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  • How Window Glass Changed Life at Home

    How Window Glass Changed Life at Home
    2026/09/21
    As window glass became larger, clearer and more available, homes gained new relationships with daylight, weather and privacy. The change unfolded unevenly across places, periods and household budgets. Inside this episode: - An opening before glass - Windows as wealth and tax - Why early panes distorted the view - Small panes shape buildings - Daylight changes domestic work Sources include Corning Museum of Glass, English Window Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, Looking Through Windows, and Sociology, Home Hygiene and Window Glass. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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    9 分
  • How Laundry Moved Into the Home

    How Laundry Moved Into the Home
    2026/09/21
    Laundry moved from shared water sources and commercial services into increasingly mechanized domestic spaces. Explore how plumbing, appliances, labor and housing design changed the weekly wash. Inside this episode: - Washday as infrastructure - The washboard and wringer - Soap, detergent, and water - Piped water changes the first step - Electric motion Sources include Smithsonian, Doing the Museum's Dirty Laundry, Eindhoven University of Technology, laundry technology history, and Smithsonian, Home as Workplace. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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  • How Refrigeration Changed Kitchens and Food Shopping

    How Refrigeration Changed Kitchens and Food Shopping
    2026/09/21
    Mechanical refrigeration changed how households stored food, arranged kitchens and planned shopping. Follow the shift from ice delivery and cool storage toward the modern cold chain and home refrigerator. Inside this episode: - Cold before the refrigerator - Making cold with a machine - The cold chain - From ice machine to home appliance - Shopping less often Sources include Science Museum Group Journal, refrigeration history and USDA, Refrigeration and Food Safety. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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  • How Central Heating Changed Home Design

    How Central Heating Changed Home Design
    2026/09/20
    This episode explores how new heating systems affected room use, circulation and building layout in documented contexts. The story keeps the mechanisms clear and the research grounded for a casual listener. Inside this episode: - Local heat created local life - Central heat separated source from room - Early systems entered large buildings - Radiators freed the fireplace wall - Doors could stay open Sources include Historic England, Heating and Ventilation, Historic England, Technology in the Country House, and Historic England, 31B St Mary's Road. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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  • Why Kitchens Moved Within the Home

    Why Kitchens Moved Within the Home
    2026/09/20
    This episode explores Heat, smoke, labor, plumbing and changing domestic layouts, without treating one regional pattern as universal. The story keeps the mechanisms clear and the research grounded for a casual listener. Inside this episode: - There was never one starting place - Open fire shaped the room - Large houses separated service - Service routes became architecture - Stoves changed heat and control Sources include Historic England, Kew Palace Kitchens, Historic England, Vernacular Houses Selection Guide, and Library of Congress, History of Household Technology transcript. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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  • How the Bathroom Became a Separate Room

    How the Bathroom Became a Separate Room
    2026/09/20
    This episode explores Plumbing, sanitation, privacy and housing design across documented places and periods. The story keeps the mechanisms clear and the research grounded for a casual listener. Inside this episode: - The functions began apart - Water had to move through the house - Waste required another network - Hot water changed frequency - Existing houses had to make room Sources include Historic England, I Want to Put in a New Bathroom, Historic England, Technology in the Country House, and UK Public Health Act 1875. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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  • How Indoor Lighting Changed Evening Life

    How Indoor Lighting Changed Evening Life
    2026/09/20
    This episode explores the transition among flame, gas and electric lighting, with place and period identified rather than universalized. The story keeps the mechanisms clear and the research grounded for a casual listener. Inside this episode: - Daylight set the first schedule - Better lamps made a larger circle - Light changed the parlor - Gas connected homes to a network - The evening economy expanded Sources include Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Extending the Day, Library of Congress, Lighting America, and Smithsonian, Have you electricity in your house?. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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    9 分