HERE is a plan with unusually good separation of living, working and sleeping areas. An L-shaped hall and banks of closets give the bedrooms privacy and insulate them from the sound of activities in the rest of the house. Another wall of closets keeps kitchen noises from reaching the living room.
Other attractive features of the plan are the well-protected entrance and the fireplace which provides a center of interest for the livingroom. The living-dining area gets ample light and ventilation from five windows; those in the living room are floor length. Two exposures in each bedroom give cross-ventilation. The central hall carries traffic from the bedrooms to the bath and kitchen and eliminates the necessity of crossing other rooms.
This house is generously provided with storage space. The master bedroom, for example, has two large closets with sliding doors, and there are two hall storage closets, a sizable pantry and a linen closet.
The garage opens to the rear of the lot — an excellent feature, for it adds to the apparent size of the house, and there are never any gaping garage doors to spoil the effect of the house from the street. The two windows in the garage can be curtained to give it the appearance of another room.
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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950
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