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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1958)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, JULY 20. 195a THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK PAGE EIGHT Build for the Future, Economically' Ranch Designed for Careful Home Shopper By JOHN O. B. WALLACE A warm, home-like exterior puis this money-saving ranch house in a class by itself. - While many a home of modest size and cost seems coldly func tional, we have one here in which appearances have meant a great deal to the designer, as they will to the owner. -The designer, Rudolph A. Mn tern, who specializes in small homes, set out deliberately to , keep costs down by keeping the size moderate and putting all the space to work. , "My purpose," he says, "was tc get a very small, low-cost home. At the same time, the house had to provide the number of bed rooms most needed by the ma jority of people. This number is three. "The house also had to provide an interesting exterior and offer an entertainment-living area large enough to dispel any small-house, cramped feeling., "Beyond that, my purpose was lo provide an efficient and com fortable home." Loiivered Closet Doors A run-down of the plan shows: The habitable area is less than 1,000 square feet. The three bedrooms all have at least five feet of closet space. Combined, they have 17 feet of closet space nearly twice the amount required by the FHA. : All closet doors are louvered, and the larger ones are ac cordion and fold back on them selves. This allows a large closet suming room space. The living and dining areas nre end lo end to give a "big look'i to this one-room arrange to be opened fully without con ment. The third bedroom, which may A COTTAGE-LIKE APPEARANCE adds a friendly note to this exterior which makes use cf different materials includ- Sratistics There are six rooms, with either two or three bedrooms, and a bath in House of The Week design X.15. Habitable areas total 995 square teet. Ad'J 335 square feet for the garage and 132 square feet for the porch. The overall dimensions of the house are 5tl by 33 feet 8 inches. A 75 by 100 foot, lot is recommended. There is a full basement under the living fireas. ing adzed siding, brick, flush boards and vertical boards and battens. The entrance is recessed. ' 59-0 be used instead as a den or study, is separated from the living-dining area by a floor-to-ceiling sliding wall. With the wall pushed back into its pocket, an expanse of more than 31 feet is thrown open. The sliding wall pocket extends outside the house and encloses one side of a rear terrace The circulation arrangement of the plan creates marked elfici- : ' J I OPEN TERRACE otr..0i.f ' '? 7TrfdTQ---TYTf vtT n rr PORCH "TfKWiX - W0 pocket ono jr;:TM- A -'M - 5Sfjr ! fi-ivoty Junes ono wen . 1 lr ' l! 17 TrSi . !T " ' J ' i L-L r window sent'" 1 . LIVING; DINING BRMM BEDRpOM 1 s'o-cge "" , . A t I iJ. ceo tccmbined length 31-4 )t- Dtl) . . II I two woy fi'eploce louwe'ed door: H ' - InrvtifllimjEl ' rcT , BEDROOM 2 M dcwnK'on9e KIlcFENrnvco Hi l0'' l0''""- I GARAGE JtJT,l8 29-4- FOrER b""- 1 I cowered 1 . 1 nifonce f v THIS IS A VIEW of the covered rear porch and the connecting open terrace. The wall at the left provides privacy for the terrace and serves as a pocket for the wall inside the living room. THIS FLOOR PLAN shows the practical circulation arrangement of House of The Week design X-15. Note the sliding wall at one end of the living-dining are. ency. Between the foyer and living Hall space is kept to a mini- room are louvered doors. These mum, the bath is located at its may be left open f.6r decorative most convenient point and the purposes or they may be closed to service entrance leads directly to give living room privacy, the kitchen and to the basement 1 " stairs. ' The living room, beside the -- , Poor-to-ceiling' sliding wall, in- Kitchen Shares Fireplace eludes a picturesque window seat . ..... .. . extending along 13 feet ot the rear . In addition lo the generous stor- wa, Aluminum and gUlss 5ii()ing age space of the living areas, ex- doors imo ,. rear icr,ace. tra space is built into the garage and is separated into three parts: A warm, collage, like exterior a storaiie area for porch lurni- has been achieved through the use ture just olf the rear porch: a of dilferent materials. Adzed sid slorage area for children's play ing 1s used in the front gable and articles, with a door of its ownJlush boards are used on the rec . and a storage area for tools next (angular bay window. Brick flanks to thework bench.. the entrance. " " , . The kitchen, nearly 19 by 10 fe.et The entrance is recessed and in size, has a large breakfast has pierced flower pot shelves at area flooded by natural light en- its right. Vertical boards and bat tering through diamond - paned side. The chimney, is brick wilh windows. The kitchen is linked to pots on top of the flues. Lattice the dining area, and it shares a work, board and batlen shutlers Iwo-way brick lircplace which and thick, bull roof shingles corn goes through to the living room, plcte Ihe exterior. -- brick Jiding -Send this coupon for your STUDY PLAN- YOU CAN GET a study plan for The House of The Week by filling in youi name and address on the coupon on this page and sending it with 35 cents lo this newspaper.. This study plan shows each floor o( the house to gether with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the house. It is scaled at la-inch per foot. It includes a ?tiide on "How to Get Your House Built." You can take this study plan to your bank or other mortgage lender and to your builder and get rough estimates on the cost of con struction in this area, as well as an idea of the cost in relation to your budget With this information you w ill know whether you will want to proceed with con struction by ordering work ing blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the work. STUDY PLAN ORDER COUPON Buildmq Editor: Enclosed is 35 cents Pleose send me a copy of the study plon ot The House of The Week, Design X-15 Nome Street Cit, .. Ipleose print) ... Store
