The Fosters' house was referred to as the touch-me-not
cottage. Everything was so neat and clean and organized that it did not look lived in.
It was more like an advertisement for a furniture company. The house matched the
Fosters' cold, sterile personalities. There was no warmth nor visible love in the
house.
By contrast, the Tucks' home had a shabby, run-down,
much used and loved to death feel, like a worn out teddy bear passed down from
generation to generation. The furniture was faded and saggy or broken. A mouse lived and
ate the crumbs left in the kitchen drawer for it. The house was not regularly cleaned
and dusted. It was a lived in sort of place. The Tucks, because of their immortality and
poverty-stricken economic status could not go out and buy new things. They moved
frequently and took everything with them. So, it was old and battered. However, the
Tucks' loving spirit and down-to-earth homeyness fit in with the furnishings just
fine.
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