In the real estate listing, the wide upstairs hallway in our house was described as “the den.” Although the space is used as little more than a passageway, we still snarkily refer to the space as … pause for dramatic effect … the den.
The den offers the only mountain view from our home, albeit an obscured one. The slope of our neighborhood and it’s large evergreens hide the more impressive mountains.
14,411 foot Mt. Rainier, despite being 100 miles distant, peeks out from the flanks of Mt. St. Helens as seen from … the den.