1968 Best Homes | Plan B-8535 | Architect Lester Cohen

The convenience of a ranch house is undeniable, but this plan includes many extras to make living even easier for a large family. To begin with, there are four spacious bedrooms and two baths in the privacy of the bedroom wing. The two at the front have long triple windows and double closets with space-saving bi-fold doors. The third family bedroom has the same closet arrangement and cross-ventilation as well. The master bedroom includes three windows, a dressing room with four closets and a built-in vanity and a private bath with enclosed shower. Opening from the hall is a linen closet and a family bath with double vanity sink. Note that this wing is in a quiet yet accessible location. The same virtues also apply to the rooms which have been designed for formal entertaining. 

The dining room and the living room are completely separate, yet just a step from the kitchen and the center hall. Diamond-paned windows add interest to the dining room, while the living room has five beautiful windows at the front. Both rooms have a great deal of unbroken wall space and good proportions, so they will adapt well to a variety of comfortable furniture arrangements. Directly off the center hall are two closets for coats—one for guests and the other for family. A very handy powder room lavatory is located at the rear of this hall. The wide flagstone entrance terrace which leads to the front door has two counterparts at the rear of the house. One secluded porch opens from the family room, close by the basement stairs, and will make an ideal safe play area for small children or a nice warm weather dining spot. The second porch is also secluded and perfect for relaxing. This porch has access to a large storage room as does the attached two-car garage. Between this porch and the kitchen there is an all-purpose mud room with a laundry area and a storage closet. The working part of the kitchen includes room for every modern appliance, a barbeque center and a snack bar divider on the family room side. This room has a fireplace for winter cheer and a window-wall corner for pleasure all through the year. A combination of stone and clapboard has been used to give the exterior a stately simplicity.

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source: Best Homes, issue 47, 1968

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