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The bedroom should be for two activities: 1.) sleeping 2.) sex.

No televisions, no DVD, no DVR, no computers, no smartphones, no blackberries. Maybe an iPod with speakers and, occasionally, a video camera...

Totally agree with Haggie1! As tempting as it is, our Bedroom is our designated tech-free haven. I did toy with the idea of a fourth Sonos zone in the bedroom but later the idea was dropped. No computers, iphones on silent, and certainly no Television. Only an FM radio (under the night table) to wake up with BBC2...

I guess it depends on what you consider technology. I'd argue the only part of my apartment that has technology is my living room/office area.
The kitchen has normal appliances, bathroom has an electric toothbrush, and the bedroom only has an electric alarm clock.
I agree with both the above posters regarding the bedroom. I never understood why people wanted tv's and stuff in there. If i want to watch tv, I'll watch it in the living room. I'm not trying to be distracted when i want to sleep, or, uh, not sleep in bed.

My bedroom is tech-free. It's my zen place. I have an iPod boombox with a remote, but it sits on a far bookshelf, and provides ambience. Any other distractions and I worry that I would have sleeping issues. I don't believe in watching tv in bed, or even bringing my laptop to bed, unless I'm sick, in which case I spend most of my time on the futon instead.

I live with my parents so the only tech free room is the bathroom. But I'm preparing to move to a new apartment and I was considering this question. My dining room and bathroom will probably be tech free, but I love watching tv in bed, so that stays.

This sort of post will almost invarioubly degenerate into a TV in the bedroom pro/con debate. The kitchen and the bathroom are my anti-tech destinations.

As far as the TV in the bedroom debate goes, I've taken a very different approach than many. But then, I'm quirky like that.

If you want to veg out (or cuddle down with a crew) then nothing beats a king sized bed and a big screen TV. The largest direct view TV in my home is in the bedroom (46"). When family comes over and brings their little ones....they're either outside or off to the bedroom to play video games. Adults can have a nice conversation without being driven from the living room.

Putting the TV in the living room encourages all sorts of anti-social behavior. It's a social gathering space, and I don't like either the aesthetic impacts or the social ones of having a television dominate the space.

Why have company over only to stare blankly at a screen? Why have 'family time' dominated by the idjit box?

The tech in my living room is limited to an iPod touch a Bang & Olufsen stereo system that's also connected wirelessly to a computer in another area of the house.

What are you defining as "technology" in this case?