It's been very interesting house-hunting for homes in England. Most listings for detached family homes--for the same price as our 2,700 square foot house--are averaging about 900 square feet...say what?? The houses usually have 2 double bedrooms and a single bedroom, which would only fit a skinny twin bed and leave just a sliver of walking room to get to the door. The most common bed size in the UK is a double. Their "king" size is our "queen" size, and our "king" is their "super king". One article online gave me a good chuckle when it suggested that more people are upgrading to queen sized beds and willing to crab walk around it, just so they have a few extra inches of sprawl space...welp, that'll be me. Better get my crab walk on!
So, goodbye for now, bed and accompanying furniture. You won't be forgotten.
This is what happens when you are on an island country and real estate (land and space) are at a premium. Ever been to Ikea and seen the 540 sq. ft display of a whole living space? What you describe above for England would be luxury space in Japan and many parts of Asia. We are spoiled here in the States where our population has room to spread out. You just have to get used to being cozy and close to each other.
ReplyDeletecoachJor, I'll have to get used to being "cozy" as Stegen's massive amounts of chest and arm hair cause him to emit crazy hot heat waves under the covers. With the heat waves come sweatiness...but I guess it'll be so cold there, it might be welcoming? We tried the queen bed last night. I only had to kick him 3 times.
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