tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post2078272813401288397..comments2024-03-27T09:49:13.188-04:00Comments on Content in a Cottage: Lovely Early American Entrance HallContent in a Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-15131023852021512582015-11-25T09:18:19.669-05:002015-11-25T09:18:19.669-05:00Mama Pea....I once lived in a house with a big hea...Mama Pea....I once lived in a house with a big heat register and my mother used to warm our school clothes on cold winter days. My brother and I were always warm and toasty before we left the house. I thought that was a good explanation too for the patch at the bottom of the stairs.<br />xo, RosemaryContent in a Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-17001677417016296282015-11-25T08:44:16.550-05:002015-11-25T08:44:16.550-05:00Well, sure, that makes a lot of sense. I didn'...Well, sure, that makes a lot of sense. I didn't think that would be a logical place for a trap door leading to a root cellar or some such. I suppose we've almost forgotten about the large, sometimes ornate, metal registers made for circulating heat from the basement up into the rest of the house. My one aunt's house had a heat register in each bedroom upstairs and when I slept over with my cousins, we loved to get out of bed at night, lie on the floor by the register and listen to the adults' conversation downstairs in the living room!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-34926687789418183702015-11-25T08:03:46.889-05:002015-11-25T08:03:46.889-05:00Mama Pea and Penelope -- I asked the listing realt...Mama Pea and Penelope -- I asked the listing realtor about that patched floor at the bottom of the stairs and he said it might have been a heat register to blast some warm air upstairs from the old days when there was a coal-fired boiler in the basement. <br />What do you think? Sounds good to me. I'm glad they saved the original boards when the heat register was removed for central heat. I love that house!!!<br />Happy Thanksgiving.<br />xo, RosemaryContent in a Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-52636572239473536902015-11-25T01:48:49.258-05:002015-11-25T01:48:49.258-05:00the trap door leads to a safe place during some wa...the trap door leads to a safe place during some war!<br /><br />I just made that up! What a divine house.....and the trap door and the dutch door.....make me swoon! Those planks......oh, my Lordy!!!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-8970300433241080922015-11-23T20:55:25.920-05:002015-11-23T20:55:25.920-05:00I didn't mean to put you to any trouble regard...I didn't mean to put you to any trouble regarding the trap door . . . but I am curious! Hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving, too!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-50649267628274950712015-11-23T19:44:17.909-05:002015-11-23T19:44:17.909-05:00Mama Pea -- I'll try to find out where the tra...Mama Pea -- I'll try to find out where the trap door goes. <br />Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.<br />xo, RosemaryContent in a Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-9640724848228102542015-11-23T17:42:04.168-05:002015-11-23T17:42:04.168-05:00Oh, I've got to know! To where does that trap...Oh, I've got to know! To where does that trap door at the bottom of the stairway lead??Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.com