The common Hittite house was generally small, and the design didn’t differ much between the countryside and the city. The houses were made of a stone foundation (which is also the only part that usually remains for us to see today) and walls made a unbaked mud bricks. Doors were rectangular and made of wood. Windows on houses were small, and located high and the walls and were equipped with either shudders or a cloth covering to keep out the freezing cold Anatolian winters.

Roofs were composed of brushwood and mud, supported by timber beams. The roofs’ materials were changed periodically to keep rain and snow from entering the house. Floors were made of beaten earth, although the more wealthy dwellings had tile floors. Houses sometimes had a second, smaller, floor which on common houses was accessible via a ladder on the front of the house, while wealthy houses usually had stairs. In cities, houses were grouped together in blocks, sometimes sharing walls, surrounded by streets. When building on slopes, ingenious systems of terracing were used.

As for furniture, it was only common in wealthier homes. The commoners of Hatti cooked in a central hearth or oven, and slept on the floor, supplemented by household linens stored in wooden chests. Most other storage was in the form of pottery of all shapes and sizes. Pottery of wealthier houses were often animal shaped with designs. Wealthy Hittites ate at tables and sat on stools and chairs. They slept on wooden bed frames and with blankets and pillows. Although most houses had stone sinks with clay pipes connecting to the city drainage systems, the wealthy had the extra luxury of a bathtub. These bathtubs were made of clay, with various sizes, sometimes with seats.

Sources:

Daily Life Among the Hittites, by Harry Hoffner

Life and Society in the Hittite World, by Trevor R. Bryce