smonster: For Your Eyes Only 20/20 4220 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 896-7661 ‎

They were quite nice, he walked in, they fixed for minimal (if any, I can't remember) cost quickly.

During high school, my BFF and her brother had bedrooms in the narrow attic of their house. Her bedroom was only accessible by walking through her younger brother's bedroom.

The house I grew up in was one of those organically evolving homesteads in rural Tennessee. It started out a one-room cabin, then another room was added and so on... It ended up as a central room with two rooms on either "end" and a covered porch on either side -- the house had burned once, and when they rebuilt it, they wanted every room to have an outside door. Eventually, one porch was turned into a narrow hallway, the other porch became a tiny room (like a walk-in closet with windows), a long kitchen/dining area was added when they got appliances in the 50s, and a tiny bathroom was added off the hall when they got indoor plumbing. So, ended up we could only get to the "front" bedroom by going through the parlor (no one slept there anyway, it was haunted) but we could get to the "back" bedroom without going outside. So, win. It was a charming house, but it was not a very live-able layout for a modern household.

tl;dr. I know.

The world's narrowest house. (Proposed)

"Let's tax property frontage, hallways, and closets!"

This is why our house has only 2 closets; all the houses in the neighborhood built around the same time are the same way.

ION, we have no internets at work today, so this post is brought to you by open wifi, my iPod, and the vending machine area. Come on, Internet-fixy guys, get here!

This is why our house has only 2 closets

...I'm sorry, my head just exploded a little. Do you just have dozens of rolling racks & armoires, or what?

My last apartment only had one closet. Now I have three, and I still never hang my clothes up after doing laundry.

Nora, you rock! Thank you so much.

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Hey, I learned something! Mine has a "double parlor." It has three smallish closets, obviously added on, and I'm still figuring out where the hell I'm going to stash everything.

You have to walk through my bedroom to reach my great room, but it has turned out to be less of an issue than I first expected. Since I've never been the frilly boudoir type, the room is pretty functional.

It IS problematic for overnight guests needing to go from the futon in the GR to the bathroom.

The rooms are big enough though, it's worth it.

This is why our house has only 2 closets

...I'm sorry, my head just exploded a little. Do you just have dozens of rolling racks & armoires, or what?

Nope, because we have no room for those. It's a teeeeny house. You get used to stacks of stuff.

On a completely unrelated note, I am amazed by the smoothie I've been having for breakfast lately.

• 1 cup soy milk
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 cup frozen berries
• 1 tsp 'green drink'
• 1 tsp aloe supplement
• 1/scoop designer whey
• 1 tbsp ground flax seed
• 1 dash flaxseed oil

It fills a tall glass with a couple of spoons left over.

I had it at 10am and just now looked up to realize I have not eaten in 5.5 hours...and I'm not remotely hungry.

I should have eaten something a couple of hours ago, but I've been working. The point is, no cravings! No pangs.

It's amazing.