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Post by myshelly on Aug 27, 2015 16:15:10 GMT
We keep ours in cupboards in the porch - not to be confused with an American porch Here a porch is the room just inside the front door, although not all houses have them. The word cloakroom would also be used as a coat storage room but more likely in a public building rather than a home. And a cupboard is a closet?
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Post by anaterra on Aug 27, 2015 16:22:06 GMT
Gar.. your porch would be our mudroom???
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 16:22:37 GMT
We keep ours in cupboards in the porch - not to be confused with an American porch Here a porch is the room just inside the front door, although not all houses have them. The word cloakroom would also be used as a coat storage room but more likely in a public building rather than a home. And a cupboard is a closet? Yes.
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 16:24:32 GMT
Gar.. your porch would be our mudroom??? We have mud rooms (boot rooms actually) but, in my knowledge, they tend to be at the back of the house and are for coming in from the garden (yard!) whereas porches are at the front.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 27, 2015 16:33:04 GMT
And a cupboard is a closet? Yes. So what do you call what we call a cupboard?
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Post by gillyp on Aug 27, 2015 16:35:13 GMT
We keep ours in cupboards in the porch - not to be confused with an American porch Here a porch is the room just inside the front door, although not all houses have them. The word cloakroom would also be used as a coat storage room but more likely in a public building rather than a home. Just to confuse the issue, we don't have a cloakroom/half bath (although we do have a cupboard/closet in the porch) and we keep our coats in the cloakroom which is a cupboard/closet in the hall. I remember when I was very little, my mother taking me to the theatre and museums where we would leave our coats with an attendant in a cloakroom and some of them had toilets leading off them so I suppose the terms all stem from that sort of layout.
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 16:42:09 GMT
Yes. So what do you call what we call a cupboard? I don't know - what is a cupboard to you? I don't think I've come across that here.
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Post by J u l e e on Aug 27, 2015 16:49:00 GMT
Our cupboards are in our kitchens or bathrooms - small cabinets below or hanging above the counter. Where we keep our dishes and glasses.
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Post by jennyap on Aug 27, 2015 16:52:05 GMT
Our cupboards are in our kitchens or bathrooms - small cabinets below or hanging above the counter. Where we keep our dishes and glasses. Those are cupboards to us too.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 27, 2015 16:53:23 GMT
So what do you call what we call a cupboard? I don't know - what is a cupboard to you? I don't think I've come across that here. I love this thread. Anyway, a cupboard here would be like what we have in a kitchen...you open a door and there are shelves for things like mugs, plates, etc. They hang on the wall above or under the countertop. A closet would be what we hang clothes in. It has a full sized door and a rod where you hang things on hangers. You might also have a linen closet, like in your hallway. It would have a full sized door but might have floor to ceiling shelves instead of a rod.
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 16:58:43 GMT
I don't know - what is a cupboard to you? I don't think I've come across that here. I love this thread. Anyway, a cupboard here would be like what we have in a kitchen...you open a door and there are shelves for things like mugs, plates, etc. They hang on the wall above or under the countertop. A closet would be what we hang clothes in. It has a full sized door and a rod where you hang things on hangers. You might also have a linen closet, like in your hallway. It would have a full sized door but might have floor to ceiling shelves instead of a rod. Ok.....cupboard is a general term and could be used for most storage 'holes'. Kitchen cupboards is used generally, cupboards for clothes are wardrobes and we might have a linen or airing cupboard. And a countertop is a work surface usually
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Post by jennyap on Aug 27, 2015 17:04:40 GMT
Ok.....cupboard is a general term and could be used for most storage 'holes'. Kitchen cupboards is used generally, cupboards for clothes are wardrobes and we might have a linen or airing cupboard. And a countertop is a work surface usually Countertop would be the kitchen top in my house. And just for fun, any UK peas have a coal hole?!
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 17:16:10 GMT
Ok.....cupboard is a general term and could be used for most storage 'holes'. Kitchen cupboards is used generally, cupboards for clothes are wardrobes and we might have a linen or airing cupboard. And a countertop is a work surface usually Countertop would be the kitchen top in my house. And just for fun, any UK peas have a coal hole?! Oh would you? Just goes to show! I remember a coal hole at my grandparents house, certainly
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Post by jennyap on Aug 27, 2015 17:48:14 GMT
Countertop would be the kitchen top in my house. And just for fun, any UK peas have a coal hole?! Oh would you? Just goes to show! I remember a coal hole at my grandparents house, certainly Yup, but I have probably used work surface here and there. It's also just 'the top' on occasion - but never countertop! Gotta love language
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Post by M in Carolina on Aug 27, 2015 18:04:43 GMT
I love perusing Real Estate listings, and a few months ago a UK pea posted a listing for a house she loved--I think it was Edwardian or Late Victorian and had patterned carpets, stained glass, a huge kitchen--I think it might have formerly been a pastor's home. It was a gorgeous stone home.
I checked out a lot more listings and had wondered how so many people lived with just one toilet on the top floor. I figured that cloakrooms were more vital because of the lack of built in closets in the bedrooms. I thought that having one bath upstairs had to do with the old plumbing. In my design and codes classes for my Interior Design degree, we were taught that it was much more economical to set up the bathrooms, kitchen/laundry facilities, etc. in line off the main pipes. (This explains why some basements have a toilet in a weird spot--it costs a lot more money and is very difficult to put sewer and water pipes into an old foundation for a spare water closet.)
I find the different terms used in different areas so interesting. Some names, like 'wardrobe' for a tall wooden cabinet storing clothing, just sound nicer and more intriguing.
