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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
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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-'
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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-
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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.
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