Posted on 06/13/2015 6:12:26 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
We were probably right to leave behind many hallmarks of yesterday's home, but it's time to reconsider these 15 once-popular details, not for their novelty, but for their practicality.
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Missed crawlspace.
The coffin corner.
I don’t know who ‘we’ might refer to. I love some of these old features but the reality is that architects and builders have foisted boring designs and cheap, tacky materials and workmanship on the market in order to speed up construction while demanding ever increasing prices for shoddy product.
Triple hung windows with 10-foot ceilings for ventilation.
Wider, shorter windows placed higher on the wall that didn’t dictate the placement of furniture. House place with long dimension parallel to street rather than parallel to lot side fences so there was stuff to see out said windows.
Good list, but the claw tubs, no, and the door mail slot won’t work, as the post office moves away from house to house delivery. I also think that the phone nook would not really work as planned, but would probably just become a flat surface to clutter.
Works for me.
Intercoms, really?
I also like actual rooms that older homes had. Builders, I am sure, love these great room plans and esthetically they look very nice but for livability and use of space I don't care for it.
Then it must be me. Still can’t get it up.
Thanks.
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It maybe no good, but both of the links connect on my ‘puter.
I can’t see them either. What are they?
My aunt still has a laundry chute in her house. A good idea if your laundry is in the basement. I see that nowadays it’s fashionable to put the laundry on the second or third floor — wherever the bedrooms are. Saves a lot of steps.
What I miss is wood paneling on the walls. My parents had it in our house. It gave the illusion of warmth and may have actually made the house warmer in winter.
I guess you’re luckier than I am. Just tried again with no luck.
Must be me.
Boot scrapers yes but better yet scraper and brush.
Pretty decent list.
My favorite is worrying about heat loss and then having entire walls made of glass and 20 foot ceilings. Truly brilliant.
Sometimes copy and paste will make some links work.
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