This is one lovely 1961 white brick home. Bedroom windows up front are small for privacy's sake; the wood panels below thema dd color and importance. The facing brick is confined to economical rectangles - this way, there is no time consuming fitting above and below windows or gables.
The carport turns rectangular house into an interesting L-shape. A storage unit there hides mowers, bicycles and other clutter so there's always room for the car. Board-and batten panel by the front entry helps focus attention there.
Roof of the steel-framed carport connects with the house over the entry to form a covered walkway from the car. Open space behind it splashes light into garden area.
Simple furnishings and light-colored walls seem to stretch the living room. The glass here helps, too, by including the back yard - all the way to the economical privacy fence - as almost a part of the room. The big window and sliding door are draped as one in order to unify the living room and dining area.
Galley kitchen is only a swinging door away from the front entry. Its efficient line-up of appliances is spaced by working area on both sides. There's good storage, too, in the attractive fruitwood-finished cabinets.
The ceiling follows the roof pitch here, as it does in the rest of the house. Since cabinets stop short of both ceiling and floor, the kitchen looks more spacious than it is.
From the living room, a smart desk-counter and bookcase backs up kitchen "wall". It's a handy spot for homework or hobbies and it hides any kitchen clutter.
This area is the key to the openness of this half of the house. No matter which of the three rooms you're in - living, dining or kitchen - it seems large because the space of the other two (and the continuous ceiling) is easily visible.
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