Show j GOOD t. t i FOR ANY PLACE Substantial and Spacious Five Five- f Room Frame Houser House r f INTERIOR IS WELL LAID LAIQ OUT i Structure Which Looks Well on Any I f Class Class Residential Street I f Farm or Ranch Ranch Ranch-No No GewGaws Gew- Gew f r Gaws or Fancy Trimming By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer questions and imd give five advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the theE E subject of building for tor the readers of ot this paper On account of ot his wide wideL experience as Editor Author and L t Jf Manufacturer ho Is Is without doubt the highest authority on all these sub- sub Address all Inquiries to William WilliamA A A. Radford No 1327 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago Ill and only two-cent two stamp for tar reply This is a bungalow which would look lookas as ns well on any first-class first residential street as it would on the farm fann or ranch The Thc reason for this is that it meets with certain elemental requIrements requirements require requIre- requirements ments any good house should have It like those tb s tall h hollyhocks especially and the tiU j Junipers rs One thing that should not be forgotten for for- gotten rotten in Jn building this house bouse or or any Rny other house is that It will will- willbe be the center center cen cent ter tel of the family ur life for ma many years Will It be the ki kind of a place where friends will feel proud to come me for o D call Will tl the e neighbor children by preference favor your children s yard more than their own 1 These are things which will n add d to the pleasure of life and it will be Insuring th their lr pr presence sence in t their best aspects If 11 you build so that the house bouse will become ahome a n ahome home as soon as you U move In and get et sett settled ed All the fancy trimming of the usual house built for show becomes nothing if we do o not have e a a comfortable ble place with rooms not too cramped or too large and with a n little garden at the side sille or the back supplying the table while one In the front supplies flower beauty for the senses of sight and smell In building it is usually best to let the contract out to a n single contractor of good reputation and let him have havethe havethe havethe the responsibility for the entire Job This way Vay the owner knows at the start where he Is at nt Often separate contracts contracts con con- cop cop- tracts are made for the I lighting heating heating heat heat- ing and plumbing but on most small houses bouses this can all be taken care caie of on the one contract It does not pay to supervise the building of your house yourself unless Sunless you are a builder by tra trade l The time is is gone and yo you find f find you sou have nothing I J 1 l 0 I. 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X Z Cl I 1 F JI f fi r. r 4 I I l J I I L r iI I looks well there are no gew-ga gew gewgaws gew-gaws ws or fancy tancy trimming It Is substantially built and Its Interior Is very conveniently conveniently conveniently laid out outTo outTo To begin with the overhanging roof shelters and shades at the same time Perhaps this would make It appeal to those living In the warmer wanner sections of the country The snubbed gables give a cozy look but are excellent in the places where winds become more strong than agreeable The framing could be stained brown weathered finIsh fin fin- ish reducing upkeep In hi this respect to toa toa toa a minimum The porch is really an extension of the roof to a short distance above the front door This Is like the window at the left really reany a French window We enter from the terrace Into the living room 13 feet teet by 21 feet 6 0 inches and with a fireplace and windows at one end which together with the windows on the the same wall as the entrance door leave a good expanse of wall space e elsewhere for the proper han hanging of pictures and the convenient placing of at furniture From the living room we enter the dining room It Is 15 lei feet by 18 feet and ond has three windows The kitchen Is right off ocr the dining room and has a sink by the window with ample shelvIng shely ing lag on both sides of it a n pantry with outside icing and a rear porch off the entrance vestibule which makes a good place for tor the housewife to do her light kitchen chores on a hot day There are two bedrooms oft off the dinIng dinIng din din- Ing lag room reached through a n short hall which also forms torms the connecting link to o the bathroom Both bedrooms bedroom are 11 feet teet by 13 feet and have bave light on two sides and ample closet room The family in this house would we we feel Ceel take proper pride In It it See how the proper landscaping of the lot accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac with very little effort has produced a u pleasing front yard We to show for your trouble A good contractor contractor con con- tractor or builder Is worth looking for tor and leaving alone when you OU give him the contract I |