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,