sunroom
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The primary bedroom is adjacent to a sunroom, which could function as a gym or office.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
My grandmother positions a chair in front of the windows of our sunroom, which look out onto the neighboring hills dotted with bungalows, Tuscan pines and tall palm trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
In 2023, she bought a two-bedroom house, with a sunroom and oversize garage where she parks her motorcycle and recently purchased Bronco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
It’s filmed in Britt’s home, and the two women sit on white floral armchairs in a Southern-style sunroom.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
“She’s sitting on the couch in the sunroom right now. She does that a lot. Mostly, that’s what she does. She doesn’t really do anything else. She just sits there.”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
This kind of staining is especially common in sunrooms built with Western red cedar in the Pacific Northwest, where the relative humidity is generally high in the winter.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
"We're quite limited in our health human resources, so it's a lot of work," he said, adding that the hospital has patients in sunrooms and children in its post-partum ward.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2022
He promoted nightclubs, worked telemarketing for a chimney sweep company, sold sunrooms.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
Remove three 1930s sunrooms, exposing the original porches.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2015
Whatever the reason, ten architects and draftsmen were brought from New York and under their direction workmen began to rip up the completed houses, dig cellars, add new wings, sunrooms, dining alcoves, fireplaces, porches.
From Time Magazine Archive
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