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A lot of American single-family houses have three doors (or more): the "front door", which may never be used; the side door, which leads to a "mud room" for tak
by dsr_ 10y ago
A lot of American single-family houses have three doors (or more): the "front door", which may never be used; the side door, which leads to a "mud room" for taking off boots and hanging up coats, which is used all the time, and the rear door, used for access to the back yard.
In the South the front door is used much more often, because it gets hot, not so much cold.
- vinay427 10y agoPersonal anecdote: growing up, the only time I used the front door was to speak to visitors and guests who rang the doorbell. My family and I never came home and used it to enter the house.
- et-al 10y agoAgreed. The side door, or door leading to the garage, is probably the most used exterior door in an American home. And ideally that's where a mudroom would be.
- alistoriv 10y agoMy house doesn't even have a side door, our front door opens into a little section of tile that's sectioned off from the living room and a hallway.
- dirktheman 10y agoThat makes sense! Most Dutch houses are terraced (so no side doors) and have an enclosed back garden. I liked the visual guide to American house styles! I can imagine a same sort of guide to European housing. Dutch, German, French or UK housing developments are usually quite easy to distuinghuish from each other, even when they're from the same period.