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0, Give Me a Home
B y A d e la id e F. B a rk e r
O reg o n S ta te L ib ra ry
IS p r in gtim e i s n e st b u ild in g t i m e f o r
th e b ird s an d a 1 so fo r h u m a n s. A b out
the tim e of y e a r w h e n b u d s a re b u r s t
ing in to le a f a n d th e c o u n try sid e is
a blaze of v a ric o lo re d bloom , w e feel
the u rg e to g et o u t in to th e c o u n try .
We. I d riv e d o w n la n e s b o rd e re d w ith
v e rd u re a n d p a u se on h e ig h ts to o v e r
look b ro a d e x p a n se s of g re e n valley s.
W e a d m ire th e low ra m b lin g ra n c h
honse set in its g ro v e of to w e rin g
green firs a n d often , as w e v iew th e
p a n o ra m a u n fo ld in g b e fo re us, som e
p a rtic u la rly in trig u in g spot im pels us
to exclaim , “Oh, h ow I ’d love a hom e
of m y ow n r ig h t th e r e .”
T his y e a r m a n y ( ^ ^ | a r e m a k in g
our d re a m s com e tr u e a n d a re b u ild
ing th a t lo n g d e sire d hom e. T ru e,
prices a re h ig h a n d w ill no d o u b t
re m a in so fo r a long tim e. B u t a fte r
all th e re n e v e r h as n o r e v e r w ill be
an id e a l tim e ' to Iw U d . P e rh a p s th e
n e a re stI w e can e v e r a p p ro x im a te th e
id eal is th e tim e w h en o u r n e e d for
ho u sin g is m a n ife st a n d w h e n o u r f i
nances a re in su ch a co n d itio n th a t w e
& an o b ta in th e n e c e ssa ry c re d it fo r th e
u n d e rf^ ^ ^ ^ H
“To cu t o n e ’s clo th to o n e ’s p u r s e ”
has alw ay s b e e n so u n d ad v ice an d
esp ecially so in b u ild in g . I t is m ost
im p e ra tiv e h e re th a t w e p ru n e 'b u r
course does n o t m e a n th a t w e sh o u ld
sacrifice q u a lity of m a te ria l or solid
co n stru ctio n b u t r a th e r th a t w e do not
p e rm it o u r d re a m s to o u tw e ig h o u r
com m on sense. If a fo u r ro o m co ttag e
is ijM m geW K lw •
it be a stu rd y , w e ll b \lilt fo u r ro o m
stru c tu re , w ith p la n s fo r ad d in g , at
some la te r a n d m o re p ro sp e ro u s date,
the w ings to c o m p le te th e d a m b lin g
ranch h o u se s tru c tu r e of o u r d ream s.
Since m ost of u s a re a m a te u rs in
th e b u ild in g field, th e r e a re lu c k ily
m a n Y so u rces of in fo rm a tio n re a d ily
a v a ila b le to us. M ost^Sf th e se can b e
e x a m in e d a t a n d b o rro w e d th ro u g h
^ w ^ p u b l i B l i ^ r a i ; ^ . H ow to P la n a
H om e %;g U ^ r t "T ow nsend (A m e ri-
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w ritte n fo r • th e m a n y people w ho are
MS B r is d o n e - T his I
n o t m e re ly a book of p l B I I S u t t B f t
M r. a n d M rs. P ro sp e c tiv e H om e B u ild
e r d ecide rg a rd in g style, h e a tin g and
a ir c o n d itio n in g eq u ip m en t, plum bing,
lig h tin g, d eco ratio n an d all o th e r item s
B ^ R ^ m g b u ir d W B B o T n e , T his is
th e a ll-c o v e rag e ty p e o flm a te ria l th a t
no la y m a n should g jte m p t to build
w ith o u t.
F o r th e fem in in e n u m b p ^ p M ^ p
fa m ily th e m ost im p o rta n t co n sid e r
a tio n is th e p la n an d co n venience of
th e hom e. To M other an d T he G irls!
H o w to Choose, P la n a n a B u ild Y our
H om e
H elen K oues ( T udor, H H
$1.25) w ill be t ^ ^ ^ S s c t? of
citin g p eru sals. H ere a re n o t only
p la n s a n d view s of hom es b u t p ic
tu re s of in d iv id u a l room s in all th e ir
te m p tin g loveliness. P e rh a p s th e ladies
of th e fa m ily disagree. M other loves
tra d itio n a l, w hile th e G irls vo te for
stre a m lin e d fu n ctio n al. m
w ill
love H ouses fo r H om em ak ers by R. B.
W ills (W atts, 1945, $1:00) w hile the
sleek m o d ern houses in H om es fo r
T o m o rro w by W illiam s (M u rra y , 1945
$2.00) w ill send T h e G irls in^o d e
lig h t ed ra p tu re s .
I both
g e n e ra tio n s w ill find in som e of these
hom es a h a p p y b len d in g of tra d itio n
al an d m o d ern and a blessed com pro
m ise am ong th e h o u se h o ld ’s fem inine
c o n tin g en t w ill often resu lt.
S till a n o th e r th rill fc r th e ladies
consid ers b o th in te rio rs and ex te rio rs.
H om e F u rn ish in g by A. H. R u tt (W i
ley, 1948, $4.00) p lan s b o th th e hom es
a n d its fu rn ish in g s, even f f ip h e d r a p
eries at th e w indow s a n d th e p ictu res
on th e w alls. Its m an y illu stra tio n s
a re a hom e p la n n e rs d elig h t and its
c a re fu lly i+cruized b w
i
m ay safely
F o r the w om an
w ho d ream s of th a t p e rfe c t k itch en
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