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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1956)
PAGE TEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1956 THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK Derails Economy With zsmt Terraces Surround This Home By DAVID 6. KAREUTHER A ideal pUa for iaduor-outdoor living is featured ia Benign HW XJ for The House ai The Week. Garden terraces surround this house. Brood sliding glass doors open five room to breeze aod sunshine. Kitchen and family room merge into a spacious iaformai living area, with a barbecae fireplace ia the. kitchen. This arrangemeal spares the big Irving .roam aad formal dining room from everyday wear and tear. A gracious entrance foyer, three generously proportioned bedrooms, two bathrooms one a split bath complete this unusual layout. - All this and low costs, too, are made possible by expert planning, which keeps this house within 1.449 square feet and saves $1,500 or more by substituting a crawl space lor a basement. However, this is a flexible plan. You can build a basement if you prefer. The oversize garage pro vides ample space for a basement stairway and service vestibule be tween the' garage and the family room. A distinctive feature of the exterior styling of this house is the open rafters above the terrace and the two sliding glass doors of the bedrooms. A variety of treatment is suggested by this detail. You could leave these rafters open for shadow effect. You could cover them with corrugated fiber glass sheets in a pastel color. You could grow vines over the terrace. Or you could roof it over con ventionally for a covered porch. Herman H. York, architect who specializes in suburban and coun try homes, designed HW-23 wKh a weather eye on the building . dollar throughout. Room dimen sions indicate the extent to which this house is planned for the use of standard lengths of lumber without the expense of cutting on the job. Room widths of 13 feet 4 inches show the use of standard 14-foot joists with 4 inches allowed at each end for bearing and wall con struction. Widths of IS feet 4 inch-' ar.KwmM Wnrti rtawwrnemai jEan3re&ssaafc&atea OPEN RAFTERS over terrace and" sliding glass doors add distinctly note fo this smart ranch, house. SLIDING DOORS DEFY WEATHER SLIDING GLASS doors are one of the most glamorous and successful of modern building accessories. Their sturdy aluminum frames lock as ' securely as modern of fice building and store doors. Weatherstripped as thorough ly as any window or door, they defy the worst storms. Glazed with single sheets of heavy plate glass, or with double insulating glass, they can be as comfortable in any climate as picture windows or window walls. Standard height is C feet 10 inches, with widths of open ings ranging from 6 to 16 feet. Five pairs of sliding glass doors are used in the plan for HW-23 on this page. es show the use of 16-foot joists lumber being available in mul tiples of 2 feet. This not only saves money but resu.'ts in good room sizes. The architect carries this pru dence into the exterior design, too. He has pitched the roof just enough to permit the use of eco nomical asphalt shingles. He sug gests the use of brick veneer for an accent to the front end of the garage. This could be eliminated for economy although it provides a a pleasant touch with its exten- 1 FAMILY ROOM and kitchen with breakfast bar between. . ...sssYJsr , - V ' -V ;'7-.r-?. w am-m mi y r. Lafc., anm ,m aaatai swaaa aaaaaaaaaaf: - w m 1 1 tuft 6CDOORft' - I I: it VIM BM. DlNWJtS CM. -$44iri i 1 ' ' ' ' 'i 'i - , j --- 1 1 ! ; g l4 -1 BED BM. bgnal LEI I I Z 1 lUlij.p... Bsiae? 3 jj.j iiuD.D fgf Ptosx aanjg ' ;ii 1 ii j'l "ALL jj ' : ! ; J i J bed bw. i in a i : ! I1 t H ; h r bed bm. 1 rg pi foyeb j i" '111 ? JJr ' gtLV om. - ja9t'itrtjk ABOve - i "V" : II "ill I I ' " 1 I TWO CAB . Loct,riort or CTia. fou. ceixa- -y ' mv..Ji!'g, 1 is-o-iz-o- HOW SLIDING GLASS doors open on garden terraces from five room of sion of a pierced brick wall partly screening the garage doors. Either shingles or hand split shakes could be used to side the main front wall, depending on the build ing bndget. and the rest of the house can be finished with, plain clapboard siding. , Numerous niceties of planning characterize this house. Closets are large many of them planned with sliding doors. A private dress- room with a built-in vanity table links the master bedroom with its private bathroom. Sliding doors also open from the foyer into the powder room section of the split bathroom as well as be tween the two compartments this bathroom. A breakfast bar between the kitchen and family room is a smart provision for children's snacks as well as for informal en tertaining when the family room is used for evening recreation. The kitchen Is well arranged for cabinets and appliances, with space alloted for a modern raised oven separate from count ertop burners. The barbecue is conven ient for serving either in the din ing room or family room. Be tween the barbecue and refrig erator are a broom closet and a pantry closet. By locating the foyer as a center haD, every room in the house becomes accessible from the front door without passage through another room the dining room of course, is accepted as an excepl turn to this rule because of its ne riods of disuse. , The most glamorous feature of this house is the way its walls of glass open to let you enjoy the best of the outdoors from family TT,l d"ing room- u8 room and the two major bedrooms or close weathertight to give you spectacular views of any storm from the snug and cozv .wnrit r your own home. 'A 35-CENT STUDY PLAN MAY SAVE YOU 35 YEARS OF REGRETS' THE HOUSE of the WEEK A Quality Plan Selected Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN YOU CAN GET a study plan for The House of The Week by filling in your name and address on the cou pon on this page and sending it with 3S cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor of the bouse together with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the bouse. It is sealed at K-inch pe rfoot. It includes a guide oa "How to Get Your House Built." Yoa caa take this study plan to your bank or other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates on the cost of construc tion in this area, as well as an idea of the relation of the cost to your budget. With this information you will know whether yoa will want to pro ceed with construction by ordering working blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the Building Editor; Enclosed is 35 cents. Please send me a copy of me stuoV rJ. for The House of The Week, Design HW-23 P'0" NAME (Please Print) STREET CITY STATE Af Newsf earn res
