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Show Modified Dutch Colonial Home Well Arranged and Attractive By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical home building, for the readers read-ers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. sub-jects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue. Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-cent etamp for replv. There is no excuse for anyone who plans to build or is building a new home to have other than an attractive attrac-tive house. Designs for modern homes have been brought to a point of excellence ex-cellence where exactly the right number num-ber of rooms to meet the family needs and their arrangement can be had in a home that is good to look at and one of which the owner may be proud. Take, for example, the modified Dutch colonial home shown in the accompanying ac-companying illustration. Added to this rectangular house are an enclosed vestibule, an open terrace and a sun room. These give the exterior of the home an appearance of size much greater than its dimensions and add to Its comfort and attractiveness. This house is designed for the farm family or a family living in town that requires three fairly large bedrooms. bed-rooms. It is 26 feet wide and 22 feet deep, exclusive of the sun room at the end and the terrace at the front. The p; Kitchen- Q n,,,,, , n PiningKk.!! J iro" co'6" j! LJ TEKRAM ITT 1st First Floor Plan. home contains six rooms. The living room Is 13 feet G inches wide and 17 feet 6 inches deep and in the center of the wall which separates It from the sun room is an open fireplace. The Bun room is reached through double french doors at the front of the room. An open stairway with one turn leads out of the back of the living room to the second floor. The dining room is connected with the living room by a double cased opening which gives the effect of two rooms being one spacious room. The dining room is at the front and on the corner which permits windows on two sides for light and' ventilation. Between Be-tween the diniLz room, which Is 11 r BAICOHY . y Bed Km. I "71 I0'0"Z9'0- I TTATl LI' 1 E Bed Re. Bed Km. i th-Ldi Second Floor Plan. feet by 10 feet 6 inches is a breakfast break-fast nook where the less formal meals may be served and the work of the homemaker made easier. The kitchen is 8 feet by 11 feet Stairs to the basement are under the stairs to the second floor and are reached through the kitchen. The sun room is a good feature of this house. It is 7 feet 6 Inches wide and 21 feet long and has a door leading lead-ing into it from the terrace as well as the double doors from the living room. There are a window at the front, five windows at the end and two windows at the back which in summer sum-mer are screened and make the sun room a very attractive semi-indoor sitting sit-ting room. In the winter these windows win-dows are closed, and by extending the heating plant so that this room will be heated it makes a warm, sunny place in the cold weather. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. All these rooms open off a center hall. Each of the bedrooms is a corner room and each has a good sized closet. This is a most desirable home building design, and because of its low cost will appeal to a great many prospective pros-pective home builders who want a pretty house that contains plenty of room for a family of six persons or less and is arranged so that the home-maker home-maker can take care of it with a minimum mini-mum of labor. |