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The Home Through Time

The Home Through Time

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The Home Through Time explores how lighting, heating, plumbing, rooms, materials, and household work changed ordinary living spaces. Each episode uses museum collections and architectural records to tell a grounded history without treating one region's experience as universal.
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  • How Window Glass Changed Life at Home

    How Window Glass Changed Life at Home
    Sep 21 2026
    As window glass became larger, clearer and more available, homes gained new relationships with daylight, weather and privacy. The change unfolded unevenly across places, periods and household budgets. Inside this episode: - An opening before glass - Windows as wealth and tax - Why early panes distorted the view - Small panes shape buildings - Daylight changes domestic work Sources include Corning Museum of Glass, English Window Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, Looking Through Windows, and Sociology, Home Hygiene and Window Glass. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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    9 Min.
  • How Laundry Moved Into the Home

    How Laundry Moved Into the Home
    Sep 21 2026
    Laundry moved from shared water sources and commercial services into increasingly mechanized domestic spaces. Explore how plumbing, appliances, labor and housing design changed the weekly wash. Inside this episode: - Washday as infrastructure - The washboard and wringer - Soap, detergent, and water - Piped water changes the first step - Electric motion Sources include Smithsonian, Doing the Museum's Dirty Laundry, Eindhoven University of Technology, laundry technology history, and Smithsonian, Home as Workplace. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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    9 Min.
  • How Refrigeration Changed Kitchens and Food Shopping

    How Refrigeration Changed Kitchens and Food Shopping
    Sep 21 2026
    Mechanical refrigeration changed how households stored food, arranged kitchens and planned shopping. Follow the shift from ice delivery and cool storage toward the modern cold chain and home refrigerator. Inside this episode: - Cold before the refrigerator - Making cold with a machine - The cold chain - From ice machine to home appliance - Shopping less often Sources include Science Museum Group Journal, refrigeration history and USDA, Refrigeration and Food Safety. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow The Home Through Time for more researched stories about the changing design of everyday homes.
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    9 Min.
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