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Show Five-Room Bungalow Ideal Design j for Small, Single Family Home ! .r v PI J Floor Plan. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD 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. On 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. Every report which has appeared since the first of the year further verifies veri-fies the prediction that the greatest bulk of building for 1925 would be small, single family houses. Even in the cities this type of house Is coming rapidly to the front once more and with the Improvement of highways and development of suburban property the tendency will undoubtedly be still more marked. Outside of the larger cities the supremacy su-premacy of the small, single family dwelling is unquestioned. For these reasons the bungalow, as an ever popular pop-ular type of small house, will command the Interest of the prospective home builder. Because of its construction, the bungalow makes possible a most convenient, comfortable and roomy house at a comparatively small cost. At the same time, if properly designed it can be made very attractive. No better proof of this can be found than the fact that in California, the originul home of the bungalow, this type of construction is used for some of the finest and most artistic homes. The attractive little bungalow Illustrated Illus-trated here occupies a space only 34 feet wide and 42 feet deep. It is an inexpensive home to hulld but offers ample space for a small family and should appeal to people of limited means who desire a really comfortable comfort-able and convenient home which will make a good appearance for the money invested. A little ornainoninl latticework, flowering shrubbery and. perhaps, a tree or two in the yard, relieve what would otherwise be a somewhat plain exterior. The exterior itself, however, is well finished off by the overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends unci the novel cemented terrace side entrance. en-trance. The terracing of the yard with short nights of steps in the walk gives an appearance of added heigM which makes up for what is lost Insetting In-setting the house low to the ground, without visible foundations. This house has a smull porch with the front entrance giving aov-i di-reetly di-reetly into the large living room with its cheery fireplace. ldreetly behind the living room is the linit.g room. This is a hirge r-m ni:d l.n a hi:iit-in hi:iit-in huffet. Hosid-s the O-.r frm the living rootti and the onthie .. r v- hi' h opens from the side terrace, there is I a door entering the kit' lien and an- other to a hall at the side. The kitch-1 kitch-1 en is a smaller room Icit with plenty ! of working spare and nn efficient ar-j ar-j rimgcrcert which saves n.any step-for step-for the ho.isr see;x:r. A s'fiirwiiy to h:)e;r.-nt is provided. op.-r.ing from me kitchen n well as nn cut- side stair beside the rear porch. From the hall one reaches the two bedrooms and the bathroom which is placed just between them. Each bedroom bed-room has a large closet and these closets are placed to isolate the bathroom from the bedrooms. The entire plan and appearance carry an atmosphere of hominess and hospitality and is the sort of home which Inspired the pride of its occupants occu-pants to the constant care which goes to keep the house and surroundings always al-ways in perfect conditions. |