Show i GOOD HUE HOME FOR AVERAGE FAMilY Seven-Room Seven House Has k v f tive live Features IS MOST POPULAR DESIGN j I Colonial Col Hou House e Is Is' Suitable for Small Lot but but H Has Has- HasGood s Good Exterior and I Rooms Are Conveniently Conveniently Arranged By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr MI William A. A Had Radford ford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF OP COST ou on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for tor the readers of paper On account of his wide experience as DS Editor Author and Manufacturer he ha IB JB without doubt douM the highest authority on nil all these subjects all Inquiries to io William A A. A Radford adford No 1 7 Prairie avenue Chicago o. o Ill and only two two- two cent cent ent stamp for or reply It Is fast fust approaching the time when those thousands who will erect homes bomes this year will see the Ute contractors begin begin begin be- be gin work volI Then will follow rapidly the erection of the house boase and the desire de de- desire e- e sire for a home of my own will soon be realized Iio However ever Utere there are are many mans many other thousands who int Intend nd to erect erect homes that have put off the off the selection of the plans frow hl which h they tRey will build To these a word of warning t e Dont Don't aela delay y too long Ions Contractors are going to be e taxed to the limit to build the homes that will be wanted this year building materials are In not such a large supply supply sup sup- ply t that at It It will be an n easy m matter to get the them quickly Tl Those ose who have bave planned in advance and who have bave made arrangements for the materials material I for their new homes are not pot going tobe tobe to tobe be disappointed those that put off contracting for their houses may find themselves still sUll without a home of their own next winter These words are not written with the Idea Ide of discouraging any of the home boue builders The They are meant to emphasize the fact that preparedness 1 J lQ as essential in home building as In war var The home shown In this Issue Is of the colonial type of f architecture The colonial is one of the most popular of homes Its exterior it beautiful if a superlative term may be used while it i t 1 hall ar around und which are aro the grouped the three bedrooms and the bathroom All AU of the bedrooms are much larger than are arc usually found In a house hous of ot this size and are arc so loc located ted that there isan Isan Is la laan an abundance of ventilation It will be noted that there Is Indicated indicated indi Indi- on the first floor plan the place for the register of a furnace This type of heating plant has come Into great grent pop popularity during the last few years It will heat a medium- medium sized house economically o and d efficiently efficient efficient- ly If It the single register is properly located For this house lh the he proper location location lo 10 lo- lo cation is ns as Indicated The heat from tram the cental l part of th the register rises hits the ceiling and spreads throughout through through- out the house As It cools it falls to the floor and Is drawn back to the furnace furnace fur nace nave where It Is heated a again aln The furnace Is located In the basement basem basement base base- m ment nt directly underneath the register I Tl The e basement extends under the whole of the house and Is JS large en enough Ugh to provide for modern laundry equipment equip equip- ment meat storage space for fruits and r ba 1 I FD 6 17 0 I TH L 13 tS D MOl GL 0 L. L j I I 1 Second Floor Plan vegetables and for the other things that ordinarily are kept there This home is the 1 kind nd that those who have hate not a n large Jarge amount of money to expend can secure It Is good to look at and provides an up-to-date up comfortable and convenient place forthe for forthe forthe the family of average size There never was a time when home owning was more profitable than now Rents especially In the cities and andl towns are all out of proportion to the ilie cost of building It Is a case of or pay pa what I ask or go without The TIle man who owns his home Is Independent of of lu landlords after his home is paid for for fortie he tie has an on asset that Is worth more to tOj him t than an the money It cost his bis family has a real home and he has bas the re 1 that Is paid every one who who owns property Now is the time time to to prepare prepa e to build The first move of course Is Is' s th the selee v rr cOi I k I N R Cb 3 t 1 permits a comfortable convenient and economical use of the interior space This home bome has a frontage of 36 feet and ls Is 23 23 feet deep It contains seven rooms four on the first floor and three on the second Outwardly this this' colonial house gives a strong Impression of hospitality Its great wide porch with the colonial columns its dormer projection projection projection pro pro- and balcony set Into the Ule front fronton on the Ule second floor Its dining room bay window and Its general gene appearance appearance appear appear- an ance e all aU combine to give the passerby the the- thought that here Is a real realI I home ome f. f 1 The floor plans show the sizes and arrangement of at the rooms The enI en- en I r f T Ti i DAN I cL 9 D DINING u. u I 4 3 I I 1 nA i J First Floor Plan trance of off the porch which Is 36 feet wide v and 9 feet deep leads into a u central central central cen cen- ball hall out of which runs the stairs to the Ule second floor On the right of this hall Is the living room 12 by 13 feet leet 3 Inches The fireplace is set into the tile corner of the room This lo location location location lo- lo cation makes a cheery room in the winter as It provides a better opportunity opportunity opportunity for more people to gather round it Through a n cased opening at nt the rear of at the living room Is a den 8 by 9 feet On the opposite side of the hall hull Is I the dining room 12 by 13 feet The bay window adds to Its attractiveness At the rear is the kitchen 9 feet G G I Inches by 13 feet A set of four win wIn- lows dows ws provides plenty of at light and and when hen the work table and sink are set under them gives the housekeeper an airy and cheery place t of to work Off OT the Ule kitchen Is J a n good- good oJ sized sized pantry also a washroom and t t. tn n d closets ho h load lend to a A. s mall c I Lion tiou of the plans for the home for these hese must be secured before It can be determined how bow much the house will cost Bankers always are ready to help finance home builders bunders as there theres Is s no better security for loans than a ahome ahome home lome and no better borrower than theman theman the tho thoman man who will save saye for a home bome |