Washington County News | 1929-02-28 | Page 2 | Small Home not Built by Rule of Thumb Plan

Small Home Not Built by Rule of Thumb Plan Most persons suppose that the plan of a small home is simply the result of following a few "rules of thumb," and that by a few trials and shufflings shuf-flings of mere spaces for rooms, with walls on four sides and some kind of a cheap roof, a house can be compiled. com-piled. The sorry truth is that many so- called houses emerge from this method, meth-od, but certainly no correct solution of a home builder's problem is thus achieved. Each room must have Its appropriate appro-priate size, shape, aspect and relation rela-tion to other parts of the house. Proper Pro-per relation of rooms means no waste of time of the occupants when going from one part of the house to another. an-other. A saving in steps is a real comfort to the busy housewife. All parts of the house must be properly prop-erly lighted with sufficient window area, and doors must he properly placed so as to leave suitable spaces for the furniture. An architect never studies plans for a home wilhout placing properly the necessary pieces of furniture, and being be-ing sure that there is room enough for them. Now, ail this may seem simple enough, and it Is, were not the inevitable in-evitable factor of cost ever present to determine the limit of what can be controlled most properly by the architect, arch-itect, who makes complete preliminary drawings for his client and obtains preliminary bids before final construction construc-tion Is begun. The plans made by an architect, complete in detail, show the contractor exactly what Is expected expect-ed of him The architect eliminates "the extras," ex-tras," so often Incurred by the unenlightened unen-lightened using poor plans or possl bly no plans at all except "their builder's sketches."