spaces

After analyzing the State Hall building, I thought it’d be interesting to analyze the houses that I’ve lived in throughout my life in the same way. Throughout the 19 and a ½ years of my life, I have moved a total of 5 times. I clearly remember two of the five times, while the other three I remember slightly from looking at old pictures. The only thing I remember about the first three houses that I lived in is that they were apartments that had a kitchen, balcony, two rooms, one bathroom, a living room, and a dining room. The fourth house was a townhouse, so it had much more space than the apartment. The town house was interesting in that it had three floors and had no basement. There was a kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, a dining room and a big living room on the first floor. On the second floor were two closets in the hallway, one for the washer and dryer and another one just for clothes. There was also a master bedroom and another room that my brother and I shared. On the third floor was another closet that had a secret door that led to a little attic area. Also, there was an office that my dad used as his work area, where there was a desk with a computer and all his medical books. Now, for the room that my brother and I shared, it was average size. At first there used to be a bunk bed and a baby crib and a dresser and all our little toys, like the little play kitchen, desk and slide, and there was also a closet filled with all our clothes and toys. On the walls were posters of the alphabet, numbers and shapes. Nothing else was special about them, the normal white painted walls. When my brother outgrew his crib, it got taken out and was replaced by one of the bunk beds. No more space was added or removed. It stayed exactly the same. At the time, since we were both kids, we didn’t really have to worry so much about our “own” space. Then we moved into our house that we live in now, which is a three-story four bedroom house with a finished basement. There is a dining room, living room, family room, a kitchen with an eating area, office, and a bathroom on the first floor. In the basement there is a room, a huge living area, a kitchen, a bathroom, two closets and an office. On the third floor there are four rooms, and two bathrooms. My room is very spacious. It has a queen bed, a dresser, tables, big jewelry box, a pink rug on the floor, a closet and next to it a big window. My room is painted a nice shade of red and there is a poster of Justin Timberlake above my big jewelry box. Now that I am older it has become much harder to keep my room clean because I get so busy and lazy to always clean it, but I like having my own room. In comparing all the houses that I’ve lived in, I would have to choose the one that I live in now as being the best because I have my own room and I like having more privacy.

-Sarah Kazem