Here’s another common one: You open a door in your home and discover a room you have never seen before. Since the pandemic began, tours of historic American homes, once strictly in-person events, have proliferated online. Encountering these domestic spaces through your screen means sacrificing vestibular sensation and any hope of surreptitiously stroking tablecloth or tapestry. But if you are looking for ways to increase your square footage — no contractor required — here are a handful of options. There’s also a tour of the Elms’s servants’ quarters, for a better understanding of the labor and austerity behind the that kept all of that splendor.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2021 03:56 UTC