IF YOU want a house that keeps a weather eye on comfort, consider this plan. Window walls across the front flood the rooms with winter sunshine. But during the summer, when the sun is higher in the sky, the wide overhang of the roof keeps the sunlight under control, and cross-ventilation cools the house.
On winter evenings, with the draperies snugly drawn and a brisk fire crackling in the fireplace, the living room is warm and inviting. The floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace projects between the living and dining areas to create the effect of separate rooms without sacrificing the spaciousness gained by combining the two areas.
The house has three bedrooms, but if yours is a small family, you will probably want to make a den of the one adjoining the living room.
The exterior of this house deserves special mention. By combining wood siding and brick veneer, it affords an interesting contrast in materials. And it achieves the popular long, low look by means of its flat roof and wide car port. This is a car port plus. One side of it is given over to closets, providing almost as much storage room (plus added protection for your car) as a garage — and at considerably less cost. The door from the car port into the house you'll find convenient when the weather is bad or you have packages to unload.
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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950
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