i was browsing youtube and i saw a video of a guy recording a short house tour of a house in an asian country, and in one of the rooms, he says, “this is a western style room”. so it got me wondering, if a western style room is a room that is inspired on western architecture but it was made in a country that is not part of the west, would that mean that a modern house in mexico is “western style”?? are all houses in mexico “western style”?? because people say it’s not the west but their architecture is spanish and european and stuff like that but since people and wikipedia say they’re not western… that would mean western style?? thank you!!!

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    7 days ago

    Was the Western style, like cowboys, rodeos and buffalo stuff, or Western like European which was somehow distinct from their Eastern style rooms?

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      7 days ago

      Meanwhile in the US they call those Western style saloon doors, French doors… (spoiler alert, they are not French).

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          Achually! Historians said it has been invented in Paris in 1789 and not in Belgium.

          Belgium did import those after learning to make them from rotisserie “Chez Pèlerin” in Montmartre, with the success we all know.

          But it seems fries are indeed French. Not that we care about that fact, we prefer eating “des frites belges” as everyone else, they taste better than freedom fries.

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        Then I think the answer is yes. I’m not sure what the difference is between Western style and Eastern style rooms, but I’m guessing that they got their names by being the norm in that region. If you’re in the West and you have a room, and you didn’t try to make it Eastern style, or another alternative, then it’s probably a Western style room.