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Show Story-and-a-Half House of Seven Rooms Provides Much Extra Space V Wit l - : ' r wJi iW rtxt j( Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. Od account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, man-ufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on the subject. Address Ad-dress all inquiries to William A. Radford, Rad-ford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-cent stamp for reply. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD It Is sometimes surprising how much room one can get In a story-and-a-half house. That extra space on the upper floor adds considerably to the number of rooms available and does so without increasing the building costs in proportion. pro-portion. Some people object to houses of this type on the ground that the upper floor is always too hot in hot weather, but this is not necessary. If it were, the popular bungalow would not be so popular, for the same conditions condi-tions must be met In building bungalows. bun-galows. Building materials have been developed devel-oped to such a degree that the roof of the bungalow or story-and-a-half house can be thoroughly Insulated against the summer sun, and It can be done without great expense. Better Bet-ter and cheaper Insulating materials are being developed all the time, and this branch of the building industry has made a great advance. With this sort of treatment the most serious objection ob-jection to the story-and-a-half house is removed, and there Is no reason why it should not be popular. A house of this type is shown here, which offers an unusual number of rooms of good size. There are seven rooms In this house In addition to a f. 27V 1 H Mwml rife urn . jjj ""o";4" IkiTOiofl fen f Dining Un DedRa; I n'-e'xiz'-o i'-o"xi2'-o" I Living Ra .Inl 26'- 6"x 15-0" j&i? i Front Porch I n P First Floor Plan. large alcove, a washroom, two bathrooms bath-rooms and an extra toilet on the first floor. This is ample to accommodate a good-sized family in perfect comfort. Attractive Porch. The exterior is finished in clapboard, and the roof is shingled. An attractive attrac-tive porch extends clear across the front, and the roof of this porch is formed by carrying the main roof down in an unbroken sweep. However, this sweep is relieved by the wide dormer which is placed at the center. An Interesting In-teresting point in the exterior appearance appear-ance Is the way in which the exposed rafters have been handled with an ornamental or-namental notch at the ends. The two outside rafters are enlarged at the end and are supported by brackets against the corner posts of the porch. The main entrance opens from the center of the porch directly into the living room. This room is large. 26 ' - -; 1 toRtt- DedEm- Clo- . ITH 1 Alcove ylr)t V li'-o"r.lo'-o' vJ-H1- Second Floor Plan. by. 13 feet, and extends across the entire en-tire front of the house with a fireplace at one end. From it a door opens into the dining room, which is lighted by a large bay window at one side. There are two doors at the opposite side of the dining room opening Into the kitchen, and a hallway. This hallway gives access to the basement stairs, the first floor bedrooms bed-rooms and the bathroom. One of the bedrooms Is opposite the dining room, the other directly back of it at the rear corner. Between the two Is the bathroom which is cut off from both by large closets. The kitchen is well equipped with built-in cupboards and has a pantry in which the ice box is installed, with an opening through which it may be filled from the washroom at the rear. This washroom will prove a real boon to the housekeeper, for here she may do the washing without the necessity of running up and down the basement stairs. It has built-in laundry tubs, and off of It there Is a convenient toilet. The stairway to the upper floor is also found here, and a back entrance to the house, though there is no rear porch. On the upper floor there are two bedrooms bed-rooms of good size, and each has a large closet. There is also a linen closet in the hall at the head of the stairs, and one of the bedrooms has a large alcove, almost a small room in itself, which Is lighted by the dormer dor-mer seen in the Illustration of the house. There is also a bathroom on this floor and a storage space uuder the slope of the roof. Care of Floors Easy With Power Scrubber The care and improvement of floors are matters of importance to the fastidious fas-tidious housewife. An electrically driven floor machine for home use is being manufactured in Chicago. It Is made for household use, in two sizes. These electrical devices do more thorough, uniform and rapid work than can be done by hand. They are extensively ex-tensively used by busy housewives, in the small house or apartment, foi scrubbing kitchens, bathrooms, porches, etc., besides for shampooing or renovating reno-vating carpets and rugs. These sizes are also suitable for waxing and polishing dining room, hail and living room floors. |