Show NEAT COLONIAL COLON STYLE BUNGALOW Tasteful Distinctive Home That ThatIs Is Not Expensive for Average Family By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William A. A Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on on ill all subjects pertaining t to th the subject of ot building for lor the readers of ot this paper On account of ot his hla wide experience as Editor Author and Manufacturer ho he is Is without doubt the highest aut authority on all those these sub sub- Address all Inquiries s to William A. A Radford No 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago Ill and only two cent stamp tamp for reply What the designer of th this s six room room Colonial bungalow did was simply to eliminate the upper second story of ot ofa ofa ota a typical Colonial design and leave a awe we well balanced one sto story one y design that re- re J. J to be really an nn extra room room The bath bath- bathroom bath bathroom room room and the b bedrooms rooms are re reached ched from a door opening off orr the dining room and this helps to rive give them a detached position with relation to the rest of ot the house No one likes to have the bedrooms within the range e of ot vision of even the mo most t friendly caller If I 1 were t to have haye the furnishing of this house I 1 would would see sec to It first that my my walls were finished in a way way which would give ghe the furnishings the proper background You could use a large flowered pattern for the wall paper In Inthe Inthe inthe the living lI room because it is a fairly large room and will stand It The The- woodwork could be painted or enameled enameled enameled enam enam- white Q Or you could use kalso mIne or paint or ox some of the new plastic wall finishes and get a plain or textured effect for or the wall wull and have the tint a neu neutral cream ecru warm gray or or neutral green With such a n handling of the the wall wail you OU could let the woodwork take its proper place finishing it natural or staining nI and rl waxing or varnishing it Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany any or walnut would go well l here ere with Windsor sor chairs or some of the tIle I I rr a t ruP icY d dv v r. r w defog w vi aw w t j I Ij O r F LI 1 V I t a Q j W Cs Z ZA 1 A 0 I V wt V VI I i I Z X t 4 O t Oc o L 4 1 o c n t HI oX T r I Q I A H I tb p a a tU O 0 0 a I I h a tJ a 1 U-I U L s-an s x L t I o J I f A oA o- o I Flo Floor r Plan PIan j tams talus all the artistic perfections of our our early arly AmerI American an houses Its exterior exterior exterior ex ex- is of ot wooden siding painted white stucco could have been used as well if desired The spreading porch entrance is perfectly proportioned proportioned and inviting and the wide entrance en en- entrance t trance ance doorway flanked by quaint sidelights has an old fashioned brass knocker and two modern adaptations of old Colonial wrought iron lanterns to give light to the incoming and departing departing de de- parting caller There is no entrance vestibule one step over oyer the threshold and we ar are atre Inside the amply dimensioned living room 15 feet teet by 10 ID feet 6 Inches It has a fireplace flanked with in built-in bookcases and with its large spread of ot blank wall space offers an opportunity opportunity opportunity for the effective e grouping of I pictures and furniture This is a consideration consideration con con- I worth taking taking- Into account many rooms pretend to be convenient simply because they have haye m many ny doorways doorways door door- I ways or windows As a matter of ot fact tact the placing of doors and windows windows windows win win- dows deserves a n great deal of ot study for if It the wall Is cut Into by these In too man many places places' we have a a room In which it Is hard to make good furniture furniture fur fur- ur- ur re and pictures seem to belong Folding French doors divide the liv- liv living liv lv living ing room room from the tho dining room This latter Is s 13 feet by 10 16 feet has hus a built built- in china closet and four windows In Inu a u row T The e kitchen has bas many built in conveniences with the sink pla placed ed by bythe bythe bythe the window and handy to the china closet shelving above and the pantry close by There are arc two bedrooms and a sleeping Bleeping porch that Is so 80 as new maplewood copies of l early ly Essex and Salem furniture In fa fact t it would be well to hold to the simpler furniture shapes throughout such as these se just mentioned or wicker The heavy Mission or Jacobean or Spanish styles would not t go well here Simple land rand landscaping soaping of ot the lot will wll make this pl place c i a home every ery passer passer-by will envy I |