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A COMFORTABLE AND CONVENIENT SUBURBAN HOUSE
posed to the weather and that casements are used when it is possible to hood them or to place them where they will be sheltered by the roof of the porch.
The arrangement of the interior of this house is simplicity itself, as the living room and dining room, which have merely the suggestion of a dividing partition, occupy the whole of one side. The arrangement of kitchen, hall and staircase on the other side of the house is equally practical and convenient, as it utilizes every inch of space and provides many conveniences to lighten the work of the house-keeper.
The entrance door opens into a small vestibule that serves to shut off draughts from the hall, especially as the entrance from the vestibule to the hall is at right angles to the front door instead of being directly opposite, making the danger from draughts so small that this opening might easily be curtained and a
- second door dispensed with. The broad landing of the staircase is opposite this opening from the vestibule and in the angle where the stair runs up a large hall seat is built. The vestibule jutting into the living room leaves a deep recess at the front, in which is built a long window seat just below the triple group of casements that appears at the front of the house. The fireplace is in the center of the room just opposite the hall, and another fire-place in the (lining room adds to the comfort and cheer.
In a recess in the dining room somewhat similar to that at the front of the living room the sideboard is built in so that the front of it is flush with the wall and three casement windows are set just above it. The china cup-boards built in on the opposite side are shown in two ways in the plan and illustration. In one the cupboard is built straight with the wall and in the other across the corner. Either way would be effective and the choice depends simply upon personal preference and convenience.
The tone of the woodwork would depend largely upon the position of the house and
FIRST STORY FLOOR PLAN. consequent exposure of the rooms. If they
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