Show HOME IN CROW SPIE design that Is suitable for any section of the country HAS NINE ROOM efficiency flexibly dimensioned house which can be suited to large as well as medium sized lot planned to save steps by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr me william A radford will answer questions and give advice FREE rree OF COST on all subjects pertain ng to the subject of building tor for the readers of this paper pa p er on account of bis his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer be he is without doubt the highest authority on ill all these subjects address all inquiries to william A radford no aw prairie avenue chicago III and only two cent stamp tor for reply the period drawn on by the designer of this home with such attractive results Is what Is known knorn as the dutch colonial the gambrel root roof Is topical and the tape in general such as to commend itself to erection in any tiny part of the country north or south east or west there Is pleasing harmony in the use of the variegated cedar or corn coin position shingles in combination with the wide siding the shutters of the upper windows add to the decorative value as does the quaint oval window over the entrance which la is the bath room window by the way and the arched gracefully paned curved attic window the latter serves instead of a louver to maintain air circulation in the attic keeping the house ma serially teri ter ally fally cooler in summer there are eight rooms and a sleep ing porch which gives all the value of an extra or ninth room the re cassed porch entrance leads into a stairway hall and a door to the left into the living room 15 feet by 23 feet these are splendid proportions which male make the room an attractive prospect tor for comfortable furnishing furnishings there Is a built in bookcase and reading seat arrangement in one wall which could be made to serve in a more capacious way by leaving out the meat and build ing all shelving instead through the opposite wall long french doors open onto a terrace equipped with a quaint garden settle built against the house wall as will be seen at the left of our illustration with nith its inviting feature features and three tided aided lighting this living room could easily become the most in te resting room in the house leaving the living room we pass through the hall and I 1 enter the dining 3 U ah ak 5 r 4 I 1 U Z 0 s fa Z V tu 1 J j 01 R 14 first floor plan roam with ity its own porch and double windows looking out to the front it Is 15 feet by 12 feet 6 ine inc es and di erectly off it Is the breakfast room 9 feet G 6 inel es by 8 feet 0 6 inches an unusually ell lighted cheerful room itch could be made to serve serne instead as a sewing room library or stu ly as the 0 felt inclined the kitchen Is 0 9 feet 0 inches by 10 feet with mith ice box placed for handy outside icing broom clobert and its own entry which prients preen ts access to the kitchen proper in the case of peddlers etc with its regular reg ular pantry and the added ad vantage of a butler s pant pantry 9 serving Is a pleasure to the worker in the kitchen upstairs we have four bedrooms one bathroom and a sleeping bleeping porch that opens from the right front bedroom it 11 ere are five fhe clothes closets upstairs and one linen closet ample for all requirements quire ments As the house stands it Is without the distinctive feature of a fireplace however a chimney of cobbles or brick could be erected at the left end dividing the structure and giving a fireplace inside the living room up mom a CL 1 Q 0 4 4 5 cys ti in via ol 01 a 11 A IL M 01 a 1 r EI r a 8 aj I 1 second floor plana stairs the two left bedrooms could be thrown together in one masters room and the fireplace built into the space e developed through the removal of th the e dividing wall mall between the rooms As with mith all other homes flowers and vines and shrubbery are impera five if a house Is to appear to ad vantage worth observing Ning particularly A k 71 nl 4 4 1 ru 1 I 1 in thib this illustration Is the way may the dwarf cypresses potted on the ter races give tone and character in keeping nith the dignified character of this handsome dwelling especially so since the dutch who developed this style of house realized to the full the lecora decorative tive possibilities of bright flow ers and shrubs in connection NN ith their homes |