1968 Best Homes | Plan B-6778 | Architect Lester Cohen

3/27/2026 10:26:00 AM

This three bedroom ranch house has been designed along sensible lines with a basic simplicity which means savings in construction and insures its popularity through the years. This good basic look has been achieved, however, without sacrificing eye appeal. Large windows, horizontal and vertical wood siding, brick trim and a sheltered flagstone porch leading to a recessed door all provide an air of graciousness. The foyer is king-sized, a center from which all areas of the house can be reached. Because the living room is completely separate it will be easy to keep looking just right for company; it has an off-center fireplace on the back wall, built-in alcoves for television and hi-fi, a front picture window and enough unbroken wall space for interesting furniture placement.

The dining room is a spacious rectangle with a sliding window wall at the rear that leads to a dining patio. There is another dining area in the kitchen, right in front of two large windows and space for a barbeque corner next to the range. Down two steps from the kitchen is a service vestibule, adding facilities of a laundry, mud room and extra storage. This adjoins the stairway to the basement, with a back door opening on the yard and keeping the rest of the house free of messy traffic. An excellent flexible area is placed behind the garage. It can be a jalousie enclosed play porch or a family room. The two car garage, which has room at the side for a closet and a work bench, has a door to the front porch and a door to the enclosed porch at the rear for added convenience.

The bedroom wing has a master bedroom with three large rear windows, a private bath with adjacent dressing room and closet and a double closet with sliding doors. There are also two additional bedrooms, each designed to be used by two children if necessary, and there is a family bath with a vanity sink. At one end of the hall there is a linen closet and at the other end there is a coat closet.