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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1956)
., Apr. 20, '50 (Sec. 1II)-2'J Analyze Plans Before Remodeling House iniint en kitrhtna big enough to fling a rat. Usable cabinet spare should be counted only when it Is with in 8 fret from the floor. Spare you can't reach out of bounds. Cabinets above a range or re frigerator are extra and not counted in minimum reachable storsge spare. ; For a three-bedroom house. 24 linear feet of kitchen cabinet spare Is considered a minimum. Counter space of 8 to 8 linear feet li i minimum for a house of any lite. Moat people prefer the kitch en link to be placed under a window to allow a view of out door play areas for children and to admit a maximum of day light for kitchen chorea. An outside door from the kitchen to the service yard ia important for convenience. A lavatory near this door and adjacent to the kitchen is pro vided in the best plans. A cellar entrance should be provided off this service vestibule, or in homes without baementa, this is the place for the laundry. Provision for exhaust fans has become standard In new kitchens planning, where kitchens are because of the trend toward open open to living areas and the housewife can enjoy the party or TV. BRIMIING TfXIIMQLE tainting with the el,f of a bm will cause It to "lint-fr" or divide Into clumps. If it la necessary to Use a wide bru a edgewise, as In a corner, re move the fingering at once by fif ing the brush several U-4ee brondfide. "Fingers" kit in a Hitiofri Ainrnl iKl ttav lit tvavitmaD ttjaasw 'with cross ventilation needs a win- dow on each of two walls. i Houses with three bedrooms need more than one bathroom. "The 'additional coat of a powder room it far lea than the loaa of market ability of a house without it," nays the Review of the Society of Resi dential Appraise. Two full bath rooms art preferable for a house bedroom retirement house ran get along with a minimum din ing area of 80 square feet 8 by 10, for Instance. Rut the min imum dining spare that ia speci fied today for a three-bedroom house is 110 square feet This means that a dining room 10 by 11 feet ia regarded aa the small est tolerable ,for I family house. Even in this space you may find it crowded with a buffet or aideboard against tha wall and aix persons seated around the dining table. Experts aay that dining room furniture calls for in a dining alcove, or 10 feet for a minimum of 8 feet ia width a room in which soma apace ia allowed for circulation. More space is needed for entertain ing. The Mt4era Kltchra Additional eating accommo dations for six persons are rec ommended for the modern kitch en of a three or four-bedroom house. Tha breakfast nook or snack bar may become tha most used dining area in tha house. Family living habits have sounded the knell for tha kitch enette. For years there was a trend away from the big and comfortable kitchen of Grand ma's house, (where tbert was room even for a rocking chair). Perhaps modern equipment the dishwasher, the electric sink, refrigerator and food freezer, built-in wall oven had some thing to do with reversing that trend. Nonetheless, today people (Zct( Okthawg delft HeejiljcuJe manent and ruin lh brush. Visit Us at the 1956 Home Sliou HOOT! BROS. oi three or four bedroomi and a four-bedroom house usually needs a minimum of J'i baths. A di vided, split or compartmented bathroom often solves the prob lem of duplicating this expensive room to build and equip. Two lava tories often ease the morning rush to prepare for work or school. HIS J. 12th Ph. 3344 A Family Dinlag Rata A honeymoon cottage or two V--.J U;L No Substitutes j For Large Rooms I By DAVID G. BAREITHER f Associated Press Real Estate Editor A house plan should be- judged on two fundamentals, room I aizei and room arrangement. All other details are of secondary I Importance. Picture windows, window walls, sliding glass doors, lire si placei and built-in can openers will not compensate for skimpy, rooms I grouped with no regard for convenience. Building costs tend to have a restrictive Influence on rcom f sizes. After the market became- I glutted with two-bedroom houses the book ahead of your feet. Now OVERHANGING EAVES U keep the summer sat frtm beating a heme thrragh large window areas have 1 became even more Important wltk the spread ( air conditioning. As shown here, floor-to-ceillng window i Walls eaa be completely la the shade at midday la summer. When the ana la lower la the aky la winter It eaa shliie" In the windows. Such overhangs are carefully planned. They have to be wider la Mlnnea I polls than la Dallas. , sofa Is crowded when occupied by more than ;wo persons. A tela-: vision set needs not only wall space, 1 but comfortable grouping of fur niture toward it. Ditto for a fire place. A piano calls for even mora space. Windows, radiators and; registers limit furniture placement. Tables and table lamps, reading lamps will be needed. I So 20 feet often seems modest i in the length of a living room, j 8 lies for Bedrooms Wall space if especially Impor tant in bedrooms. Heads of beds, I dressers, dressing tables, bureaus1 or other chests of drawers need wall space, cannot block windowi or closet doors. A bedside labia for lamp and clock has becoma almost a must In every bedroom. Twin beds need about 12 feet. J inches of wall space to allow for walking space around the beds and a table between them. A double bed needs 8 feet, I inches ol unbroken wall space. Sides of beds should be at least 2 to 3 feet from walls or other furniture. Stubbed toei in the dark are the penalty for violating this rule. i . The creation of extra wall space I in bedrooms by using shoulder high strip windows has not worked lout as anticipated. People sleeping ! under such windowi found it im possible to open them above their . eada because of the cold and in surance 'companies frowned on 'mortgages when no easy escape from fire ru available with high windows. Sliding closet doors have tended to increase usable floor space in I bedrooms, but they call tor mora wall space than a swinging door. I i i j ... !tL aIaaaI maaJb r.acn oeuroom who a retm j two doors, one for the closet ana lone for entrance. Each bedroom ? and srowing families were check- measure the distance from the i mated by limited budgets, many back of the chair to the book. This I home buyers made the mistake of will show you how much space is compromising on smaller rooms needed for comlort in front of 4 in order to have a greater number each chair 1 1 of rooms. This has resulted in con- You w ill probably find that this j stant annoyances with cluttered diwe is at least 4'j feet from homes and serious impairment of the wall. Allow the same distance 1 investments in such homes. from the opposite wall and you I Appraisers have recognized this have 9 feet. If your legs arc problem and have worked out some stretched out beside a coffee table, i minimum-- requirements . for . the the table will add at least 4 more guidance of mortgage investors, inches. In order for a person to I But like most minimums, these walk between two men sprawled j have tended to become maximums out in this fashion, a passageway i under competition. It seems that of at leat 2 feet, 1 inches ahould I the best policy for the man who be allowed. I wants a liveable house of sound There you have a total of 12 feet J value is to allow as much of a as a minimum between walls- margin as possible above minimum and you probably don't want your I requirements, , furniture against tha waJV the The Living Room I minimum width becomes greater. How big should a living room be? Now figure the number of per The minimum size can be fig- sons who will use your living room tired out on the basis of usable at one time members of the fam apace needed around each piece ''' relatives, friends. Parties can Of furniture. be exceptions, since so many guests j Sit in an easy chair placed it on the floor anyway. This will gainst one wall and put a book give you an estimate for the length an the floor in front of your feet. this 12 foot, i-inch minimum Stretch out your legs to a comfort-.width room. """ able posture for relaxing, pushing' Remember that a three-seat IN SALEM ... Your DEALER FOR 0(3 L0Q TO RSA BLACK & WHITE TV A RADIO-PHONOS RADIOS m A HI-FI EQUIPMENT RECORD PLAYERS (2A TABLE AND PORTABLE W A ParlS FREE DEMONSTRATION RCA Service QGA Tubes It's here . . now! BIG COLOR TV by famous RCA Victorl So big-so beautiful-so breath taking you have to see it to believe it. 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