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Exactly. In houses over a 100 years old (actually in houses built before widespread electricity), most of the bedrooms were only big enough to accommodate a be
by trafficlight 16y ago
Exactly. In houses over a 100 years old (actually in houses built before widespread electricity), most of the bedrooms were only big enough to accommodate a bed, a nightstand and a chair.
My house was built in 1905 in a mining community. It was 2 bedrooms originally. A queen bed wouldn't fit in either one. We ended up combining them into one decent sized bedroom.
Before electricity, there was nothing else to do in a bedroom besides sleep. No sense in making it bigger than it had to be.
- robflynn 16y agoI had to remove part of the door frame of the stairs just to get some furniture the stairs of my 100yr old home. It was definitely not built with future large items in mind.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoI had tall windows in the bedroom - pulled the bed up to the 2nd floor with a rope.
- robflynn 16y agoThe door thing ended up being kind of cool. We did it in a way that it reattaches almost seamlessly with some sunken screws. So, it looks just as bad as it ever did except now it's convertible. We can remove the door's roof anytime we want. At least moving the bed back downstairs when we move in a few months will not be as big of a hassle. The home is charming but I can't tolerate the neighborhood any longer. Time to work on the resume and work on getting back out to California.
- shaggyfrog 16y agoWell... you can do one other thing in a bedroom, even in 1905... ... I speak of whittling, of course.
- idonthack 16y agoSo that's what the kids called it in those days.
- krschultz 16y agoNot to mention heating the extra space was not worthwhile.