. Our farm and building book. . nativesare too proud to admit thatthey need a cellar, but sen-sible fellows in other statesbuild after this plan and takegreat pains to make the cel-lar a very important feature. The plans call for 7l/2 feetof head room in the cellar,to give the proper depth fora warm air furnace, which isusually placed about in thecenter of the plan, some 10feet from the kitchen chim-ney; so the shortest andmost direct heating pipes will;ead to the large living roomand to the dining room. This big living room is avery attractive feature. Insize it is 19 by 14 feet, with plenty
. Our farm and building book. . nativesare too proud to admit thatthey need a cellar, but sen-sible fellows in other statesbuild after this plan and takegreat pains to make the cel-lar a very important feature. The plans call for 7l/2 feetof head room in the cellar,to give the proper depth fora warm air furnace, which isusually placed about in thecenter of the plan, some 10feet from the kitchen chim-ney; so the shortest andmost direct heating pipes will;ead to the large living roomand to the dining room. This big living room is avery attractive feature. Insize it is 19 by 14 feet, with plenty of light and with a nook forbooks and a cozy corner in which toread them; both placed conveniently atthe sides of the fireplace. A triple casement window is builthigh enough in the exposed wall toplace a fine big davenport under itand still have room in the outsidecorner for a large easy chair. The proper placing of furniture isreceiving more attention from archi-tects than depends uponmany little details. Life. Arrangement of Bungalow, Size 44 by 29 feet is made up of little things which in theaggregate amount to more than the bigthings, because there are so many ofthem. The front door opens into a ratherlarge, comfortable reception hallwhich really is an adjunct to the liv-ing room and is in very close connec-tion with the dining room. The rear porch with itscove to hold an ice box, alsothe large pantry, would beappreciated by every house-keeper. There is a box windowbuilt on the side of thekitchen that adds a great dealto the pleasure of doingkitchen work. It is seldomthat a kitchen table is treatedto the luxury of having suffi-cient light. A lemon pie al-ways goes together in theproper proportions when theingredients are mixed to-gether in a nook like this. A real bungalow requiresa lot of veranda room; andthis plan supplies it in abun-dance. Any good house-keeper would take great de-light in furnishing a goodbungalow veranda as an out-door reception room.
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