The mid-century trend of the sunken living room has found its way outside, trading the dusty shag carpet for open air and grass. Building a conversation pit below the grade of your lawn (usually ...

Once a symbol of futuristic midcentury living, conversation pits fell out of favor for decades. Now, a new generation of ...

Outdoor conversation pits mimic the same popular style that became quintessentially “in” from the 1950s through the 1970s.

In these homes — built as far back as 1878 and as recently as 2021 — sunken living rooms appear in many styles.