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talktoolooseThe renovation makes me realize how much more personal space people take up (at least in the developed world) than they used to. Our second floor contained bedrooms for what was probably a family of five or more when it was built in 1924. It had three bedrooms and a small bathroom. I wonder if the bathtub was even in the bathroom... probably, but I can't say for sure.
In any case, the closets were spectacularly small -- too shallow to even have a modern hanger rack. I assume that the few sets of clothes hung on hooks at the back of the closet. There may too have been a wardrobe somewhere but that takes up even more room.
In the rebuild, there will be only two bedrooms and a larger bathroom plus two BIG closets. I know that if they are not filled with clothes and junk right away, they will be within a few years. Today, we are all little planets orbited by great asteroid fields of junk and we need space, space.
And that space must be bright, bright, bright! In place of the single dim overhead hall light, three separate sconces will all flash on simultaneously, evenly lighting your way up the stairs and down the hall to the dens of junk of space. At each bedroom entrance, a confusing array of switches will light overhead lights or reading sconces in the bed with equivalent switch sets conveniently located beside the bed.
Three power receptacles will be available in each bedroom, plus one in the hall and one in the bathroom so that you may use any necessary device without worry or extension cords.
If the house is still standing in another 84 years, will it house only one deeply wired person, like a paranoid denizen of Asimov's Caves of Steel, or will it house 2 families, warming themselves feebly by a single, costly electric fireplace?
In any case, the closets were spectacularly small -- too shallow to even have a modern hanger rack. I assume that the few sets of clothes hung on hooks at the back of the closet. There may too have been a wardrobe somewhere but that takes up even more room.
In the rebuild, there will be only two bedrooms and a larger bathroom plus two BIG closets. I know that if they are not filled with clothes and junk right away, they will be within a few years. Today, we are all little planets orbited by great asteroid fields of junk and we need space, space.
And that space must be bright, bright, bright! In place of the single dim overhead hall light, three separate sconces will all flash on simultaneously, evenly lighting your way up the stairs and down the hall to the dens of junk of space. At each bedroom entrance, a confusing array of switches will light overhead lights or reading sconces in the bed with equivalent switch sets conveniently located beside the bed.
Three power receptacles will be available in each bedroom, plus one in the hall and one in the bathroom so that you may use any necessary device without worry or extension cords.
If the house is still standing in another 84 years, will it house only one deeply wired person, like a paranoid denizen of Asimov's Caves of Steel, or will it house 2 families, warming themselves feebly by a single, costly electric fireplace?
