What don’t you have at home that others consider normal?

Just a few off the top of my head

Wine
Hairdryer
Hair brush or comb
Dishwasher
Ornaments or photos on display
Houseplants
Cushions

Well Annsixty I too have all these things except a spiraliser, a fire pit and a kettle. I do have a granddad!
I don't apologise for having any of them.

Alexa
Tv streaming service
Spiralizer
Carpets (just rugs)
Ornaments

Garage
Utility room
Dishwasher
Tumble dryer
BBQ
Landline telephone
Rotary dryer
Double oven
Grill
Freezer (apart from 3 drawers under fridge)
Coffee maker

We have no large photos of family (or ourselves) on the walls - we just have a few tiny ones on the mantlepiece.

We have only ever had one TV and it's small. I guess about 24".

We have never had a tumble dryer

We don't have a hairdryer (had one years ago but gave it away.

We don't have any "black tea" teabags - only loose teas.

We don't have our own "sides" to our bed or seats in the sitting room or at the dining table.

Coffee machine (we both can't stomach real coffee. We have a French press in case visitors want "proper" coffee)
Facebook
Netflix or the like
Pets

There are loads of things we wouldn't have if it was up to me, first and foremost the television.

Oh, just one more, I don’t have a car which most would consider normal or even essential.

Air fryer. Tempted, but limited worktop space, so resisting.

As for dishwashers, I’m lazy enough to be very grateful for one of those, plus a dh who loads and unloads it, and puts it all away.
He doesn’t cook, though - fair division of labour chez us.

No slippers here (barefoot)
Or firepit (environmental no-no?)
Air-fryer
Dishwasher
Tumble drier
Big TV
BBQ

Agree about dishwasher, during lockdown we were a family of six without a dishwasher for months, because the engineers wouldn’t come out. Nearly drove us mad, piles and piles of washing up at the end of a long days work, nothing to do with being lazy.

We also don’t have a coffee maker, an air fryer, although my granddaughter thinks they’re the best things ever.

We only bought our first ever toaster about two years ago when we had the Aga taken out.

I’ve got most things but I don’t have a cake mixer- they take up too much room. I do have a small handheld one but it only does light batter. The dishwasher is a 2 drawer one which is ideal for us 2 as you can just use one drawer at a time and both if we have visitors. No dogs but a couple of little cats. No freezer except the one that goes with the fridge. We have 2 fridges- one outside for drinks.I don’t often wear slippers, usually just socks but I have got some somewhere, I think.

There’s no

Air fryer
Pressure cooker
BBQ
Coffee maker
Patio heater
Pet. I’m sad we don’t have a dog now, Mr C’s decision with his sensible head on. Can’t have a cat as Mr C is allergic to them. I couldn’t care for a bird of any sort and rodents make me shudder.

Probably other things if I really think about it including a hot tub which our granddaughters and their mum seem to view as vital to their well-being.

any order of the chaos

Fanny we have a firepit,one of our GD's says it really finishes the weekend off sitting round the firepit chatting to Papa..what she means is she talks sometimes for hours and he doesn't get a word in edgeways
We gave our dishwasher away years ago .I like washing dishes .
There are no ornaments here ..nothing that gathers dust ,only a Budhha with candles infront of him .
no Alexa
not many kitchen gadgets ,I prefer to prep by hand though I do have a pressure cooker and microwave ,my blender was a wedding present and is still in daily use
We have just ONE TV ..after the saga of OH needing a TV in the kitchen ,he watched it once and decided he preffered the living room...so it was given to my Daughter and the sky extra room thingy cancelled.
We dont have a woodburning stove ...yet

Ah yes. No family photos around. I prefer original art on the walls.

Alexa
Echo dot
Ninja
Netflix
More than one tv and if I had my way…
Pressure cooker
A golden retriever any more, sadly

I'm not sure what others consider normal, but we don't have anything Alexa/Echo, a fire pit or BBQ. We don't have a thermostat either. Our heating goes from 1-5, and I'm always a bit bemused when people say their house is at 19 degrees - I really can't envisage what it means.

BBQ, fire- pit
Tumble dryer
Air fryer, though I might get one if I can make room.
Sky, Netflix etc
Alexa
Pets

But slippers and a dishwasher are items I would not be without.

Sara1954 - Aga toast... Best toast ever. ?

Heating 1 - 5 is a thermostat Doodledog. Each number means the heat goes up to a fixed temperature. We used to have heating with a 1 - 5 thermostat in the hall, not now we have a thermostat with temperatures on. However all our radiator thermostats have 1 - 5 on them.

We live in an old timber framed farmhouse, with a range cooker and everyone expects us to have an AGA or equivalent. All our neighbours have them.

We don't, we are on mains gas and electricity and we have a perfectly normal dual fuel cooker, gas/elctricity and I wouldn't have an AGA if you paid me.

It seems to me that an awful lot of of us do not have the same things, suggesting they are not so unusual not to have. Why, therefore do we perceive them as being essentials?

A TV set
A car
A lawn
A spiraliser (I used to have one but it was a load of faffing about and I gave it away)
An air fryer

I’m with you JaneJudge!

No TV streaming of any kind
BBQ/fire pit/hot tubs/patio heaters/trampolines
Coffee machine
Alexa/Echo
Garden lighting (apart from security lighting on the house that uses movement detection)
For two months of the year we're the only house for streets around with no outside lights, reindeer, teddy bears, Father Christmases, etc (just our strings of tiny LED lights)
No landline phone
Walk in shower room

All very common round here

I doubt a fire pit is considered as normal?
No
Fire pit
Alexa or similar
Patio heater
Huge tv
Games consoles
Electric blanket
Bath
Coffee maker
Air fryer
Slow cooker
En-suite bathroom

SiL has just remarked that he doesn't know how we manage without a pressure hose!