Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Kitchen on public side

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Dec 25, 2008, at 1:37 PM, David Heimann wrote:

>         John's comment about sitting in the living room greeting neighbors
> as they pass by appeals to me as well, or would if the living room  
> were
> on the courtyard side.

There is a thread on this in the archives,  probably several. The  
thoughts expressed earlier were that the reason for the kitchen on the  
public side were that the kitchen is where one spent a lot of time.  
That is not true for many (most?) of us.

But what  may be true is that the kind of time one spends in the  
kitchen is more open to someone dropping in, calling out to someone,  
or enjoying watching people walk by. It is less meditative time. One  
is less likely to be sitting there absorbed in a book.

Living room time may be more private and self-contained, more likely  
to be downtime. I'm not sure I would want to be on view in living  
areas other than the kitchen.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org