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Show Equipment of Modern Homes Mostly Built In Spnee-suvlng Is an all-Important Item In home building and to this end architects and bulldevs have resorted to the built-in features. The built-in equipment Is valuable both from the standpoint of convenience conveni-ence and from the fact that It requires the minimum of space for installation; also many otherwise unused portions of the home can be developed Into useful areas. The modem kitchen Is much smaller than the old type; it Is designed and arranged to reduce the number of steps necessary to do the work, a highly high-ly appreciated advance In labor-saving. Cabinets which do duty as both storage stor-age and work table, so planned as to permit the cook to reach the materials without walking back and forth Is the accepted standard of modern kitchens. Electric equipment and arrangement of the wall plugs are also In conformity conform-ity to the modern Idea Of saving in labor, and when properly arranged and in connection with the built-in equipment equip-ment are a most pleasing addition to the kitchen. The breakfast nook or room Is probably prob-ably the greatest comfort feature to the home, combining convenience with great saving In labor, more especially where there are children. The equipment equip-ment of this room should be built-in, sanitary fixtures. Many practical fixture fix-ture arrangements are featured by manufacturers specializing in this type of equipment which are a delight to every woman who manages her home. The breakfnst-room equipment should be planned so that it can be easily cleaned and for this purpose tiled floor and either tiled or washable walls should be planned. Tiled floors and walls, while costing more for Initial Installation, liave practically little or no maintenance expense and In a short time more than pay for the added expense. Built-in refrigerators are handy, but In all a recessed space for a standard type Is to be preferred, as these have been developed to a much more efficient effi-cient degree than the type which are a part of kitchen cabinets and equipment. equip-ment. In planning the kitchen do so with an eye to reducing the size and; to a removal of surplus furniture which requires moving while the floors and walls are being cleaned. In-a-door beds or wall beds are always al-ways acceptable features In every home and are of convenience not alone from the standpoint of extra sleeping accommodations, but from the double services which the rooms can be put to. A sewing-room or nursery with one of these beds can at a moment's notice be converted to a guest chamber, cham-ber, a very satisfactory arrnngement. Other features, such as mothproof closets, closet cabinets with drawers and arrangements for winter or summer sum-mer storage are very useful and practical prac-tical Items and their Installation cost is very minor In comparison with their convenience. Built-in features never can nor will displace furniture, and are not intended for such a purpose ; they are, however, valuable In reducing the number of pieces of furniture required and the elimination of many unwieldy and cumbersome units which must be moved to and fro when cleaning. The built-in equipment in the modern mod-ern home of today Is so built and arranged as to be thoroughly sanitary and to require the minimum of labor for cleaning, a condition quick to be taken advantage of by housewives who are insistent upon incorporating these features In the house plan. |