Homes, Abodes, Living Spaces

Where does your character hang their hat? A home says a lot about the character that lives there….

Homes Menu

  • accommodation, living space, home, where you hang your hat, lodging, house, shelter, dwelling,
  • barracks, quarters, bunkhouse, bunk, group home, dormitory, rack
  • roost, perch,
  • orphanage, home, hospital, asylum,
  • hovel, hut, shack, shed, hermitage,
  • log house, cabin, cottage, log cabin, A-frame, chalet,
  • ranch house, farm house, homestead,
  • earth lodge, sod house, burdei, lean-to
  • tent, dome tent, marquee, bivouac, gazebo, awning,
  • studio, workshop, atelier, shop, office,
  • cell, chamber, hold, pen, sty, compartment,
  • castle, keep, pavilion, palace, citadel, fortress,
  • villa, manor, mansion, manor house, penthouse, marquee,
  • flat, pad, flop, room, loft, suite,
  • cave, cavern, tunnel
  • culvert, sewer,
  • basement, cellar, bomb shelter
  • fort, bunker, outpost, post, foxhole, observation post, firing point, manned wall,
  • hotel, motel, inn, lodging, hostel, boarding house, dosshouse, stopping house, way station, station, flophouse,
  • gatehouse, barbican,
  • pool house, guest house,
  • barn, stable, granary, silo, quonset, coop, sty, corral, stall, cote, shieling, pen
  • tree fort, play house
  • deck, terrace, loft, ledge, aerie,
  • high rise, low rise, walk up, apartment, suite, condominium, housing unit, insula,
  • townhouse, row house, duplex, fourplex,
  • bungalow, two-story, split-level,
  • cabana,
  • shanty, shack, ramshackle dwelling,
  • nest, hive, lair, burrow, den, warren, swarm,
  • tipi, wigwam, longhouse, adobe, pueblo, hogan, wickiup, brushwood home,
  • mud hut, tree house, stilt house, platform house, grass hut,
  • dumpster, cardboard box, tarp,
  • cavity, alcove, crag, nook, fissure,
  • basement suite, attic, mother-in-law suite, attached dwelling, backroom,
  • trailer, wagon, tent trailer, caravan, covered wagon, carriage, wagon train,
  • pyramid, tomb, catacomb, ziggurat,
  • temple, shrine, church,

Things that can affect the type of home…

  • climate, weather, natural “events”, seasons, natural cyclical systems, terrain, ecosystem,
  • caste, social level, socio-economic hierarchy,
  • income, economy, wages, salary, money, loans, debt, credit,
  • family, clan, extended family, connections, allegiances, blood bonds, marriage,
  • materials, resources, technology,
  • style, design, fashion, trends, fads, pop culture,
  • culture, tradition,
  • political systems,
  • ideology, philosophy, beliefs, religion,
  • isolation, population density,
  • rural vs. urban,
  • community size, composition, roles, structure, relationships,
  • area of city, settlement, civil layout: gated community, residential area, suburb, industrial, exburb, satellite community, ghetto, infill housing, tent city,
  • temporary vs. permanent
  • owned, leased, rented, sub-let, squatted,
  • degree of fortification, security,
  • communal vs. individual,