Answer:
Because we tend to display our living room in the best possible way, because that room is most likely to be seen by strangers.
Explanation:
Paul Fussell is a sociologist and a social critic who lived in the 20th century. His most famous book is Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (1983). In this book he tried to depict social classes through the theory of symbolic interactionism. He constructed a living room scale which represented an ample theater display. Given the objects in the living room he stratified households in different social classes ranging from lower proletariat to upper class.
