Homes

=This page is about Colonial Homes.= We visited the [|Colonial Plantation] and toured the farmhouse. The farmhouse has three parts. Other colonial houses have only have one or two parts for a house. To build the house, the family uses either stones or wood to build their house. The family that wanted a house, when they had a little money, they built one part of a house. When they got more money, they could build a another part of the house. When they got even more money, they built the last and final part of the house.
 * The Three Parts **

If the family was poor and had only one room for a house, then they would have a loft and the kids would sleep in the loft. Sometimes the loft might have a chest or a spinning wheel or sometimes,they would have both chest and spinning wheel. The older kids room usually had about one chair. They also had a bed. On cold nights they huddled together to keep warm. They used something called a key to tighten the springs on the bed. Under their bed they had a chamber pot. On cold days or in the middle of the night they went to the bathroom in it. And it was the kids job to empty it, most likely out the window!
 * The Older Kids Room **

=**The Parents Room**= Sometimes the parents would sleep in the loft in a separate room and leave the first floor of the house so it can be the common room and the kitchen, or something else. Sometimes their room can be on the first floor. The parents room usually had a chest to keep their clothes in. When their was a baby in the house they kept his or her cradle in their room. They also had a bed in their room. They sometimes kept a quilt against the sides of it for privacy. They also had a fire. The cradle was put near the fire place to keep the baby warm. =The Common Room= The common room was like a living room at your house.