Hi to everybody! :)

I hope I'm in the right thread. Anyway, what interests me is what Omani houses look like, as I'm from Brazil and my imaginations may be very wrong.

I study in California, live on campus, and before that, I lived with my family in an appartment in Rio. It was just like any other appartment, quite spacious. In Rio there is either rich or poor; and I was lucky enough to have been born into the small middle class, so no luxuries, but an apartment in which I could lock myself away from the family when I wanted peace. :)

In my imagination, Omani houses, especially in the city, look like the following: they are white, one or two-storey, they have rooms for the kids, and basically every room which Western houses have. However, there are more carpets, but sofas also exist.
I have also heard about special gathering rooms for men, women and both. Is this true? :think:
Do Omani houses have garages?
Please, guys and girls, take no offence in my stupid questions. :inno:
Am just very interested how everything in Oman looks; and in the next time I will probably not make it there. :(
Is it true that you have walls around your houses? Do you have gardens?

Well, that were many questions, and I hope they didn't make me look too stupid. :shy:

Greetings from US (I hate the president, too) to Oman! :)

We have walls around our houses, garages, few living rooms, majlis (rooms that we greet our guests in when they come to visit, lunch or dinner etc). some have swiming pools..etc