House meme

[ailbhe]

When you walk in your front door, which room do you enter?

Very very narrow front hallway. Really very narrow indeed.

Do you have a dishwasher?

Yes! All hail the great labour- and water-saving device!

Is your living room carpeted or does it have hardwood floors?

One's bare floorboards, with cracks, and one's carpeted. I don't know whether either of them is the living room. We live in the whole downstairs. We don't eat in the library; does that make it the living room?

Do you keep your kitchen knives on the counter or in a drawer?

Um. They are supposed to live in a drawer, with child lock, but there's often a breadknife on the counter with the bread.

House, apartment, duplex or trailer?

Mid-terrace house.

How many bedrooms is it?

Three. And there's no way to convert the attic to another bedroom without basically turning the entire rear of the roof into a dormer, which I think is hideous.

Gas stove or electric?

Gas.

Do you have a yard?

We have a front patch barely large enough for the dustbins, and a back garden just a wee tad bigger than that.

What size TV is in the living room?

Massive. 32" LCD, I think. Vast.

Are your plates in the same cupboard as your cups?

The plates are in a wall-mounted rack so we never have to dry up. The cups are on a shelf. I hate cupboards; Rob can't remember to close them so I always hit my head on the doors, just above my eye level.

Is there a coffee maker sitting on your kitchen counter?

Yes, a Swedish made filter coffee maker we inherited from Rob's English grandparents via his aunt.

What room is your computer in?

The dining room.

Are there pictures hanging in your living room?

There's a whole load of children's paintings everywhere except the library, where there's a Roethke print and a few colour copies of book covers.

Are there any themes found in your home?

Not to my knowledge. But other people have spotted a "yellow" theme, a "books" theme, and a "jugs" theme.

What kind of laundry detergent do you use?

Eco Balls! Clean nappies FTW! We have Ecover wool wash for delicates.

Do you use dryer sheets?

We have no dryer.

Do you have any curtains in your home?

Yes; the three front windows have muslin curtains and light-blocking curtains, and the two rear-facing bedrooms have the same. There's a never-used blind in the bathroom which I intend to remove at some stage. The dining room is rear-facing so it has no curtains at all.

What color is your fridge?

White.

Is your house clean?

It's not squalid, but it's definitely got a layer of surface dirt we intend to eradicate today.

What room is the most neglected?

The spare room, where we dump stuff we can't find space or time to put away.

Are the dishes in your sink/dishwasher clean or dirty?

Clean. And the cutlery is all over the bottom of it. Bah.

How long have you lived in your home?

Five years? Ish?

Where did you live before?

A flat in Wapping, London, which was ok, but we had way, way too much stuff. Now, of course, we have even more stuff. We're working on this.

Do you have one of those fluffy toilet lid covers on your toilet?

Ew. Absolutely not.

Do you have a scale anywhere in your house?

We have a bathroom scales and a kitchen scales.

How many mirrors are in your house?

Two in the bathroom, one in the dining room, one on the recently scavenged cupboard in the spare room, and one on the wall of the children's corner. Also, a few hand-held ones. 4 semi-permanent ones.

Look up. What do you see?

A painting Linnea did of Emer, the lightshade, that weird "cover the cracks" effect ceiling plaster, white.

Do you have a garage?

No. We have a shed.