Good question. An Arizona room can be many things.
Generally, an Arizona room is a room off the back of a house that is either open to the outdoors, or has a lot of windows and light, usually with access to the backyard. Many times, Arizona rooms are patios that have been enclosed. Some are screened in and are separated from the main house by a door; some are fully heated and cooled with real windows and lighting and electricity, just like any other room in the house. Some Arizona rooms are wide open to the rest of the house, some are very closed off and separate.
Think sun room. We do a lot of outdoor living in Tucson, and the Arizona room is a big part of that.
This photo has nothing to do with Arizona rooms, but I saw it on Flickr and thought the flowers were beautiful, tiny purple halos atop the cactus.
Photo via Flickr, courtesy of thomwatson
January 14th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Heh. An Arizona room is like a Florida room, only that it just lost about 20% of it’s value instead of 60%.
An Ohio room is blazing hot in the summer…ice cold in the winter, and it moves jobs out of state.
A California room costs 10x the rest of other rooms, and was done on a stated income basis.
etc, etc.
January 14th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Chris - d’oh!