Linen closet

One of the features of our house which I love is the closets. There's a good sized one in every bedroom (one bedroom has two!), a long one in the master suite, a huge pantry, a coat closet, and a linen closet.

So if you don't live on the island (or if you haven't ever looked at houses for sale here), you're probably thinking "what's the big deal about a linen closet?" Let me be the first to tell you: most of the houses here don't have them. (Many of the houses have very few closets at all, let alone "extra" ones for coats and linens!) The historic homes were built without closets, and the newer ones are often designed as vacation getaways, so closet space is not a major consideration.

I knew for sure that linen closets were a rarity around here when Sundae came to the house for the first time. I gave her "the tour", and when she saw the linen closet, she said to her daughter Caroline "Look at this, it's called a linen closet and houses in other places have them." (Or something to that general effect.)

Yesterday, Jakes decided he likes the linen closet as well.