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Q. What gets bigger every 10 years?
A. The average size of an American closet!
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Back in the 1950's through the early 70's many homes had closets like this one. Single door, closet rod with a shelf on top. In the house I grew up in - this was exactly my closet. I thought it was the perfect size.
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When I moved out on my own in the late 80's I got a big closet!
Bi-fold doors. Lots of room to keep my seasonal items and shoes and purses!
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For some reason in the 1990's we decided that husband and wives clothes couldn't touch. Thus the invention of the
his and hers closets. The funny part is - the man probably never used up all of his space.
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Through out the 90's
walk in closets help sell homes. I had an apartment once that had one of these. My cat thought she finally got her own room!
And finally - the mecca of all closets isn't a closet at all! It's a
Dressing Room! These rooms are bigger then my living room! Do we not see the excess our closets have become?!
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With all the talk of the economy this past week I find it hard not to observe that as our closet size increases so does our National Debt. Coincidence?
How big is your closet? How big is your debt?
7 comments:
This was a fun post to read, Dana. As much as I agree with you, when I saw the picture of the final closet, I thought, "ooh pretty!" My husband and I share a closet.
Rachel.. I know! The last one is beautiful! But it's too much. I can appreciate beautiful workmanship - but it doesn't mean that I need it in my home.
good questions to pose together!
Love the last closet image you posted but who really needs all that? Hubby and I share a closet w/bi-fold doors. It works just fine, although a walk-in closet is my dream (but it won't be as fancy as this one).
Ah, I would LOVE that last closet....guess that defeats the point of your post though....It just looked so organized! It was fun to see the different size closets...
My closet - very, very small.
My debt - astronomical.
Interesting post! I read somewhere that most people only wear 20% of their clothes anyway. Seems like such a waste, huh?
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