THIS is a two-story, two-car garage plan. The arrangement of the second floor includes a living room, bedroom, bath, kitchen and eating space, plus generous closets. All the conveniences of a small residence are included. The living room and bedroom are independent of each other. Each has enough wall space for the effective placement of furniture. The dining space is incorporated in the kitchen to make for greater convenience in serving.

The windows are arranged to give plenty of light and ventilation in every room. In the sketch the first story is masonry and the second story frame construction. Stone is indicated for the masonry portion, but any other masonry material could be substituted. The second story has an outside finish of asbestos shingles, but this also may be changed to another material.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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HERE is a house that the fun-loving family will take to its heart. The wide-open spaces of the king-sized front room—a combination living-dining room and den—are the answer to a party-giver’s prayer. Except for the coat closet, there is not even a suggestion of a partition to get in the way when you are entertaining a crowd. You will especially appreciate this feature if you are active in the affairs of a church or club to which you frequently open your home.

Besides providing ample space for entertaining and everyday living, this plan offers almost unlimited possibilities for originality in interior decoration.

The hall adjacent to the living area insures privacy in the bedrooms and provides access to the bathroom, kitchen and breakfast room. The bedrooms have plenty of closet space, and their doors and windows are arranged to allow cross ventilation.

Closets in the hall take care of bedding and out-of-season clothing, while there is storage space in the bathroom for linen and laundry. In addition to the usual fixtures, the bathroom has a convenient built-in lavatory and dressing table with a large mirror above. The kitchen has a step-saving arrangement of the work space and a breakfast area at one end.

A handy utility room is connected with the kitchen by a breezeway, which provides a covered passage to the car port.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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HERE is a three-bedroom house that should appeal to the conservative home builder. The exterior is in brick featured by a bay window in the living room, and the garage is detached.

The front entrance is dignified and in excellent taste, and enters directly into a living room, the principal feature of which is the picture window on one side and the fireplace on the other. An unusual feature of the living room is an alcove for books. This enters a bedroom which can easily be converted into a study or den. Adjacent to the living room is the dining room, with exposures on two sides, and separated from the living room by sliding doors.

Between the dining room and the kitchen is the breakfast room, accessible from the hall and equipped with a built-in sideboard and corner china cabinets. The kitchen, which adjoins the breakfast room, has the usual kitchen appointments.

The bedrooms are of generous size and well ventilated, with large closets and direct connections with baths. One bath is accessible from the hall, for visiting guests. The hall is the center of all activity and contains the usual appointments of telephone desk, mop and broom closet, and linen storage cabinets. The garage is located directly back of the house, is connected with the kitchen by means of the service porch, and has in it a laundry and toolroom. This garage may be placed anywhere else on the site, if you wish. A design of landscaping is suggested for the garden lover, and the toolroom can easily be adapted to a workroom by installation of necessary facilities.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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HERE is presented the rambling-type house developed to meet the particular requirements of the small-home builder in the South.

Generous porches with low sweeping roofs are designed for outdoor living and dining, and for the development of recreation and hobby areas. The kitchen is small and designed to provide the greatest convenience in minimum space. It has a streamlined cabinet at the north end, and space for the hot-water heater, range, refrigerator, and a small table.

The isolation of the sleeping units from all noise of operation of the household makes this plan particularly desirable. The hall is minimum in size.

The bath is in an ideal location for convenience of the sleeping units, and still close enough to the semipublic spaces to make its use convenient for guests.

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This house was planned for a young family—it is a house designed to grow. The original unit, composed of three rooms and bath, has all the essentials of comfortable living. The rooms are of good size, the exterior has attractive lines and good proportion, and the arrangement affords the maximum in convenience.

A generous, covered porch is supported by iron trellises on which climbing vines may be trained.

From the porch one enters a foyer into which all three rooms open. This foyer gives a further effect of spaciousness and eliminates traffic through the living room in reaching the bedroom and kitchen.

The living room features an attractive open fireplace, and the windows in this room are grouped in such a way as to provide plenty of light and ventilation.

The bedroom has an ample closet and a private bath with shower. Windows on three sides of the bedroom give the good ventilation so necessary in our warm Southern climate.

