Thursday: buildings

I read a book a few months ago about a library fire.  ("The Library Book" by Susan Orlean.)

It was a good book, it made me think (once again) about the stories that buildings could tell if they could talk.  Especially homes.  The homes see good things and bad things within their walls.  Funny things and sad things.  They're taken care of well and ignored.  They have families that stay for years and some that live there for a very short time.

What would a house think is important in a family?  Would it like giggles?  Tiny feet thumping on the floor? Loud families? Families that moved furniture a lot?  Families that had a lot of guests?  Families that kept the windows open?  Would different houses like different things?  

I think a book about a house from the house's point of view would be really interesting.  (However, a book about a house's history from the families-that-lived-in-it-point-of-view does not sound so interesting, so it might be a hard book to come by.)