This 1961 home from Highland Park, Illinois sure has personality. Living, working and sleeping areas are well separated in this 1.800-square-foot house. The distinctive personality of this pleasing and practical house is aparent in the strong lines of its "privacy-guaranteed" exterior.
The umbrella-like part of the roof covers only the living room. Simple to build, it is really four glass-ended gables, joined together so it rests on the four corners.
This inviting terrace (image above) behind the house can be reached from the family room (right), living room (center) and amster bedroom (left).
The shielding roof overhang repeats the size and shape of the terrace, making it easy to screen.
Looking toward the terrace (image below) from the 18x17-foot step-down living room, you can feel the spaciousness of the whole house. The opening between living and family rooms takes advantage of the continuous wall and ceiling treatment to unite the two rooms and join them to the outdoors. Triangular clerestory windows are a result of unusual canopy roof.
This combination dining room and family room is surrounded by the terrace, living room and kitchen. This brick wall, with only one window, screens this room from near next-door neighbors, offers seclusion on the narrow lot.
Durable vinyl floor covering helps this room stand up to hard all-family use.
This entertainment wall is an idea you could borrow. Built for another house, it worked so well that the owners wanted it in this home.
The dark wood contrasts sharply with the light walls, floor and ceiling. Hi-fi equipment, games, cameras, books and guest clothing are housed in this useful unit.
Even the kitchen has a cheery spacious feeling. The glass wall above the sink (draperies conceal awning windows) provides plenty of natural light for food preparation and family meals.
A folding wall of birch doors separates the living room from the loggia when privacy is desired; open like this, the doors further emphasize the spacious living area. This painting and others in the home are by Mr. Curtis Lieb - the owner of the house.
Here you also see the traffic circulation between the entry, living room and kitchen.
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