Ben confronts Marian, who retreats to Mrs. Allardyce's sitting room. The congregational hall is while the sitting room is . The remaining guests are assembled in the sitting room. The club has two rooms&colon; a dining room, and a sitting room/smoking room. Coffee tables are usually found in the living room or sitting room. The small mahogany desk in the sitting room was constructed by James Hoban himself. The space was then used as a sitting room from 1902 to 1961. A tank full of fish is sometimes seen in the sitting room. First Lady Barbara Bush converted it into a private sitting room for the president. The Celestial bedrooms, with a connecting, shared, sitting room, were created between 1924 and 1926. The sitting room and the dining room both feature bay windows. In the sitting room, Orin grimly remarks that Lavinia has stolen Christine's soul. A moment later, the scene switches to Hazel and Peter in the sitting room. It was used as a sitting room by first ladies Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Truman. During the White House's 1902 renovation, the room was turned into a sitting room.