Re: Drawing room
  By: Ardith Hinton to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun Nov 12 2017 09:20 pm

 AH> Hi, Carol... welcome back! Recently you wrote to alexander koryagin:

 CS>> Parlour was Woman's domain.

 AH> Sometimes it is... or was. I've visited places where it was quite 
 AH> obvious the Female Head of the Household was in charge of interior
 AH> decoration, because the living room was full of antique furniture &
 AH> delicate knick-knacks. I've yet to see people living in such rooms.
 AH> Children were not allowed to set foot there, and other adults of both
 AH> genders... including myself... would feel enormously relieved when they
 AH> were ushered into the kitchen.

Yup! If they had a 'drawing room' (withdrawing room) I think except in the
largest homes, it was multipurpose (male or female).

Today is very different because we aren't talking the words a rich person
with an expansive house would but the average person.  Today, we come with 3
bedrooms, a 'living room' a kitchen, and 2 bathrooms (though one may be just a
toilet and sink).

Today, we readd the term 'sewing room' (if you have a spare cubby for it) and
add a new one called 'Man Cave' (which may be in a shed but is not that
dissimilar to a 'drawing room for men').  

BTW, how is your daughter? I've not been here in a long time.  I think she'd be
about 29-30 now but not sure.

  xxcarol
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