My Account of Living in a Boxcar House
posted on 1 February 2012 | posted in
Home and Garden
I refer to my home as the "boxcar house." It was originally built in 1900 as a one-floor summer cottage, but over the years a succession of owners kept adding on to it, including a second floor. The problem is, no one thought anything through. Each new owner just kept tacking on one room after another, until it resembled a series of train coaches. With enough money, I would knock out walls, create great rooms and add lots of windows. In its current incarnation, my house is claustrophobic and downright clunky - even with fold away tables, there's not much room. I have to walk through a bedroom to get to another bedroom. The only other thing I would change would be the bathroom. It is located right off the kitchen. I would take away the door, wall up the door entrance and create a new bathroom entrance off the rear foyer.
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