Are "lawyer foyers" and two-story "great rooms" out of fashion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm still trying to figure out what a lawyer foyer is. Never heard this term, and everyone else seems to know what it is. Explain?

Also, I would love a NICER foyer (ours sucks-very poorly designed space, even though the rest of the house has good space), I am not at all embarrassed to have people over. Why the hell would I be embarrassed by a foyer? We have a house that we pay for with our own money - there is NO shame in that.

+1

How DARE you behave in a classy, reasonable, educated, non-jealous fashion! Clearly you are new here.

[Anonymous]

I have a 2 story great room and decorating will definitely be a challenge....except for Christmas. That room will allow me to have the biggest damn Christmas tree. Can't wait!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have both a 2 story family room and a lawyer foyer. I agree with a PP that said they're hard to decorate and heat. I will never buy a home like this again. During winter I have a fan on the upstairs breezeway (which is probably 20 degrees warmer than downstairs) and the ceiling fan running full speed on backwards to pull the cooler air up plus a space heater as backup. It's the only way to maintain any warmth downstairs.

Also we have to keep all of the doors upstairs closed at all times because the heat rising from downstairs messes with the upstairs thermostat (located in the master right next to the door) whether the heat or AC is on resulting in the AC running all day or the bedrooms freezing because it's just warm enough next to the panel it doesn't kick on.

Never. Again.

Then the builder totally messed up with your house! It's not supposed to be like that! Do you have dual zone? Have you ever had an HVAC person look at it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have both a 2 story family room and a lawyer foyer. I agree with a PP that said they're hard to decorate and heat. I will never buy a home like this again. During winter I have a fan on the upstairs breezeway (which is probably 20 degrees warmer than downstairs) and the ceiling fan running full speed on backwards to pull the cooler air up plus a space heater as backup. It's the only way to maintain any warmth downstairs.

Also we have to keep all of the doors upstairs closed at all times because the heat rising from downstairs messes with the upstairs thermostat (located in the master right next to the door) whether the heat or AC is on resulting in the AC running all day or the bedrooms freezing because it's just warm enough next to the panel it doesn't kick on.

Never. Again.

Then the builder totally messed up with your house! It's not supposed to be like that! Do you have dual zone? Have you ever had an HVAC person look at it?

Did you ever balance your air register in the cold season? I had a small house and had the same problem - closing all upstairs registers, blowing heat to the main floor and letting the heat raise solved the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry that should have been *bungaloes

Or Bungalows

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two story foyers and two story great rooms are not out of style. It's a space constraint for new homes built closer in. New homes that are 4000 sf and larger will have a two story foyer, and homes larger than 5000sf will have both.

1999 called and needs your architectural detail back

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry that should have been *bungaloes

Best. Typo. Ever.

OMG. LOVE this. Thank you autocorrect! Thank you OP!

Lol. Apparently I have the sense of humor of an 8 year old boy.

Forevermore on DCUM, they shall be bungholes to me.

I've always thought that "bungalow" was a dumb name for a type of house. It sounds like somewhere that a hobo would live. A hobo in his bungalow!

The name bong allow comes from the Indian word for houses in the Bangal region of India which were of a similar design. British colonists brought the style back to England from India because they were a storey and a half and taxed less than a house with a full second storey. Sears began to manufacture the houses in the early 20th Century because they were inexpensive and could be easily assembled by low skill workers. The bungalow has a more interesting history than you portray. Most hoboes lived in camps near railroad tracks so that they had easy access to the freight trains that took them from town to town.