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Cheri wrote:
> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
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>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Mon 23 Jul 2018 03:17:13a, Cindy Hamilton told us...
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 9:15:23 PM UTC-4, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Sun 22 Jul 2018 01:21:45p, Ed Pawlowski told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/22/2018 4:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 11:59:53 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>> >,
>>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 6:36:44 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>>> >,
>>>>>>>>>>
says...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 1:59:17 PM UTC-5,
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: ...
>>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't look like a place to relax and study
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh yes! Every tenants room locks and quiet time upon
>>>>>>>>>>> request!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not enough
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Students need their own desk, chair and bookcase in their
>>>>>>>>>> room so they
>>>>>>>>>> can study in peace.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Check, check, check! FURNISHED!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the letting rooms in your pictures, the only furniture
>>>>>>>> visible is a
>>>>>>>> cheap bed with no headboard. No bedside table, no desk, no
>>>>>>>> chair, no bookcase.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Janet
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Headboards are overrated. My bed doesn't have one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We did for years but the original was for a full sized bed.
>>>>>> Never got around to getting one for the king size and don't
>>>>>> miss it. We have adjustable beds and love them. There were
>>>>>> times my wife had to stay in bed and it was never comfortable
>>>>>> reading or watching TV. Got the adjustable twin XL side by
>>>>>> side and they are as comfortable as sitting in a recliner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Headboards may be overrated for function, and I admit that I
>>>>> never sit up in bed leaing against the headboard. However,
>>>>> unless a decorative wall treatment functions in place of a
>>>>> headboard, the bed looks incomplete.
>>>>
>>>> I rarely have my glasses on when I'm in the bedroom. I don't care
>>>> if the bed looks incomplete. The frame came free with the
>>>> mattress and foundation.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>>
>>> Obviously some people just plain don't care. I have to say that
>>> there is not a single room in my home, including bathrooms, mudroom,
>>> and utility room that are not fully and appropriately decorated. It
>>> makes a huge difference to me and guests in my home appreciate and
>>> enjoy it.
>>>
>>> Mind you, I'm not suggesting that everyone should do what I do, but
>>> the homes of my immediate friends and out-of-town family have fully
>>> decorated homes.
>>>
>>> I have no problem with anyone choosing not to do even a modicum of
>>> decoration, but I personally would find it strange.
>>>
>>> No criticism here, CIndy, just an opinion.
>>>

>>
>> No offense, but exactly what the hell is a mud room? I was raised in
>> the south too, but we never had a special room just to take off muddy
>> boots.
>>
>> We just kept a few sticks on the porch to scrape the mud from our
>> boots so we didn't track it into the house. My mother would get pretty
>> ****ed if we tracked mud into the house.

>
> Lots of people on farms etc. around here have "mud rooms" coming in from
> the outside at the back of the house, usually with a shower after
> removing dirty clothes and shoes.
>
> Cheri


Oh, thanks. I guess it makes sense. We were never affluent enough to
have a mud room. We just used the porch.