Sunday, July 4, 2010

a typical shotgun



IMGP0060-1, originally uploaded by jilly71.
I would so live in one of these..

"Shotgun houses consist of three to five rooms in a row with no hallways. The term "shotgun house", which was in use by 1903 but became more common after about 1940, is often said to come from the saying that one could fire a shotgun through the front door and the pellets would fly cleanly through the house and out the back door (since all the doors are on the same side of the house)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_house

2 comments:

M said...

What a fabulous little house - love the red carpet effect. I hope you live there one day.

sonia said...

i can see you living in one of these lovelies.