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Posted: Dec 14 2010 at 9:00am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
This may or may not be related, but it seems on topic to me, so I'll share anyway.

One of the homes we are looking at buying is a split level. It is arranged a bit differently than most you see and looks more like a cape, and we were researching split levels in general: heating, cooling, renovating, etc...

Anyway, something my husband discovered was that the split level home was originally conceived because of the advent of television. The lowest level includes a family room which is adjacent to the garage. The idea was that the Dad could have the television on in the family room loud enough that he could hear and check in on "the game" while he was working in his garage. It was the Dad's domain.

Then, the level up from that included the kitchen/dining/living space which was Mom's domain and the place socially for tea parties and bridge games.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting that the concept (if not the name) of the "man-cave" was what inspired an entire architectural style fifty years ago.

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