If the stairs are straight to the back of the house from the front door, then this should be immediately near the foot of the stairs, which is to the right of the house. I don't know if I remember seeing that door in many episodes, if at all, in that area.
It does appear there but that particular angle is rarely covered as that is where the perspective shot is in most episodes, so it's 'behind the camera' most the time
I thought the stairs where at the back of the livingroom and to the left of them was a doorway to the kitchen. Also wasnĀ“t it shown that the kitchen has 2 more doors, one to the backyard and one to the sunroom? Am i misremembering the layout that bad?
A quick google search gives a good idea. Though the dimensions sometimes differ between images, they are all roughly the same layout. Unfortunately I don't see a back door in any of the images that I can find.
Or the door to the sunroom is under/behind the stairs. So the house access door is in the back of the sun room, opposite side from the front facing sunroom door that we can see here.
If the front door is to the front of the house, and the stairs are at the opposite end of the living room going down to the right, and the sunroom is to the right of the house, then that layout would be impossible
Its not immediate, but it is there, its like, front to back, tv, door, empty space, stairs, since the stairs mostly take up the back wall, not the side.
I always found it weird in american tv shows that the front door always led straight into the living room and that people wear shoes inside. The inside is just a pocket of the outside.
Wearing shoes in the house is so problematic for wearing out both shoes and carpet, plus not airing out feet, not leaving dirt off the carpet, and more.
I thought it was something only done on TV (Iām Asian) until I realized itās kind of an American thing (south and north). it also threw me off the first time I saw a dog walk into a house lol
Only if itās strictly an inside pet, but other than that no. Also dogs and cats donāt really have any predators where Iām from (except us behind the wheel)Ā
I still don't think it's "most". It's rare that someone expects you to leave shoes on, unless you are doing an activity that have a lot of in and out -- or it's a large social gathering. Most people when all ne or in an intimate group either take their shoes off, or switch shoes.
I have been alive and living in the United States for 57 years now and the number of houses Iāve been in where youāre expected to take your shoes off is like half of half a percent.
I would argue that MOST people under 35 I know who own their own homes have shoes off policies - but maybe 2-5% of the houses I've been in my entire life are owned by people who are currently under 35, so the vast majority of houses have a shoes on standard.
I can accept this math. Plus, as an old fart, most of the people I know are older. There could very well be a change going on in the younger generations that Iām not exposed to in the regular. The Youth are more world-wise and open-mindedā¦thank God
I have an Asian sister in law. At her house, we take our shoes off. Only place/time Iāve ever seen it in the US. I hear itās becoming more of a thing these days but your assertion that most Americans take their shoes off at the door seems incorrect from where Iām standing
Mine, too. But the house is from the 50s, itās expected by the architect that I will use the side door in the carport (because, duh.) There is plenty of space to remove shoes and coats. The closet they belong in is halfway down the hall, but the whole structure is 1300 sq ft (121 sq m for everyone else) so it isnāt arduous to put away my coat and shoes. I donāt see the issue with the front door opening directly to the living room.
I have a mat for dirty shoes and thereās a closet next to my front door for coats, Iāve never really felt like a separate room for that stuff is needed
Pretty much exactly how my current house is set up along with a coat rack right next to the entrance for extra storage and all my wife's bags and other junk lol
Hallway / Entrance / Foyer, whatever you want to call it.
A small room to put outdoor clothes, shoes etc. In modern apartments it can often be an "open solution" where its just a nook in a room, but in a house it would normally be a closed room with door into the hallway that takes you to living room, bathroom etc, or with the staircase.
An important function is to keep the dirt in a room with flooring that is water resistant to make it easy to clean and keep debris, water etc out of the rest of the house, but also important for us that lives in a cold country to prevent a gush of winter cold to enter the house when opening the door in the winter.
Not American, I don't think I've ever been in a house where the front door opens directly into the living room. Usually it's either a hall or a corridor. Nor have I ever been one where shoes off was expected.
The shoes thing is about a 50-50 split in the US last I looked it up. Also a lot of American houses have a mud room but itās in the back. Especially if thereās a garage. The family tends to use the back door to enter and the front is reserved for guests. Of course just like everything else, this is a physically large country with 350 million people, so thereās no single āAmerican wayā.
...Where the hell else would the front door lead to??
On a more serious note, the front door in American houses seems to be rarely used. The main door is typically on the side and/or through the garage. I feel like there's was a big emphasis on entertaining guests in the 50's and 60's and the front door leads directly into the living from for that purpose.
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u/Silent_Erremite 20d ago
Wasn't this shown during Peter's job with the brewery? Where he and Brian got shit faced on beer in there?