Show IIan of V Seven Room H use Offers I Greater Space at the Lowest Cost CostO V V V V I r O OI 1 I I V I g J j Et 11 LIVING RM JM D V I 13 x 14 HI V VV I V f i hl 91 V E T f I V N H Y I Cx J 19 V I I V V V VV V PORCH t V 1 ti r i V V 5 V V V ih l f V i-i i 1 i tL t lr L l i 4 i V rr V First Floor Plan V V V V V I By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr Mi- William A Radford A-Radford Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF CO COST jT on all problems pertaInIng to the i it subject of ot building building- for tor the readers of t this t 8 paper On account of ot his wide I experience as Editor Author and Manufacturer Manufacturer Man Man- he ie Is without doubt the highest authority on the subject Address Address Address Ad Ad- dress all inquiries to William A. A Radford Radford Rad- Rad ford No 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago Ill and only two two-c two cent nt stamp stamp for reply In Iii proportion to the amount of wall construction required the square h house use affords more actual space than any any other shape of building Because of at this fa fact t architects ts very frequently use the square re or or r nearly i rl square floor r plan when designing a house where maxImum maximum maxi mail mum space must be he combined with low ow construction cost At the same same time the nearly square ho house e can always be made attractive without the danger of of nw awkward ward lines which may appear In Inthe Inthe the themore more Irregular shapes unless most carefully designed In planning the square house thought should be given to the exterior exterior ex ex- ex- ex tenor design to avoid monotony or what might be called a like box-like appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap and this can be done by means of at lines which break the wall R I i a c N rw RL Second Floor Plan surface as well vell ns as by ornamental features features fea tea tures porches and entrances trellises window awnings and shrubbery A fine line example of at this can be seen and sun seven room In this two two- two story tory story parlor house bouse While riot not ot square this house Is of at the square wide and 27 21 feet fe-et 0 6 type being 3 35 feet well as the Inches deep The walls as roof loof are shingled and the expanse of ot just wall Is brok broken n by a belt course windows Also story second below belo the tile these windows break the tIle line of the eaves which which are are finished In an attractive attractive attractive at at- thatch effect walls N No foundation IB Is visible the straight to the ground but the running level Is broken by the use of t ground side extending tendIng out from either hedges porch The rile front terraced front of the entrance Is the with Its pillar porch front elevation but butIs butIs butIs feature of at the miln be out of ot bal bal- to so heavy as Is not with the rest of at tile the building amt anie of at the windows at o one c side hlub the and those at the tle other porch are small large and placed high th the balance bat bal side e are ure maintained by means of or the trellises ance Is supporting vines which frame rame entrance side of at the each the thle wall at through a ft entered 1 iho ho house Is Into a vestibule which opens annul through broUgh to extending tending clear cent al hall ball side and porch At t one the rear entry and sun sUn parlor a Is th the living room In which a large novel nOTel arrangement at either cither side door with a fireplace forms forms' forms form the p partition between the two i rooms At the front end end of the the living room built in bookcases extend clear across ss the f om with willi two to small mall windows win windows dows above the cases These are are the two windows seen In the front view view atthe of at the house at nt o one e side of at the entrance V The The sun parl parlor r Jis wholly i glass j i enclosed J I tw t ii t 1 r At Atthe t I the tnt V ot other other V er side V of at V the hall la Is the fhe V dini room m m with the k kitchen kitchie chen directly lre behind It The dining room Is a large i r V V light r room om and the kitchen him Is Li eq equipped with the built in built ln cabinets ets and ana n d other ther appliances appliances ap ap which c characterize i the modern mOdel home In the the hall are stairs which lead lead to the basement casement and and second flo floor oCr r. r On the second floor noor there thero are equal sized b bedrooms occupying the four tour corners of the bull building din and arranged about a central hall hail At the front a apart apart apart part of the hall hail space Is used for tor the bathroom Each bedroom has a good sized closet and there Is a balcony built over the rear porch |