Simple, low-pitched roof unite the two-story part of the house with the midlevel section and garage. The attached garage and the wall projections make the house look longer. A low cedar-strip fence helps screen the kitchen and breakfast area from the street - and creates a sheltered garden court. Overall house dimensions (including projections) are 36x79 feet.
Inside, the 2.518-square-foot floor plan shows the efficiency and convenience every split-level should offer you.
Up and down traffic - inter-level comings and goings are routed through the entry hall and not through a corner of the living room.
Garage to kitchen route - grocery handling after a trip to market is easy because there are only a few steps from car to cupboard; no change in levels.
Bath facilities - with bathrooms on each level, there's never the inconvenient trudge to another level. And the half-bath on main level doubles as a mudroom.
Access to outdoor living - the whole back yard is just outside the living, dining or family room.
Large master bedroom suite - with its 21x12 dimensions, its fireplac and bath, this bedroom seerves also as a secluded study or sitting room. Wall-long storage is divided into shelf and wardrobe sections.
The backside of the house also looks very good. There is no skimping of materials here - even the exposed foundations is brick-covered. The small cocnrete slab outside the family room door is a start-up for a future expanded patio or play area.
This covered patio is an excellent example of the accessibility of the outside. It fits neatly behind the garage and shares the view of the back yard with the dining room (inside the sliding glass doors) and the living room.
The living room seems - and acts - larger than its 16 feet. Part of the reason is the room itself: high ceilings; larfer window areal space "borrowed" from adjoining 9x14-foot dining area. The rest is the handsome furnishings and color scheming: carpet and upholstered pieces all blend.
Breakfast area and the kitchen's efficient U-shape work together as daytime headquarters for the homemaker. Servng and cleaning up go fast because the cabinets open to both sides and the long counter can host whole tableful of dirty dishes before you need to go around to the working area.
The stylish bathrooms are also good looking. The convenient counter, large mirror and all the storage below make this a perfect bath. The lighting is all in the ceiling. Flexible plastic diffuses light from fluorescent tubes above.
The family room, just six steps down from the main entry hall, is as convenient as it is comfortable, it even has a door to the back yard. The brick on the fireplace wall is the same used outside. The floor is easy-care vinyl asbestos; the ceiling's horizontal tile soaks up noise.
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