Posted by: lisaheindel | December 4, 2009

Living Rooms and Pocket Doors

The unique layout of a traditional shotgun home means that the rooms are one behind the other from front to back.

628 Seguin has remained true to the original layout of 2 rooms, a short hall with a full bathroom, 2 more rooms and the kitchen at the rear.  The only difference is that because the home was originally a double the rooms are duplicated on each side of the house, with a connection between the hallways and between the 4th rooms on each side and an extra large kitchen that spans the entire width of the house.

Original pocket doors separate the 2 front rooms on both sides.  Traditionally, the front room was used as living spaces with all of the others used as bedrooms.

628 Seguin | Pocket doors separating the front rooms on the right side

628 Seguin | Pocket doors separating the front rooms on the left side

Through the years, many residents have started using one side of the house for living and dining spaces and the other side for bedrooms. 

Depending on how you use the space, you could have up to 7 bedrooms in this house!


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