THE exterior of this friendly two-bedroom home offers a pleasant contrast in building materials — brick veneer on the bedroom wing, which extends toward the front of the lot, vertical wood siding on the long front porch, and wood shingles on the attached garage.

The outstanding feature of the floor plan is the provision for cross-ventilation in every room (the bedrooms have three exposures), making the house delightfully cool during the summer months. And with this large amount of carefully arranged window space, the house is bright and cheerful the year round.

The efficient and highly livable floor plan incorporates many features unusual in a two-bedroom house. Note especially the convenient entry with a coat closet nearby, the large breakfast room (separated from the kitchen only by a serving counter) and the utility room.

The spacious living-dining room is at the back of the house, with windows overlooking the garden. The bedroom wing at the front is completely separated from the rest of the house by a hall which contains three closets and space for the central heating unit. The bathroom is located convenient to the bedrooms and has the popular built-in lavatory-dressing table.

When you want to go from the attached two-car garage to the front door, the porch provides a protected passageway to the entry. But when you’re bringing home the groceries, you can step from the garage onto the covered back porch and thence into the kitchen.

The garage has two handy closets for tools and garden equipment, and between them there is a built-in workbench. A wide window above the bench provides plenty of light for working.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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 HERE is a plan with unusually good separation of living, working and sleeping areas. An L-shaped hall and banks of closets give the bedrooms privacy and insulate them from the sound of activities in the rest of the house. Another wall of closets keeps kitchen noises from reaching the living room.

Other attractive features of the plan are the well-protected entrance and the fireplace which provides a center of interest for the livingroom. The living-dining area gets ample light and ventilation from five windows; those in the living room are floor length. Two exposures in each bedroom give cross-ventilation. The central hall carries traffic from the bedrooms to the bath and kitchen and eliminates the necessity of crossing other rooms.

This house is generously provided with storage space. The master bedroom, for example, has two large closets with sliding doors, and there are two hall storage closets, a sizable pantry and a linen closet.

The garage opens to the rear of the lot — an excellent feature, for it adds to the apparent size of the house, and there are never any gaping garage doors to spoil the effect of the house from the street. The two windows in the garage can be curtained to give it the appearance of another room.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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THERE’S no wasted space in this compact but uncrowded house. In its 1,255 square feet you will find a spacious living-dining room, an entry with a coat closet, an efficient corridor-type kitchen with a breakfast area, two good-sized bedrooms with large sliding-door closets, a convenient utility room and plenty of storage facilities. Little space is given over to the hallway — just enough to insure privacy for the bedrooms and bath.

The center of interest of the friendly living room is a fireplace flanked by bookcases. A large picture window in the living area and four windows in the dining area make the room bright and cheerful. The bedrooms are also light and well ventilated, with two exposures in the front room and three in the master bedroom.

The kitchen has the desirable double sink, a handy work space between the range and refrigerator, and a breakfast area with windows overlooking the garden. The kitchen opens into a utility room which has space for laundry equipment and water heater; the utility room in turn opens into the car port, which has a closet for storing tools and garden equipment. Two large hall closets provide for general storage and the central heating unit. The bath has the lavatory set in a built-in dressing table, and there is a good-sized linen closet and a tub that can be curtained or enclosed for a shower. The exterior of the house is of brick veneer, to which shutters add a touch of contrasting color, and it features a large built-in plant box.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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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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WITH its large rooms and open living area, this three-bedroom brick rambler is a model of spaciousness. And along with the widespread floor plan go the ground-hugging lines that tie the house in with its setting.

The eye-catching feature of the front elevation is the floor-to-ceiling window wall of the living room. (There is a corresponding wall of glass at the other end of this room.) The roof extends over the front porch to provide a protected entrance.

In the large living area, the center of interest is the double fireplace which opens into both the living room and the all-purpose room. This all-purpose room can be thrown open to serve as part of the living room proper for large parties, and it can be used as a family living room, a game and television room, or a den.

There is a formal dining area in the L-shaped living room, as well as a sizable breakfast area at one end of the kitchen. A bar between the breakfast-kitchen area and the all-purpose room is handy for serving snacks at informal parties.

The U-shaped kitchen has space for laundry equipment. Just off this utility area there is a convenient lavatory, and a small back porch which opens into the double garage.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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IF YOURS is a three-bedroom family, this plan has much to offer in the way of convenient, harmonious living. With two full baths, Father can shave in peaceful solitude in one, while the children wash up for breakfast in the other. All the bedrooms are large — and just look at the usable wall space they afford.

This plan places the efficient, corridor-type kitchen in a step-saving central location, and it provides a variety of eating spots — a breakfast area at one end of the kitchen, a full dining room, and a large terrace for outdoor meals. Situated as it is, the terrace is private and protected.

A handsome fireplace dominates one end of the living room. This spacious room and the large dining room (there is the merest suggestion of separation between them) make it possible to entertain sizable groups without crowding. 

The front porch is protected, and the small entrance hall has a coat closet. This hall opens into both the living area and the bedroom wing.

The simple, straightforward exterior of the house is of brick veneer, while the attached double garage is of frame construction. The garage — note its two large closets — opens onto the terrace, and from there it’s just a step to the dining room. A sidewalk leads from the front of the garage to the porch.

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source: The Progressive Farmer – Distinctive Southern Homes | 1950

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