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Show MOUSMG RAN SttVKX. Uc HOUSING HAN WVKE. he 5tD ROOM I" 5 ATM 1J A ico vl f V I5 17 1 LD C.OOM 9lo I I h n P 1cH I y KucHtN l r-4 i L25-o"I QUEENSLAND FLOOR PLAN THE QUEENSLAND The trouble with many contemporary (modern) homes is that they range over so much territory that they are beyond be-yond the price level of the modern - inclined family that must build on a limited budget. The Quensland is a contemporary home designed de-signed especially for those who must watch costs carefully. Under an attractive hipped roof its floor plan arranges logically in the modern fashion. The living room is large and open to light and air on three sides. The kitchen Is in front looking out over the street on what, since the advent of the automobile, has become the least attractive outlook of most plots. Like most modern houses, this house need not have a celler. An adequate heater room is provided in the first floor. For those who insist on a basement the detailed working drawings provide pro-vide a cellar alternate. From a flagstone terrace, one enters a vestibule vesti-bule equipped with a good coat closet. A turn to the right and one enters the large living room. The kitchen opens to the left of the vestibule and is large enough for a permanent dining alcove. al-cove. This is attractively placed in the corner window giving unobstructed views up and down the street. To balance the corner window in the dining alcove, a similar window is placed in the bedroom on the other side of the house. The ex terior effect achieves the symmetry of fenestration that is a fundamental of good architecture. ar-chitecture. And, on the inside the use of corner windows in two strategic spots helps to make the attractive arrangement of furniture easy. Like all the houses of our series, The Queensland was designed to the exacting requirements require-ments of Housing Plan Service as well as to conform to the standards and construction requirements of Federal Housing Administration. The electrical plan was checked by the National Adequate Wiring Bureau. Blueprints and specifications may be had from Housing Plan Service, 140 Nassau Street, New York 7, N. Y. for $7.50 per set |