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This might just be a Hispanic thing but ask a kid I remember anytime we went to someone’s house party in the winter, the guests would just pile up theirs coats on a bed somewhere and when the parents weren’t looking the kids would play on top of the pile of coats.
This might just be a Hispanic thing but ask a kid I remember anytime we went to someone’s house party in the winter, the guests would just pile up theirs coats on a bed somewhere and when the parents weren’t looking the kids would play on top of the pile of coats.
LOL definitely NOT just a hispanic thing!!! I remember doing this as a kid. Still being done at large gatherings!
I didn’t even know closets by the front door were a thing!
We have a coat closet by the front door of the house in which I grew up. As someone else mentioned, the front door puts you right into the living room. There is a double-size closet to the left. We all kicked our shoes into there when we came in, except for my father, who never took off his shoes. He took off his legs, but he did that in the bedroom. The shoes stayed on the legs.
The house was built in 1957.
Like everyone else, I remember parties where all the coats went on the bed. I also remember waking up underneath a pile of coats on a bed at a party.
We have a coat closet by the front door of the house in which I grew up. As someone else mentioned, the front door puts you right into the living room. There is a double-size closet to the left. We all kicked our shoes into there when we came in, except for my father, who never took off his shoes. He took off his legs, but he did that in the bedroom. The shoes stayed on the legs.
The house was built in 1957.
Like everyone else, I remember parties where all the coats went on the bed. I also remember waking up underneath a pile of coats on a bed at a party.
So maybe this is more common in snowier states? I’ve lived in a couple of places here in Texas (oldest was, IIRC 1992), and while it can definitely get pretty cool here, no snow, no coat closet. My childhood home in California was built 1964ish, and definitely no coat closet. My SIL’s house in Western NY, which I think is also a 60s house, does have one. It’s gotta be a climate thing.
So maybe this is more common in snowier states? I’ve lived in a couple of places here in Texas (oldest was, IIRC 1992), and while it can definitely get pretty cool here, no snow, no coat closet. My childhood home in California was built 1964ish, and definitely no coat closet. My SIL’s house in Western NY, which I think is also a 60s house, does have one. It’s gotta be a climate thing.
That's a possibility.
However, the OP's complaint is about no coat closets in New Jersey, where we do wear coats.
New construction homes are typically made with open floor layouts and mud rooms right by the garage door which is where you would store your coats, and leave your shoes and umbrellas in the garage. My home for example has that exact layout with a small coat closet in the middle of my living room under the stairs.
New construction homes are typically made with open floor layouts and mud rooms right by the garage door which is where you would store your coats, and leave your shoes and umbrellas in the garage. My home for example has that exact layout with a small coat closet in the middle of my living room under the stairs.
Yea, this is what I'm starting to understand. It's very strange to me to use the garage instead of the front door. I guess if you frequently take the car when you go somewhere and you can actually fit a car in the garage I can see how that makes sense.
I'm remembering my parents house, and the garage was under the bedrooms. If you had to open the garage door everytime you wanted to leave you could wake the whole house up. They also disabled their key pad so you couldn't open the door unless you were in your car.
We have a 90-year old house in South Orange which has a coat closet near the front door. We rarely use that door because the garage is right next to our side door and we have a set of hooks over there for our coats and an area for shoes there.
We rarely use our front door. Even if we're walking somewhere we go out the side door. Admittedly, we're on a corner lot, so it's not like the side door is further from a street. Also our front door is a big wooden door with a slightly finicky lock. Our side door is just a regular door. As such, the front door is pretty much just used for guests.
I grew up in Phoenix, and the house there (built in the late 70s) didn't have any coat closet near the front door. Obviously the coat situation was pretty different there as you usually didn't need much of a coat and if you did have one it would be a pretty light coat. Garage was also in the front. We probably used the front door and garage door to get out of the house equally.
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