LARGE HOME needn't be an extremely high-priced home, A as the four-bedroom, two-bath (third bath optional), nineroom Swallow proves. Here's a dwelling with about as much space as even a very large family could desire, yet in its general layout it stresses economy of construction. The architect doesn't presume that the builder who wants a good-sized home is ready to indulge in extravagant and useless extras.
Examples? Of course a good one is the plumbing layout. Both baths use the same basic plumbing, as do the kitchen and downstairs laundry. Another example is the flat-roof construction, which saves needless expense and affords year-round protection from sun-glare by its overhanging eaves. A third cost-saving item is the garage, which is built into the basement immediately below the sleeping area--no needless extra roof and wall expense here.
And cutting corners on construction expense hasn't affected livability or appearance one whit. The rambling split-level home with its stone and redwood exterior could be placed in any community in America and it would show to advantage. Glass is used generously throughout the home, with addition of beauty and light and no danger of heating problems, since insulated glass (Thermo pane) is used. Metal louvers beneath the windows assure adequate ventilation in all rooms.
Interior finish in the home gives it a highly customized look: mahogany-veneer plywood lines the living room, while the kitchen and dining room have mahoganygrained Formica walls. The tile bathroom and the kitchen both have Formicafinished cabinets, and all cabinet storage units are set slightly off the floor for convenience in cleaning.
A sheltered flagstone stoop leads to the front door, through which a large foyer is reached. Left of the foyer is a large guest closet and a double stairway-one set of stairs leads downstairs to the full basement, another to the upper sleeping level, wisely noise-buffered from the living area.
A door immediately right of the foyer leads to the dinette and the very large kitchen, which has room for a freezer and many storage units. There is a pass-thru in the kitchen which serves the living room, a door to the dining room, and another side exit to the walled concrete terrace.
The living room is directly opposite the front entrance; a beautiful ceiling-height Crab Orchard stone fireplace highlights this room, and a full wall of windows overlooks the rear yard.
Right of the living room, to the rear, is the very beautiful dining room. Here there is a door leading to the terrace, and a twowall window arrangement. A sliding door in a wall pocket sets this room off from the living room at will. A second living room sliding door leads to the den.
Two of the three upstairs bedrooms have outside doors leading down short stairways to the rear terrace. The master bedroom has its own bath, plus two large wardrobe closets. A connecting hallway joins the family bath and the two junior bedrooms. All bedrooms have cross ventilation.
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