Not to be gross here but, I remember we had an outhouse at our summer chalet when we were young. It was made of wood and movable for when the hole in the ground became, well, full. Brick outhouses don't sound like they would be all that movable. Do you mean to tell me that they were emptied out??
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Wow, I reread this post to make sure it was o.k. and I see the words summer chalet and it sounds so high-end and fancy.
I wonder if there is a better word for what my parents own. It is a rectangular, one-storey house (no basement), clapboard siding on the outside and no walls on the inside. Welllll, actually, my mom, being the creative sort, not being able to afford actual drywall, stapled old bedspreads to the two by fours to give the illusion of walls. We love it and still go up North every once in a while but 'chalet' looking it is not. Any ideas?
