Ideas of the past - you want to come back (shower, kitchen)
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I know you're talking about house stuff, but what I miss is milk in glass bottles. Plastic adds a terrible taste. We used to have milk delivered in glass bottles and you washed them when empty and the milkman took the empties for reuse.
Maybe check out the fancy grocery or food co-op. We have a couple of brands that sell exclusively in glass and you pay a deposit that you get back when you return the bottle.
Laundry chutes would be nice to bring back (I had two different apartments that had this feature. The clothes fell into a lockable wooden "cage" that was just large enough to hold a laundry basket). So handy for those of us who don't like second floor laundry facilities.
I live in a multistory 20 unit condo building. We have a trash chute! I wish there was a recycle chute too. It is so handy!
With a button under the dining room table to call the butler.
That reminds me of an apartment my first husband and I had. It had three entrances: the main one, one to the maid's room and bath, and one to the butler's pantry. It also had a buzzer in the dining room floor for the butler/maid. The entire apartment was one separate wing of the building and had a fireplace and a little balcony at the end too. The rent was $300 a month, utilities included (this was in the 70s). That place was like a palace. The building entry was huge and had an ornate marble floor overhung with long velvet drapes and had a doorman! I don't miss the ex-hubs but I miss that apartment sometimes.
That reminds me of an apartment my first husband and I had. It had three entrances: the main one, one to the maid's room and bath, and one to the butler's pantry. It also had a buzzer in the dining room floor for the butler/maid. The entire apartment was one separate wing of the building and had a fireplace and a little balcony at the end too. The rent was $300 a month, utilities included (this was in the 70s). That place was like a palace. The building entry was huge and had an ornate marble floor overhung with long velvet drapes and had a doorman! I don't miss the ex-hubs but I miss that apartment sometimes.
I wish single-family home builders would offer more small, two-bedroom homes. I'd love to buy my first home after all these years of renting, but everything is too big, too extravagant, too...much for a single person. If I were in the market for the typical 3BR/2BA I would have plenty of options, but unless I want something fifty-plus years old (and the issues that come with that) I'm pretty much out of luck in searching for a 2/1 or 2/2 free-standing home. Condos and townhouses have their points, but they also have shared walls, no front yard, and Karen from the HOA breathing down your neck.
I’m in a home built in 73. It’s 1700 sq/feet with 2 bedrooms and one bath. Grew up a crew streets over in what was at that time a lower working class neighborhood. The homes were just a bit bigger than a single wide trailer with 3 bedrooms and one bath on a small piece of land. That subdivision has become HUD or government assistance homes and the quality of the subdivision has gone down dramatically.
The house we bought last year is a 1949 2:1 and it is 1000 ft2. We love it. I agree that I just don't care for larger homes for myself. I owned a much larger home previously for 7 years and it just wasn't for me. This house has been perfect for us. Important to note that we do not have kids nor do we intend to, so we've no need for some 5 bedroom 3 bathroom home in the burbs here.
We did have to do a lot of hunting to find a smaller, well cared for home. And any time we did, we were often bidding against people wanting to do full tear downs to build larger homes on the lot.
Transom windows above every door to pull the hot air out.
True double-hung windows, for the reason stated above. My windows are double-hung, but have only a half screen.
A front vestibule, to keep the cold air out when you come into the house.
Direct access to the basement from the backyard.
Built-in bookcases.
Windows placed for optimum cross-ventilation
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I had an aunt that had a Dutch door and I loved it. I guess it went back to seeing it there and on Mr. Ed. (so much for my design inspiration).
Or Captain Kangaroo. The Treasure House had a Dutch door.
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Walls! Rooms with doors!
Yes!
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An “idea” is a suggestion or thought- not an object.
This isn't the writing forum.
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When my folks were still alive and we would visit, I would walk my kids around the neighborhood where I grew up and point out where I went to grade school, the playground I went to and the building where "Mary's Soda Bar" used to be. Mary's was a neighborhood hangout where for a quarter you could get 2 cokes and a bag of chips.--I would regale my kids with stories of my childhood. They loved it!
Well, now I'm curious because I grew up in a neighborhood that had a Mary's Dairy Bar, where kids would get their candy and comic books, adults would get lunch, cigars, and magazines, and teens would play pinball and eat french fries and Coke.
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My mom said it was really nice.....except for those few brief years when her oldest child found that her younger brother could just about fit in the chute to slide down it.
I admit nothing.
One of our neighbors had a four square with a laundry chute. We used to give their cat a ride ... *cringe*
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That reminds me of an apartment my first husband and I had. It had three entrances: the main one, one to the maid's room and bath, and one to the butler's pantry. It also had a buzzer in the dining room floor for the butler/maid. The entire apartment was one separate wing of the building and had a fireplace and a little balcony at the end too. The rent was $300 a month, utilities included (this was in the 70s). That place was like a palace. The building entry was huge and had an ornate marble floor overhung with long velvet drapes and had a doorman! I don't miss the ex-hubs but I miss that apartment sometimes.
That sounds divine (especially the rent)! I'd kill for a butler's pantry.
Transom windows above every door to pull the hot air out.
True double-hung windows, for the reason stated above. My windows are double-hung, but have only a half screen.
A front vestibule, to keep the cold air out when you come into the house.
Direct access to the basement from the backyard.
Built-in bookcases.
Windows placed for optimum cross-ventilation
Or Captain Kangaroo. The Treasure House had a Dutch door.
Yes!
This isn't the writing forum.
Well, now I'm curious because I grew up in a neighborhood that had a Mary's Dairy Bar, where kids would get their candy and comic books, adults would get lunch, cigars, and magazines, and teens would play pinball and eat french fries and Coke.
One of our neighbors had a four square with a laundry chute. We used to give their cat a ride ... *cringe*
That sounds divine (especially the rent)! I'd kill for a butler's pantry.
The Captain, Mr. Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose and Mr. Greenjeans!!!!! Oh what fun memories. Forgot about that door!!!!
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