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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1958)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1958 THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK Imagination - and Ceiling -Soar in New Home By DAVID L. BOWEN PAGE SIX A cathedral ceiling and graceful second floor balcony overlooking the mansion-like dining and living rooms are two of the spectacular features of this baek-to-front split level. When you add a study (or play room) with its own fireplace and a two-room-and-bath master bed room suite you begin to get an idea of the luxury built into this moderate sized home. Designing "up instead of out" enabled Architect Herbert W. Ntfu mann to crowd a great amount of well-utilized space into a house that looks and sounds more expen sive than it actually is. Even if you don't think you can afford it now, a family with a breadwinner on the way up might keep this plan in mind. Only 35 cents will bring you a "baby blueprint" detailed enough for a cost estimate and easily filed away for future use. The two-story front gives t h e house an air of dignity and pres tige. But it stands low enough to fit in well in a modern suburb where surrounding homes are low and sprawling. The plan is X-35 in the House of the Week series of custom architect-designed homes and offers 10 rooms plus spacious foyer and Vk baths. Here are the details, area by at tractive area: Entertaining Zone Almost the entire length at the rear is given over to a striking combined living and dining room, with a dramatic fireplace wall climbing 17 feet up to the sloping cathedral ceiling. Adjoining the fireplace, a wall of glass also stretches from near the floor all the way to the ceiling. The room is further dramatized by a balcony hallway running half its length at the bedroom level. A graceful stairway leads from this balcony down into the living room. mdaussGS-SS i "'f ' 1 ""gi t ly-ff'"' UNPRETENTIOUS BUT LUXURY-LOADED: Here's a home that packs a whale of a lot of spacious elegance into a modest-appearing exterior. It's a back-to-front split, with a cathedral ceiling and over 35 feet of dining and living room space. 3 iff f's w ' rnWi 3 Opposite these features of the in terior wall, two large glass open ings let in the outdoors. One wide window is at the dining end, and sliding glass doors open on the rear terrace at the other end. A spacious flagstoned foyer pro vides access from t h e front en trance to the breathtaking enter tainment area. Three wide steps lead up from the foyer, bounded on the right by a brick planter extending from the fireplace wall. A powder room opens onto the foy er just inside the front door. Casual and Kitchen Area The principal informaj room is (he cozy study or playroom to the right of the foyer. If there.are -teen-agers irr your family, this room which' has its own fireplace is bound to be popular. It can just as easily double as a card room, library or rumpus room. The breakfast room at the rear of the house is filled with light from the corner windows and sep-' arated from the kitchen by only the range counter, conveniently lo cated for ease in Serving and clear ing.. ..... 33 111 1 iti 000ft I BEiFRT I 12.2 j 7.3" fc I ft DINItt t IVIMC ROOM j .'' "-" I 7 LOWER FLOOR PLAN shows the spacious entrance foyer leading to the tremendous dining room-living ropm area. Note that the study as well as the living room has a fire place. SUBURBAN SPLENDOR: The dramatic effect of the ca thedral ceiling is apparent in this artist's rendering of the living room, looking toward the dramatic fireplace and the wall of glass that rises from floor to ceiling alongside it. A balcony looks down on the living room from the second floor. tf neon Ja MT, DIDIHC A t lIM W"1 I am 1 HA? Tf I H'r 1 xm. sf i KtXHKW SECOND FLOOR PLAN: The destruction of bedroom pri vacy often occuring In home with this type of cathedral oiling was avoided in this plan by clever positioning of bedrooms and both. The master bedroom suite occupies one end of the house. Sleeping Area Architect Neumann realized that one of the major drawbacks of the bedroom balcony in many homes employing this dramatic de tail is the fact bedroom traffic is visible from tjje downstairs. He overcame this fault by placing the bath and bedrooms in such a way that once the children have retired, they can visit between rooms or use the bath without coming Into view from, below. The master bedroom not only has its own private bath, but a dress ing room beside. The dressing room is a luxury feature that costs little extra since it occupies space above the kitchen that would other wise be dead storage. Housekeeping and Storage A 16-foot laundry area, with a hobby bench and ample storage space, is located to the left of the foyer. A dutch door leads outside, and another door to the garage. The stairway to the basement is handy both to the kitchen and the laundry area. Four large closets make It easy to keep cleaning tools out of sight at one end of the foyer. All told, there are 12 closets in the house. Exterior Detail Stone veneer it used all around on the main level. Contrasts of vertical siding with battens are employed en the upper level and garage. It hat an asphalt shingle roof. An added feature It plastic "skydome" set in the roof, shed- Square foot area of the first floor ding light over the stairway to the is 1,594. There are 878 more square bedroom level. feet on the bedroom level. Garage Dimensions covers 440 square feet. The house The house measures 49'6" by requires a plot at least 60 feet 45'6" over-all, - including garage, wide, more in some areas. 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-35 Name , (Imm eriell
