My favorite place is my living room, not only because it's the place where I can relax after all the stress of the day, but also because it's the background to almost every warm family moment. I've had four in the last four years. There is no carpet anywhere in my house; It's beige tiles that are cracked in some places. Our house is much older than others in our neighborhood, and for some reason the downstairs heating vents are in the ceiling, which means it's freezing in the fall and winter and the It feels like you're walking on ice cubes. There are three separate sofas as there is no discernible difference between the living room and the dining room, so it is a very large space. There are three people living in my house; my mother, my older brother and I, and there is a sofa for each of us. We're not a very "touchy" family, not because we don't like each other, but rather because it's just a little awkward. My brother's sofa is solid black and made of a material that looks like suede and the other two are beige with thick black back cushions that are almost identical, except my mother's sofa ...