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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1958)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1958 THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK PAGE SIX A Split With a Personality! Pick - Your - Plan Area Fits Owner's Own Taste By JOHN O. B. WALLACE Houses should have a personali ty all their own, too. This happy stale of affairs is seldom realized except in the expensive custom built dwellings, but the stylish three-level ranch-type split shown here is an emphatic exception to this statement. Designed by a noted American architect and designated X-24 in the "House of The Week" series, it is a "personality house" in the sense it was created to fit a wide variety of contrary needs and tastes. Its chief feature is a large entrance-level room more than 400 square feet in area. This space can be adapted to many purposes ac cording to the needs, temperament and personality of the owner. The architect, Rudolph A. Mat em, says: "I wanted to design a home in which there is a large area easily accessible to the outdoors and other parts of the house that could be used or arranged according to the personal require ments of the individual owners. "The basic living requirements can be designed into a home to satisfy the population in general. But all individuals live differently l Llli- LIVING 8 BEDROOM LEVELS ': j -.' 1 1 ENTRANCE LEVEL ' ' THIS RANCH-TYPE SPLIT will fit the personality of any owner because it has a large select-your-plan area adapt able to the special needs of any individual. The floor The Sleeping Area Laundry facilities and a lavatory , , i i . .... are on the lower level and handily nnrl I.,... , ii .i mere are iour ucuiuuius uuu two and have their own special needs. ... . .. . . , . ., near the kitchen. The heatine Dlant "The sclcct-your-plan area in js separated fr0m the living level and the utilities are in the base House of The Week design X-24 b eignt st Bot baths are of ment gives each owner the opportunity (he Hollywood" type with built- to build his own special needs into in vanitories and piantcrs. The Casual Areas a oasic. weu-acsignec, nome. The master Dedroom. w feet g Here are complete details of this inches by H feet 6 inches, has plans, in the Inserts above, show all three levels. The basement is under the area occupied by living and dining rooms and kitchen. area description: The Living Area Nearly square in shape, area includes the 14 by 20 The porch at the right is cov- plan in an easy-to-follow, area-by- its own private bath. There is a ered by lne extcn"ng roof, Is en- cathedral-type window at the front closed on two sides Dy DricK walls of the master bedroom, with a long and runs the full depth of the planter box outside. house. There is a rear terrace off Housekeeping Areas &e lower leveK front living room and the dining The kitchen, at the rear of the 5torage Statistics room. The living room has banks house and adjoining t h e dining In the bedroom wing alone there of glass on two walls, one of which room, has the appearance of be- are 12 closets and a five-unit bank is formed by sliding glass doors jng a balconied kitchen because 0f nnen closets. A full basement leading to an adjacent porch. 0f js connection with the lower, nes un(er the living area. The ga A through, two-way fireplace adjoining level. rage is under the bedroom wing at serves as a separation between There are no partitions to de- (he left. There are large storage the living and dining rooms. The tract from this feeling of open- closets in both the lower and upper outside extension of this fireplace ness. A rear service entrance is foyers, becomes a barbecue grill on the near the foot of the four steps at ' covered porch at the right. The the back of the kitchen. The kitch- Special Features dining room opens directly onto en, an ample 15 by 12 feet, has , SHOPoml RECREATION ROOM dl HITCH H . I ffjrJ "tKfTIOfl NOCM 1 I a' j i """y DOCTORS OFFICC uvwcwxm! jy L'W"1' MMILVflOOM 1 -..nr 1-1:1 1 I line II! this porch through sliding glass space for doors. table. four-chair breakfast ( "V j nfcJw,in.i.ffl ni SKY VIEW of select-your-plan area shows how family room and office-den arrangement looks. The select-your-plan area is 15 feet 3 inches wide and extends the full depth of the house, 27 feet 5 inches. There are stairs from this area to the basement. A lavatory is only a step away. Its possible arrangements are numerous. The front part could become an office and the rear a family room. Other possibilities include a doc tors or professional suite, shop, dark room, maid's room, recrea tion room, den, hobby room, guest room, a fifth bedrom r even a rental apartment. The Exterior Brick and vertical boards are used in combination on all outside walls. The twindoor front entrance is protected overhead by a flat deck. A pierced masonry wall, planters and an angled trellis add decorative touches. The roof is of asphalt shingles. The chimney is brick with a concrete smoke cap above the flues. Dimensional Data Overall dimensions are 65 feet 2 inches by 29 feet 6 inches. A mini mum lot of 90 by 100 feet is recom mended. There are 1,585 square feet in the living and bedroom levels and 541 square feet in the entrance level. The garage has 2M square feet. There are eight rooms, including four bedrooms, and 2'i baths. HERE ARE FOUR of many possible arrangements for the select-your-plan area on the lower level. They include a rental apartment or an apartment for older relatives. 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 coupon on this page and sending it with 35 cents to this newspaper. This study plan shows each floor of the house together with each of the four elevations, front, rear and sides of the house.- It is scaled at Vfe-inch per foot. It includes a guide 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 construction in this area, as well as an idea of the cost in relation to your , budget. With this information you will know whether you will want to proceed with construction by order ing working blueprints direct from the architect and asking for bids for the work. STUDY PLAN ORDER COUPON Building Editor: Enclosed is 35 cents. Please send me a copy of the study plan of The House of The Week. X-24 Nam (pleat print) Street State
