Hi all...
I live in the U.S., but watch quite a bit of home improvement shows on BBC America. I have a few of questions about the architecture that I see...
Why do your internal doors open to the wall? Here, the doors open into the room, so the door is flush with the wall when you open it 90 degrees. It seems much more convenient than having to open the door to 120 degrees, or so, in order to just walk into the room. Is there a history behind it, or a logical explanation?
Why does every room have a fireplace? It seems most of the homes have radiators, as well, so I don't think it's for heating. Also, it seems that these fireplaces take up a bunch of space within the room, and are almost always centered on the wall with nothing done to the space on either side, which means that there is a bit of unusable space in each room.
2007-12-03
06:05:49
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abfabmom1
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Decorating & Remodeling