History and Revolutions.

The History of Homes and Shutters

There are three main staples of survival. These staples are food, water and shelter. Shelters has seen a drastic change in humanity, what were once simple shacks made out of mud and stone have turned into elaborate structures worth millions of pounds.

In modern society, houses are made out of many different types of materials. There are literally thousands of different materials that go into the making of a building. Some of these materials are essential for a safe house, while others are simply for aesthetical reasons.

Many of these aesthetical features, such as shutters , are not found on our ancestors' houses. Although shutters do offer some shade from the sun, they are mainly for visual appearance. The housing history has changed drastically in the past few thousand years.

Rome built enormous monuments made of stone, stronger than the old mud houses. Whereas now, we combine hundreds of different resources to build a housing unit. History has told us that housing units are now less about safety and health, and more about size and cost.

People are not satisfied with a little house, even if it is big enough. Our society tells us that bigger is better, which is why people take out massive mortgages. If we worried less about the visual appearance of our home and more about its functionality, we may enjoy our homes even more.