The kitchen has a built-in dining space immediately to the right of the door, where it is out of the way of sink-to-stove traffic. Sink, drainboards and cabinets are on the right; stove, refrigerator and water heater on the left. There is a window at the end of the breakfast nook and another above the sink. In the original unit the back door opens directly into the yard.

The extension provides for a bedroom, a bathroom with tub (accessible from hall), a dining room (this room can be used as a third bedroom if the family prefers), three large closets, and a service area just outside the kitchen.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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THROUGH its pleasing, balanced proportions this small Colonial house achieves beauty and character. The plan arrangement solves the problems of economy through compactness and a most intelligent relationship of all living areas. Each room is easily reached from the large living room or any other part of the house. Even with the compact arrangement, every room is provided with large windows on two or more walls to provide light and good ventilation.

The large entrance porch is beautifully designed in the Colonial style as a feature to the front of the house. Upon entering the living room, the first thing that meets the eye is the fireplace which has been designed to give charm and dignity to the entire room. There is a built-in book alcove between the living room and dining room for choice books.

Each bedroom is large and provided with ample closet space. The master bedroom has its own bath and two closets. Both the dining and breakfast rooms are large and nicely located for serving either formal or informal meals. The rear screened porch offers many advantages for afternoon and evening visiting and games.

A stairway is shown to the attic which may be used for additional rooms or storage space. The second floor plan indicates how this space may be developed into two large bedrooms, a play room and a bath. The cost of making use of this feature would be small. However, the stairway may be omitted entirely and turned into closets instead.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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The central bedroom is a dual purpose room, separated sufficiently from the other bedrooms so that it may be used as a guest room, study, sitting room or den, and is conveniently located to the breakfast room and kitchen. Note how generous the living room has been made and how the wall and furniture space is increased by the use of an entry. The living and dining rooms may be shut off entirely when not actually in use and passage made through the back center room.

A well located breakfast room, necessary for comfort and convenience when the dining room is not required, is included in this plan. The kitchen and dining rooms are both large and well arranged for service and beauty. The double car garage is placed close to the house and connected by a screened breezeway for protection in bad weather; it may be used also as a sitting porch, or outdoor living or dining room.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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FOR those who want formality and dignity in their home, here is an especially attractive plan. The clever use of stone and brick on the exterior has created a most charming and interesting design.

The floor plan has been made compact for the sake of economy. There is hardly any hall space or wasted area. Notice the direct entrance to the two bedrooms from the large living rom. The living room itself has through circulation with its exposure to the front and rear. In the center and rear there is a den just off the living room that serves either as a study or work room, and also as an extra guest bedroom. It has an adjoining small bathroom which may also be used from the kitchen and servants’ side of the plan. The plan has a grass terrace at the front and at the back.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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BOTH dignity and charm have been achieved in the design of this house by the application of the refinement and delicacy of the Colonial style. The close relationship between the house and terrace is more intimate than extensive, as in the usual formal gardens of this period. Special attention has been given to the interior to make it a fitting background for beautifully designed modern or period furniture.

Note how the large rooms separately have some attractive feature—a fireplace, bay windows or with an interesting view to the garden area to the rear. The first floor bedroom has all the conveniences necessary for comfort to special friends and overnight guests. The stairway is placed so as to be more private for family use in going from the living area to the family bedrooms and baths on the second floor. Each of these bedrooms is large and well ventilated and provided with good sized closets for clothes, linen and storage.

This entire plan is the type so many people want some day to have as their own lovely home.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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RELATIVELY small dwellings that will house more than one family, and do it gracefully on a 50-foot lot, are in great demand. Here is a plan economically and conveniently arranged to take care of three families.

The outstanding feature is the appearance it has of being a typical small house. Each entrance is independent of the other and designed so that the door to the second-story stairway is the only apparent entrance on the front elevation. The other two entrances are cleverly placed on the front side corners and lead directly to the living room of the first-floor apartments.

The rooms are large and conveniently arranged for the placement of furniture. Family meals are served in the alcoves in the kitchen, and the end of the living room is intended to be used as a dining space when entertaining guests. Each kitchen has a private entrance for food deliveries and for servants. The bedrooms are large and have good air circulation and three walls for various arrangements of furniture. Closets are plentiful and equipped with shelves and hanging rods.

The second-story apartment has complete privacy and, like the first-floor units, is well arranged to take full advantage of furniture arrangement.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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