Hufflepuff Common Room

The Hufflepuff common room was the common room for Hufflepuff House located in Hufflepuff Basement. In general, it sported several motifs, such as circles, nature, copper and the colours yellow and black (all associated with the house). It also emphasised comfort, said to be "the cosiest common room of them all".It was at one floor below the ground and was very sheltered from the elements, generally allowing students to sleep easier than those in the towers (like Gryffindor and Ravenclaw). - Pottermore introductions to Hogwarts HousesJ.K. Rowling's Pottermore releases backstories & history of four Hogwarts Houses from Snitchseeker.com (via Internet Archive)Hufflepuff spoilers at Lady Slytherin Forever Tumbler (via Internet Archive)
==Entrance==
The entrance to the common room was located "in a nook on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor", concealed behind a stack of barrels. In order to reveal the entrance, no password was required. Instead, one had to tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of "Helga Hufflepuff", which would make the lid swing open, exposing a passageway that would lead to the basement when crawled through.However, if the wrong lid was tapped or the wrong rhythm was used, the intruder would be doused in vinegar and barred access.
==Description==
The actual basement itself was round, earthy, low-ceilinged, welcoming, warm, and sunny. There were lots of yellow hangings, burnished copper, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in yellow and black,Webchat with J.K. Rowling, 30 July 2007 at Bloomsbury (via Internet Archive) and small circular windows that provided a vista of "rippling grass and dandelions". There was also a large, honey coloured, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of badgers on it. This was located underneath a portrait of the house's founder, Helga Hufflepuff.The Head of House, Pomona Sprout, also taught Herbology and as such brought many interesting plants in to decorate the common room (some of which danced, talked, and waved), placing them on the windowsills or having them hang from the ceiling, encouraging interest in Herbology (and hence part of why Hufflepuffs tended to be good at it). Various cactii stood on wooden circular shelves that were curved to fit the walls, and copper-bottomed plant holders dangled amid the ceiling with ferns and ivies.
==Behind the scenes==
*The Hufflepuff common room was the only common room that Harry Potter did not enter at some point, as J. K. Rowling never found a valid reason for him doing so in the story.
*Indeed, the Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that has not been seen by non-Hufflepuffs for over a thousand years at least, making it the most secure of them all.
*The Hufflepuff common room is the only common room that is decorated with vegetation.
*In both LEGO games, the Hufflepuff common room is directly to the right of the Gryffindor common room, and instead of a barrel entrance, the entrance is behind a fruit bowl painting.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Hogwarts Common Rooms
Category:Hufflepuff House