m2. European housing is of a similar size; have a look at Dan-Wood's designs or room designs from IKEA. The smallest of European designs would be seen as roomy compared to urban living in Japan

These norms are driven, I suspect, by population density. You will have therefore to look locally for information. Local building standards/ codes may tell you about the acceptable size for bedrooms, WCs, shower rooms &c but living rooms/ lounges may be less prescribed and you will have to look at plans for properties for sale or new builds to gauge this.

Hope this helps.

I cannot think of any "standard" sizes. Any room can be a "standard" room as long as it is built to all the pertinent codes.

No.

A master bedroom that doesn't hold at least a queen sized bed would be considered substandard regardless of build quality.

..urban Japanese are free to weigh in on this.

I don't even know how many living rooms are in this house and I'm sure the owner doesn't care if any of them are a standard size or shape.

The last photo looks like a foyer, most likely not a standard size foyer!

That place has 123 rooms with only 14 bedrooms and 27 bathrooms....what a money pit...

Of course there is no maximum size of a living room or any other room, but curious, I pulled out my old (1970) Canadian Code for Residential Construction to see if, by Code, there were minimum sizes, and sure enough, there are. There are minimum size standards for every room in the house, including closets. For example, with respect to living rooms: "Living areas within dwelling units either as separate rooms or in combination with other spaces shall have at least 145 sq. ft. of floor area and shall have no dimension less than 9 ft. 10 in. within the required area." There is also a table for minimum required ceiling heights in various rooms. I looked online for current Code standards, and little has changed, except for dimensions now being stated in metric rather than imperial. I suspect other countries also have minimum room size standards.

Thank you for that insight.

Many of these posts demonstrate the point that dwelling size standards are, forgive the pun, a cultural norm.

This won't be an answer unless you are in the UK but it shows why houses here are small and getting smaller and might show what sort of resource to look at locally:

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Minimum_space_standards

Good luck!

Family Room, Parlor, Sitting Room, Lounge Room, Den, Study, . . .

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How long is a piece of string?

Long enough to connect the ends.