Colonial Houses

Mothers and fathers slept on a jack-bed. The jack-bed was short and didn't have much space. Mothers and fathers didn't sleep stretched out, because the the jack-bed wasn't long enough. The jack-bed a type a bed that was high so they could put another bed underneath the jack-bed.Babies slept in a cradle around the warm fireplace.The older children slept in the way up high attic on scratchy straw, and sometimes on a softer mattresses filled up with feathers or little bits of wool.

People hung all of their clothes on pegs on the wall.

There were no regular bathrooms in a colonial house or running water. All of the people had to go outside the house for water. When they took a bath they stood in front of the fireplace.