Bedroom

The room you spend a third of your life in with your eyes closed.

In the bedroom

3 stories

By Code, a Bedroom Isn’t a Room With a Bed. It’s a Room With a Way Out.

By Code, a Bedroom Isn’t a Room With a Bed. It’s a Room With a Way Out.

In the model building code many U.S. towns use, the must-have for a bedroom isn’t a closet. It’s a way out, usually a window big enough to climb through. By Nora Hale

For Centuries, People Talked About Their “First Sleep” and “Second Sleep”

For Centuries, People Talked About Their “First Sleep” and “Second Sleep”

Old diaries and court records mention a “first sleep” and a “second sleep.” A historian found more than 500 of them. By Clara Denton

A Ceiling Fan in an Empty Room Is Cooling No One

A Ceiling Fan in an Empty Room Is Cooling No One

Ceiling fans don’t cool rooms. They cool people. Leave one spinning over an empty bed and you’re just paying for the breeze. By Nora Hale

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