I for one would love to learn more about the different terms for everyday household items, etc. Money confuses me the most.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 27, 2015 18:54:53 GMT
I feel silly responding now that this is a cool terminology thread!
I would add hand soap and a plunger in a covered container.
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Post by gar on Aug 27, 2015 19:03:14 GMT
Really sorry anaterra, your question has got rather overlooked
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 19:07:14 GMT
Sorry for the hi-jack OP........But is a half bath a bathroom without a bath? What's the difference between that and a cloakroom which just has a loo and a basin? We don't keep cloaks in it. Yes, it's just a toilet and sink. Also called a powder room, sometimes. A 3/4 bath would also have a shower stall without a tub (though sometimes,a master bath will have a larger shower with no tub). Ah got it! it's where you keep the powder. We don't keep powder in ours
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Post by anaterra on Aug 27, 2015 19:10:15 GMT
No worries @gar. I like learning the different words we use.. and i got a pretty good general idea... ill put some stuff in there... but leave the rest as a natural organic way of filling itself up... :-D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 19:15:14 GMT
Sorry for the hi-jack OP........But is a half bath a bathroom without a bath? What's the difference between that and a cloakroom which just has a loo and a basin? That explains a lot. When I read British novels, I often wonder why houses in the UK always seemed to have entire coat rooms instead of front closets. I'm glad you asked the question! From the Cambridge English Dictionary: (US also checkroom) a room in a public building such as a restaurant, theatre, etc. where coats, bags, and other personal things can be left while their owners are in the building
› UK polite word for toilet, especially one in a public building:
I went to the cloakroom in the first interval.
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Post by RiverIsis on Aug 27, 2015 19:17:12 GMT
Oh would you? Just goes to show! I remember a coal hole at my grandparents house, certainly Yup, but I have probably used work surface here and there. It's also just 'the top' on occasion - but never countertop! Gotta love language Wait, there's been no mention of built-in Wardrobes, not to be confused with Wardrobes, Cupboards, Cloak Rooms, Loos etc....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 19:28:39 GMT
Ok.....cupboard is a general term and could be used for most storage 'holes'. Kitchen cupboards is used generally, cupboards for clothes are wardrobes and we might have a linen or airing cupboard. And a countertop is a work surface usually Countertop would be the kitchen top in my house. And just for fun, any UK peas have a coal hole?! Not an actual hole but we did have a concrete coal bunker in the garden of our old house until DH removed it. My MIL had a brick coal shed at her house.
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Post by Rhondito on Aug 27, 2015 19:49:35 GMT
I would ditch the toilet paper holder and store the extra rolls in the drawers.
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Post by Zee on Aug 27, 2015 19:57:04 GMT
We don't keep cloaks in it. Yes, it's just a toilet and sink. Also called a powder room, sometimes. A 3/4 bath would also have a shower stall without a tub (though sometimes,a master bath will have a larger shower with no tub). Ah got it! it's where you keep the powder. We don't keep powder in ours I think that term stems from the phrase ladies used to use: "I need to powder my nose".
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Post by oaksong on Aug 27, 2015 20:10:32 GMT
Thanks in advance for saving me the embarrassment of hanging my coat on the towel rack in someone's bathroom. As for the OP, we keep bandaids, sunscreen, swim goggles, batteries, possibly Pokemon cards, Polly Pocket dolls, old Gameboy cartridges. Gah, it's time to clean out the drawer in the downstairs bathroom. My kids are in college! Not to start a hand towel thread, but I like to have lots of extra for guests, so those would also go in the extra drawers.
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Post by houston249 on Aug 27, 2015 20:51:45 GMT
Ours has toothbrushes, toothpaste (with the top half on, so toothpase can get all over), hair ties, combs, hairbrushes, hand sanitizer and assorted Barbie shoes. Last week in addition to these lovely things I found an empty granola bar wrapper and one, yes one used sock.
In the interest of child icky factor and what in the heck is she letting her daughter live with, my DD does not use her toothbrush in that bathroom, or anything else in that drawer. She now uses her second toothbrush which she keeps in my bathroom drawer. That and of course while she is there she does her hair (and uses my equipment). It is all about priorities. In days past the whole bathroom was a mess, now the ick factor is has been reduced to the drawer. The rest of the bathroom is clean and tidy. It is a win for me and especially for my guests!
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Post by librarylady on Aug 27, 2015 20:57:15 GMT
I keep some fem hygiene items there also.
When I was about 20, I was visiting in a home and those items saved me from having an embarrassing conversation with the host (who was pretty much a stranger to me).
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Post by PaperAngel on Aug 27, 2015 21:54:16 GMT
In our first home, the powder room was curved with tall wainscoting, a deep tray ceiling, pedestal sink, & toilet. While it received many compliments, it had zero storage space. The powder room in our current home is less dramatic, but more practical with a furniture style vanity that houses toilet paper, facial tissue, toilet cleaner, disinfectant wipes, feminine products, hand lotion, hand towels (including a paper option), etc. Having had both, I prefer too much storage to none!
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Post by scrapApea on Aug 27, 2015 23:15:13 GMT
I would probably keep a mini first aid kit, some tampons, and maybe a dop kit in there for guests use. What's a "dop kit"??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 23:36:37 GMT
This thread took a fun turn! I also remember the cloakroom that ran the length of the classroom, where we put our winter boots and coats. I think your porch may be what we call the entry or entryway. It often has a closet for coats (and all the other bits and pieces like binoculars, large folded flags, wrapping paper, and a volleyball.)
I really have to make a list of all those British words, so I can refer to it when reading mysteries.
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