Garages

If anything, sine the publication of J.B. Jackson's The Domestication of the Garage, garages have become even more home like. As mentioned in the section, i think everyone can recall a party which was held if only partially in the garage, or an evening where your father and his friends only left the garage to use the bathroom, but new homey details are available. Doityourself.com explains how one might add visually appealing tile to their garage, example:

(seriously?)

Screens are also available to increase the comfort of hanging out in the garage:

I also thought it very interesting that when Jackson wrote The Domestication of the Garage he noted the change of having a "mud room" which went between the garage entrance and the rest of the home, but i found a web site which addressed the practicality of attaching the garage to a bedroom. (Call me closed minded, but i cant imagine wanting my bedroom attached to a room that is clean once a year with a hose).

While my garage is still used mainly for storage of car, lawn care supplies and my father when he wants to smoke cigars i suspect that these suggestions mean the garage will only become more a part of the home. 

Sitcom Suburbs

Jackson describes a stereotypical suburb the Tinkhams are moving into in Ray's Transformer House. While the "perks" of living in the suburban community are noted so are the details of farm life which are lost in transition. 

Hayden explains that these homes grew to popularity during the depression when affordable housing and increased structure was necessary for survival. These simple synopses seem logical and and understandable: Change was needed due to the needs of society, and change lead to the addition and loss of certain aspects of society. 

Jackson, however, implies a criticism to the changes. Details like taking inventory of food which you have taken from your own farm for your own family, using outside workers instead of your family and no intentions of keeping the farm in the family seem to present the concept that and individual (namely farmers) no longer function in a "family" machine but rather a "society" machine... A "society" machine where a farmers son wants to be a pilot and the family doesn't read from the bible!

It is evident that while suburbs were popular at the time, criticisms like Jackson's or those found in "little boxes" also seemed prevalent.

Also:

Monday was my birthday and i went out with my friends to Founding Father's Pub (where you can get free drinks for answering presidential history correctly) and got a SWEET FREE PIN!!!

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