Bryson’s research into the history of the average Western home yielded some unexpected finds — as recently as 200 years ago, the rooms of a common house might have been barely recognizable. Take, for instance, the long history of the hall, which Bryson refers to as “the most demoted room in the house.”
“Hall denotes important spaces in the wider world,” Bryson says. “Hall of Fame, Carnegie Hall, that kind of thing. And yet in our own homes it’s this dinky room, where we just take off our shoes and hang our coats and hats.”
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