| Show OF seven room home has many good features CONTAINS PLENTY OF ROOM artistic bay window and dormer make this design different from the ordinary bungalow rooms well arranged by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr william A radford baaford will answer auction and give alv advice KREE FREE OV of OST COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper on account ot of his wide experience as j editor author and manufacturer he h Is without dou doubt bt the highest authority on an all these sub subjects ts address adar all inquiries to william A radford no 1827 prairie avenue chicago ill and only enclose two cent tamp stamp tor for reply many blany home builders object to house designs that are unusual they say and usually are correct that unusual houses ari are excellent as homes but are not dot good investments it it should be necessary to sell the possible buyers are fewer for the reason that an odd house will not appeal to so many ner persons sons however vcr it Is possible to give distinction if to a standard type of house especially the bun bungalow alow architects take practically the same interior arrangement ran gement and by using different roof lines designing unusual windows and by giving the porch root roof a distinctive treatment affect changes that take the home out of the ordinary class find and put it into a distinctive class an excellent example of this branch of the architects art Is shown in the accompanying illustration this home Is not out of the ordinary in interior arrangement neither Is it of materi bis ais that often are used to get gei unusual exterior appearances it Is a standard approximately square frame bungalow but it does not look it the beauty ot of this exterior lias bas been secured by the small but artistic bay windows the four dormers dommers in the root roof and the ok off porches remove those these features and substitute those that ordinarily dina rily are shown ln in bungalow designs and this would be an ordinary house builders vilio erect such it bungalow as tills this need never be afraid that buyers would be scarce should it be offered tor for sale the bungalow shown Is 32 feet wide and 30 feet deep which Is comparatively ively a small house yet it contains six rooms and all of 0 the rooms are of good size lit hi construction the bungalow Is of wood frame set on a concrete foundation the roof Is of ornamental tile the front entrance leads to a reception hall that extends through the first floor to the right of the hall Is the living room 15 by 11 feet 6 inches to the left Is the dining room of exactly the same size at the rear of the dining room Is the kitchen 12 CLOSET CLOET f I 1 ih CL bath 1 DED ZOOM NALL LL CL 0 f jl second floor plan by it 11 feet 0 inches at the rear ot of the first floor Is a bedroom 13 by 10 feet 6 inches and being a corner room Is a well ventilated pleasant sleeping room between the bedroom and the kitchen Is a lavatory the stairs to the second floor run out of the hall toward the back of the first floor and lead to a central hall ball on the second floor where here I 1 there are arc two bedrooms and the bath room all of these rooms are in the dormers dommers dor mers one of the bedrooms Is 0 9 by 13 feet while the other is ig 0 by 0 9 feet 6 inches seldom are bungalows of tills this size planned so 90 that they contain three bedrooms but it Is done one here ond and dore done n such a way that lite he cost of the home la Is not materially In crewed the arrangement of the rooms and the dimensions of pach one are arc biown shown 0 on n the ali floor plan that the exterior view new of un thi limie limi e lionte linnie is of nt a li i may mav be aar afir i ar n 1 11 I Q e or the standard tan dard variety with pipes I 1 leading to registers in the rooms if I 1 Is used it should j a pl furnace thel be located near the center of 0 the house with the tha large register in tile the hall ball A basement extends under the whole of tae te house here there are rooms for the heating plant storage rooms tor or fuel fruits an and d vegetables and a part set aside for the laundry and the laundry equipment surroundings go tar far howord making any sort of a home bome attractive or the opposite iloene owners especially those whose houses have considerable space about them fire arc prying paying more attention to the planting of shrubs trees and lowers flowers nowadays than ever before bungalows e especially are emplit CL HAL KIT iad of 41 ITO ai first floor plan made more attractive by a planting of shrubs and lattices covered with vines giving an air of 0 privacy that Is hard to secure with a two story or even story and a half house attention to the yard that surrounds the home Is a good invest investment ment for it Is a proven fact that every doltar dollar invested in this manner increases the value of the place iwo two dollars speaking of in investments rest men ts th there ere Is 19 none that any man or woman can make that pays better dividends than a home home owners derlie a sa sac in their own houses that can scarcely be measured in dollars dollar S and cents cut bill added to this fact 11 the one that money invested lit in a bome 6 4 r it usually comes from systematic sav lag ing systematic saving requires an incentive and there Is no greater incentive than acquiring the ownership of a comfortable attractive home to build a home of course requires that tile the builder have a certain percentage of the cost to pay down and may pay the balance in or yearly installments to get this first or down payment savins saving is required biere Is no time like the present ito start the home building fund and it Is surprising how soon there will be an amount sufficient lent to secure a home one ne like that shown in the accompanying illustration |
