Explainer Why Houses From Each Decade Look the Way They Do
Ceiling heights, window sizes, room layouts and roof pitches all changed for practical reasons. A decade-by-decade guide to reading a house from the outside.
Interiors are more interesting with the reasoning attached: why ceilings dropped, why kitchens moved to the back, and then to the front again.
Explainer Ceiling heights, window sizes, room layouts and roof pitches all changed for practical reasons. A decade-by-decade guide to reading a house from the outside.