Show ROO ti TWO STORY HOUSE not a single superfluous line to be found in this home ENTIRE ABSENCE OF FRILLS has points which put many more ex pensive homes at a tage Is 13 commodious home of eight rooms by WILLIAM A RADFORD mr william A radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all s subjects u abject s pertaining to the subject of tuil building ding tor for the readers of this paper on account of 0 his wide experience as editor author and manufacturer he Is without doubt the highest authority on all these sub ejects address all inquiries to william A radford no 1827 prairie avenue chicago III and only two cent tamp stamp for reply in this home there Is not a single superfluous line there Is an entire absence of frills yet it gives a more pleasing impression than many a home costing twice as much and making without them in some of our more mom severe northern winters the dining room Is immediately off oft the reception hall and Is also accas s sible ible from the living room it Is a very well lighted room and adjoins a compact and conveniently arranged kitchen equipped with window lit sink outside icing refrigerator and win dowed gintry our stairway to the second story Is compactly arranged and yet has dec possibilities in its rel relation atlon to the reception hall it calls for fairly severe handling if it Is to be made the most of but a simple newel post with white enameled spindles and a ma bogany stair rail would serve to give it distinction upstairs we have three bedrooms and a dewing room which could be made to serve as an extra bedroom all these upstairs rooms I 1 ave fine closet space and are on a hall which leads conveniently to the bathroom if one wished two of the bedrooms could be furnished with out outside ide doors to open on the sun porch roof and by having am ing this roof flat and covered with an awning there would be fine outdoor sleeping accommodations naturally one would expect the out er woodwork of this attractive home to be finished in white the white siding below the white stucco would ghe a neat and presentable appear ance aliaus al a s and with proper land escaping the lot upon which it was built A e 01 7 UKA ial adz UP h g EAT 10 xa 6 LZ dim rm A in D ax 13 EC A r RM 1 4 11 0 R F atac an rm X I 1 it aw first floor pin more claims to pretentiousness what Is the secret observe that the lines are pleasing there are patterned windows up stalls and down which carry the eye along in easy verticals and horizontals and the handling of the cornices and the wide biding siding used give other lines tl ti at aurally and artistically are all that can be desired the use of stucco for the upper story exterior Is a happy thought and it breaks up whatever monotony might have come from too severe handling of the exterior the overhanging cornice corrilee formed by the ex tension of the fairly flat mansard roof helps out the sll silhouette bouette of the house inside we find a very commodious home of eight rooms including sun room the latter leads out from the living room and together these two ara are quite as attractive a bombina CL 44 second floor plan tion of the two most used rooms as you co could uld wish to find in a 1 oi se the sun room could have a fireplace also by taking care to have the one flue serve both it and tl e living room the glass doors which open from the living room into the sun room ought to be In included eluded in this house rather than port leres for the pa placing teang of them Is such that the living room would be apt to be drafty and uncomfortable could be made to emphes ze the beauty of the house the blinds or inner curtains might be those which have a white outer coating and a green in ner coating add ng to the attractive ness of the exterior end making the inner rooms seem more cool in the long sunshiny das da s of summer A house like this emphasizes the wisdom of building from a plan con arary to mistaken ideas a well designed house does not just grow like topsy it must be planned carefully with proper attention given to each detail this house fol follows lovis a plan its builder I 1 new what he was doing and no hit or miss judgment was permitted and who can deny that the insult Is most pleasing |