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SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE
THE IDEAL HOUSE PLAN
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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
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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
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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.
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Living Room of the Ideal Home.
Dining Room of the Ideal Home.