What did you have at your childhood home that you dont have now in your current home? (dishwasher, springs)

[Katnan]

A laundry chute.

[NYTom]

Originally Posted by Katnan

A laundry chute.

I want to build one in my house. That should be a standard thing in homes.

[shamrock4]

Black and white tv - no remote
Dark gold carpeting
Wallpaper
Sloping ceilings upstairs in front bedrooms
Rotary wall phone - party line for awhile
Closets with windows
My Princess phone!
Huge old upright piano crowded in the dining room
Flowered upholstered couch
Red Formica countertops in kitchen
Woods burning fireplace instead of gas
Huge evergreen trees
Snow, snow and more snow
My parents, healthy and well

[jmellc]

Originally Posted by latunafish

A gas floor furnace

We had an oil floor furnace. Wife and I had a gas floor furnace in the first house we lived in.

[Monello]

2 brothers that I had to share a bedroom with.

[Riley.]

A clothesline on a pulley out the kitchen window. That's how Mom hung the clothes out.

[in_newengland]

A coal fired furnace that my parents had to shovel coal into. It was in the cellar. Then they converted to oil.

An old wooden swing that hung from a tree with ropes.

lots of grasshoppers and toads, and a few turtles, also fireflies.

Sheer ruffled tie back curtains.

Wallpaper in my room with cowboys on horses, wallpaper in den with pictures of old houses.

Beautiful glass doorknobs.

[Witchz]

My mom.

[Bayarea4]

Master bedroom with its own bath.
Side-by-side garage.
Lawn.
Pink kitchen appliances and wall phone.
Ping pong table.
Croquet set.
Forced air furnace.
Pantry.
Black and white TV.
Console AM/FM stereo-phonograph.
Reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Pet dachshund.
1961 Chevy Impala station wagon.

[otterhere]

A family. Memories. Love. Fun.

Oh, you mean architecturally speaking?

A gas fireplace. A window seat. A reading nook. A dry basement. Solid construction. Adequate insulation. A private porch. Working windows. Cross ventilation. Plenty of sunlight. Lots of trees. Flower gardens. Outdoor electrical outlets. A driveway.

Great neighbors. Peace of mind.

Selling my family home was the biggest mistake of my life.

Thanks for reminding me!