I basically grew up in a house that was built in the 1920's...a sturdy stone Beaux Arts of a home, with georgous woodwork, built-ins and wrought iron that would sustain a massive attack on the castle.
It also had radiators.
My favorite choice of heating.
Radiators provide non dry heat and are usually placed under the windows to take advantage of the cold draft, heat it and send it through the house. It's excellent for your skin, and furntiure. It also provided shelf space because of the large box like covers that would fit over the radiators...sometimes they were a piece of craftsmanship to be admired, sometimes just a great place to put books, photos of the family and the paperweight collection that nobody knew what to do with...and I miss that.
If you lived in a house with radiators , you also knew the fun of moving the furniture with the seasons...furniture was moved away during the late fall so the radiators could, well, radiate...then in the late spring, the furniture was moved back so you could cover the unsightly coils with couch. I liked that "musical chairs/ furniture" concept...rotate, sit, seasons change, rotate, sit....I do it now in my 1930's house. THe living room is re-arranged every late fall and every late spring. In the fall it signifies the Christmas tree coming soon and the furniture circles the fireplace.
It's kinda funny.
It also means there is a serious house cleaning and the rug under the couch is finally vacuumed. So that's what happened to all those Lego pieces....
But that's not the funny part.
The funny part is, I don't have radiator heat.
Start the music , I'm pushing the couch around...
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