THERE'S a lot of talk about traffic planning in our cities, but all too often it's a neglected problem in our homes. Everyone has seen the horrible examples — houses in which you have to cross the living room to get from the bedroom to the kitchen, or where the dining room has to serve as a passageway between the front door and the back.
The plan shown here is a model of good traffic control in a twobedroom house. A T-shaped hall keeps the traffic where it belongs and gives the rooms more privacy than is often found in much larger houses. Another big-house feature is an entry large enough to permit receiving several guests at a time without crowding someone into a corner.
A particularly handsome feature of the living room is the fireplace with flanking windows, which forms an effective center of interest. This room extends the entire depth of the house, and the back wall is a floor-to-ceiling expanse of glass which makes your garden appear to be part of the room. The absence of any division between the living and dining areas makes the house seem larger.
The compact kitchen is laid out in the popular U shape and is separated from the dining area only by a serving counter. There is an adjoining utility room for laundry equipment.
The bathroom has a roomy linen closet and that last word in convenience — a built-in dressing table with the lavatory set into it.
Both bedrooms are large and have plenty of wall space for good furniture arrangement, plus more-than-ample window areas.
An attractive feature of the exterior of the house is the 19x7-foot terrace in front. The house is faced with brick, with wood siding in the gables; the wall by the terrace is wood paneled.
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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950
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