If it wasn’t for the availability of the chimney, solid, multi-functional, well-made, generational furniture would’ve never caught on. You see, before the chimney, most homes in Medieval Europe had one room: the hall. Everyone lived, ate, and slept in the hall. In the center of the room was effectively a twenty-four-hour bonfire, and roofs had … The post They Just Don’t Make Them Like They Used To appeared first on Well.Org.
