Today Gius and I are going to SME (a mix between furnishings, appliances, and home improvement store) in hopes of getting screens for my windows. Why don't Italians use screens? With the mosquitoes they have?? I don't even really get bitten by mosquitoes, but I hate hearing them hover over my ear just as I'm falling asleep...
Windows and shutters are actually used in Italy as opposed to America where in most houses windows do not get open and shutters are for decoration. Perhaps it would be too much of a pain to take to move the screen to open and close the shutters? Perhaps Italians want to be able to lean out of their windows to talk to their neighbors or send a basket down to the street on a little rope? When I ask my Italian friends they often just shrug... but then again, they've lived their entire lives without screens, so why change?
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1 comment:
I think you hit the nail on the head. It would be a pain in the butt to remove the screens to open the shutters. I have huge floor to ceiling windows and shutters. I have to shut the shutters once the sun hit my building or I would die from the heat. ha.
A screen, if I could even find one that size, would not work for me.
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