“Every year since we’ve lived here, the kids excitedly race out of bed on Christmas morning to open their gifts in our family room,” says interior designer and blogger Jewel Marlowe, describing holidays spent in the Fairfax Station, Virginia, house she has made memories in with her husband, Gary, and their four children since 2018.
“I tend to. “We probably use this room during the cold months more than at any other time of year. It’s just so cozy to sip hot chocolate or play board games together in here.”
