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Show EcUT ggggV dining room door could easily be utilized util-ized in (lie same way. This would' make a beautiful sun parlor or conservatory con-servatory for plants. It would be of large dimensions and, opening direct' from the dining room, would be a very valuable addition to the house. One who has never experienced the use of such a sun room can scarcely appreciate what a desirable apartment . . .. it is, especially in the winter time. To be able to sit in the warm sunshine, sun-shine, surrounded by beautiful growing grow-ing plants and with all the comfort Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and ive advi.e l'liMl-l Of' OUST on all subjects periainin.L; to the srhjeel of builuni;.; lor l!:o readers of this paper. On aeooum of his w ide oxpe-rieilee oxpe-rieilee as Kdilor. Author ami Mann;:ie-turer. Mann;:ie-turer. be is, without doiiht, the highest authority on nil these suhjeets. Address all iannirios to William A. Had ford. Ni). I1'-! Fifth Ave.. Chieaijo, Til., and only enclose en-close two-eent stamp f.-r reply. The prospective builder should not lose sight of the fact that some day it may be necessary or desirable to sell the house he proposes to build; and, if it is attractive and artistic in appearance and well arranged, it can always be disposed of. and that, too, at a good profit to the owner. The requirements re-quirements of different families, how- ever they may differ in regard to certain cer-tain minor matters, are in general about the same. So, by giving careful care-ful thought and study to the design of the house when building, it may be made to suit exactly one's own I needs and also those of the possible future purchaser. Almost everyone requires a residence resi-dence of fairly large size; and it is only natural that they should want it to be of distinguished appearance perhaps one might say imposing; yet still in good taste. We have heard a great deal of late about the beauty of the square, boxlike, box-like, handcraft style of houses; and their plain, unadorned walls have been urged upon the home builders as the only proper way to build in this advanced generation of ours. Nevertheless, Never-theless, the fact remains that the people like their houses artistic and well ornamented; with large, generous porches; with sunny bay windows and with ells and projections from the main part, which add both dignity and room. Such houses may be called old fashioned by the critics, but they have been tested by generations of use and are still the kind of houses that the people want. There are modern adaptations, It is I bud I wu. I I V Second Floor Plan. of being inside a well-built house, yet with the exhilaration that comes from outdoor light and air, and that in cold stormy weather, Is a blessing Unit can only be enjoyed by those fortunate enough to have a sun parlor of this kind. But the other features of this residence resi-dence design are deserving of attention atten-tion also. There are four large pleasant pleas-ant rooms on the first floor the par- N " y' .S" "-l', t - pa 4 4? X U I ,,4 true, of some of the parts of these houses. We have learned to make better use of them than our fathers did. An Instance in point concerns the large porches that are such a prominent feature with all these houses. Today we utilize these, or part of them at least, the year round ' We have learned that it Is a very easy matter to glass-in a porch, especially lor, silting room, dining room and kitchen. There are wide cased openings open-ings between the entrance hall and, the parlor; the parlor and sitting room and the sitting room and dining room. An open fireplace occupies one-: one-: corner of the sitting room. This is , designed and built for real service and is calculated to make these rooms very cozy and comfortable. The rooms on the second floor are exceptionally desirable. Four large square bedrooms are provided and there is an unusual amount of closet space. Nothing is more to be desired in a home than ample room to store away clothing, linen, etc., properly. J The closet space In this house will ap- peal especially to the housewives for i this reason. . There are no fewer than j seven clothes closets, each of generous gener-ous dimensions, on (his floor. This house is very well constructed, has a stone foundation with basement under the entire structure, exterior I walls covered with yellow pine siding, ; roof of red cedar shingles and Inte-' Inte-' rior finished in hardwood, using oak i Tor the flooiing and first quality birch i for the trim. The cost is esllmated at ' $3,500. I amy "pJIh zzvtT ROOM -rJrrAC- noctf I j Ji I ' r L-.-.-'l " F jTjr-11 -e-'7-o- i i First Floor Plan. one in a corner, and so convert it Into a delightful solarium or sun parlor par-lor for use and enjoyment during the cold winter weather. In the house design wh:ch Is shown in connection with this there are two porches both of which are especially we'l suited for such a purpose. The rear porch is of generous dimensions ami by putting in glass along two sides, letting it extend back to the kitchen dcor, a snug little sun parlor is easily made, opening off the dining room. This does not interfere at all with the kitchen entrance, since the glass partition would be run across just short of the kitchen door, thus leaving half of the present porch for the kitchen entry. Or. if a larger sun parlor were desired de-sired that part of the front porch extending ex-tending along the side to the front |