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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1913)
4 SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE THE IDEAL HOUSE PLAN Mr mi 1 1 II mi aniT ..I ' 0 one will trninsav. wn tliinlr. flint Mm 4 bungalow typo of dwelling lias grown A rapidly in favor of Intc. Nor will anyone who lias considered the subject K 'ail to ndinit that it lias its peculiar S disadvantages. Wc liavc endeavored ; to incorporate the virtues and clnni l nate the vices of the buinrolow tvno of dwellinir from nnr llniisn. Nnt. a truo bungalow, nor yet a large house, it has the general effect of both. Tho ground floor is coin pleto for living; bedrooms, bath room and all, and the second floor rooms havo none of Hie stuffiness of tho true bungalow on account of the air chamber nbovo them. The ceilings are not too low for com fort and ventilation, and yet not so high as to bo ugly. As you enter tho front door there is no uninteresting hall to greet you with stupid hat rack and umbrella stand combined. You enter direct ly: tho whole- otmosphcro of an un usual homo envejopes you. Tho stairs aro at tho extreme right, un obtrusivo and taking up as littlo room as possible. They arc mere ly a means of getting upstairs, treated in a simple and consistent manner and wholly subordinated to tho other more interesting fea tures. Tho fireplaco faces you, and tho low bookcases which em brace it. Through tho wide doorway is the vista ojf tho dining room, and the iwo rooms opening into one as they do, afford a largo space for danc ing; a present-day requirement not to bo ignored. Double French windows from the dining room open out on tho bricked pergola porch or dining porch, if you will. Under tho stairs is a small passageway leading to tho hall, and in tho pas sageway is tho telephone located; accessible from both tho living rooms and tho bedrooms, and reached by both back and front stairs. This passageway serves as a cloak and hat closet as well. HP HE hall runs through tho center of tho house, A east and west, and a doorway at ono end leads out to the covered porch. At this end are also the back stairs leading to a common landing with tho front stairs and merging there; making it unneces sary to go through tho living room to reach the up stairs bedrooms. At tho other end is tho butler's pantry, which leads into tho kitchen to tho north, and tho dining room to tho south. Along tho hall opening into it aro tho nursery, tho owner's room and the bathroom. Thus aro tho sleeping quarters abso lutely cut off from the living and dining room; an arrangement with mnny advantages in that each sec tion may bo ventilated, cleaned and lived in sepa rately. Tho service end to the west is isolated, and the maid's room, though connected with tho kitchen, is divided from it by a passageway. The kitchen porch is roomy, tho kitchen small enough to save r i i 1 TtttCOLO MAIDJBJt I HI B l6 I JTOUBOOM I- Tpi'M EBI CWNIBJ BAT1I R T BATH U00 J Tt i i rMr " (S ? f - I i 1 j'-j bed aoon J B I 1 b.oo u I if r I I W I SJf OH.NVBH0.Y j- , I ft ft I I I rfl?M-jr 8 1-- If J,L-- j-l DB B J steps, and yet not too compact, and the cellar stairs lead directly down from it into tho laundry, off of which is tho sen-ants' bath room. Tho plumbing is confined to ono small section of the house, which saves not only tho initial cost but confines any re pairing to a small area. Ample store rooms arc por tioned off in tho cellar, and the coal and wood bins nro located near tho furnace door. Area steps lead directly from the. laundry, and the clothes chutes from tho two upstair bathrooms terminate near tho set tubs. On the second floor aro two largo airy bedrooms across tho hall from each other. Ono of them is in tended for a guest chamber, and tho other for older children or other members of the family. Tho bath room comes directly over the first floor one, and nt the end of the hall is a door to the sleeping porch, which is also reached through tho front bedroom. A largo unfinished store room opens on tho sleeping porch which makes tho airing of stored away cur tains, rugs and winter clothing a simple matter. Whole trunks may bo dragged out there and be ran sacked and repacked in tho strong light and air, which cannot fail to appeal to tho housewife who dreads tho heated attic in tho first warm days of spring. Every room has adequate closet space ; the upper iront Deuroom nnu the owners room being particularly favored in this respect. Tho plan of the Ideal Home admits of enlarging if the appropriation can be raised a bit. For one thousand dollars more the following changes could bo made: the covered porch on tho ground floor might easily bo sacrificed for an extension bedroom, day nursery or study of flno proportions, the sleeping porch walled-in for an ex tra maid's room, or tho unfinished storeroom converted for the same use. The bathrooms could bo tiled throughout, nn extra chimney built, and a fireplace opened in the up stairs bedroom, as well as a win dow built in tho closet. A built-in ice box could bo furnished, a tiled shelf under the dining room win dows for plants with corner glass cupboards built in on either side and a beamed ceiling in the living room. Awnings might bo made for tho sunny sido of tho house, the gardens piped for sprinklers, a vacuum cleaner with exhaust in stalled, or other electric devices for saving labor. So can the Ideal Homo at tho modest cost of six thousand 'five hundred dollars be come as well eouinned ns n. vcrv pretentious and costly dwelling. TF a green house is desired ns an addition to tho A otherwise Ideal Home, it can bo made both useful ns well as ornamental. And if you arc really inter ested in a garden of your own and wnnt to obtain therein tho very best results, and also have growing things about you during nil tho months, a green house is to you an essential. A hot bed or a cold frame will hardly be sufficient to your requirements. A not too costly outlay would transpose tho covered porch of the Ideal House into n conservatory green house. Glassing in the sides with removable sash would give you a solarium for the colder months and while not as thoroughly businesslike as a hot house, would makeagood starting plnco for indoor seedlings. Attached to the house it may be made part of it- another charming room to live in, it can furnish nil the gardening joys with none of its discomforts, anil guarantee seasonable results' in vegetables, fruits and flowers that will make you an object of envy. f.teil ; wAffu .mil i .-rri Living Room of the Ideal Home. Dining Room of the Ideal Home.
