THIS modern Cape Cod cottage is unique among low price homes. Its low, sweeping lines, cellarless construction and sound floor plan combine to offer the prospective home owner comfortable living with economy.
Perhaps one of the most striking features is noticed immediately upon approaching the front entrance. The overextended eaves form a convenient shelter along the entire house front, offering protection from rain and wind and performing many of the functions of a porch.
The front door of The Oakland enters on a front center hall. Ahead is a stairway to the expansion attic. To the left is the dining room, and to the right the living room.
The living room is highlighted by a large picture window along the front wall. A second window affords cross ventilation from the adjacent wall. Despite the plentiful window area for ample daylight illumination, there is an unusual amount of wall space remaining for a variety of furniture arrangement and interior decoration.
The front hall is crossed to reach the dining and kitchen areas on the left side of the house. This isolation of the food preparation and eating sections of the home is a feature seldom found in low cost houses. Many people find such an arrange- ment ideal for entertaining. Cooking odors and the setting up of the dining room go unnoticed in the living area.
The dining room contains a double win- dow in the front wall. An open archway with built-in side serving panels leads directly to the kitchen in the rear. The kitchen is well arranged. Range, refrigerator and sink all have work space nearby. In addition, a roomy pantry closet is installed next to the work space. The kitchen is accessible from a side door of the house, the dining room and the central hall.
The central hall also has an entrance from the living room and proceeds back to the sleeping quarters. It contains a handy linen closet near the bath.
Two corner bedrooms at the rear of the house assure quiet at all times. Two windows in each room give cross ventilation with adequate wall space left over for beds and dressers. Each bedroom has a closet with sliding doors which give full use of all floor area, since swinging doors automatically create a certain amount of waste space.
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