THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Split Excels In Luxurious Outdoor Living
By DAVID L. BO WEN
If you love to take a breath
of fresh air, this house will guar
antee you the opportunity.
Counting the long combined
living-dining room as one, it has
a total of six rooms. And it has
just as many terraces or bul
eonied porches not counting serv
ice and front entrance areas.
This abundance of outdoor rich
es gives B-38 in the House of the
Week series a luxury' and ele
gance seldom found in a modest
. split-with 1,238 square feet of en
closed area on living and bed
room levels.
Architect Rudolph Matern did
not forget the inside. A huge fire
place wall, with built-in planter
-dominates the living room and
glamorizes the foyer. This room
is 27 feet long and high in flex
ibility: the dining end can be ex
panded or contracted as the occa
sion demands.
The front entrance foyer is an
efficient traffic hub that creates
excellent circulation. From it, you
can go directly to the bedroom
level, recreation room level, liv
ing area or kitchen without cross
ing any other room. The kitchen,
with a front-oftlie-house location
and adjacent mudroom-loundry, is
efficient and convenient to meal
serving areas.
Big closets, the fireplace, and
large individual balconies for two
of the three bedrooms add distinc
tion. Architect Matern suggests
that a movable screen be used to
divide the porch serving bedrooms
one and three, so that it can
be either one or two balconies as
desired. The bathroom has two
lavatories to allow for greater
use one set in an unusually long
counter lop.
Over-all dimensions are G4' 4'
in width by 25' 10" in depth
There is a one-car garage be
nenth the bedroom level.
The same masonry wall which
sets the regal tone in the living
room houses a bedroom fireplace
and a barbecue on the terrace.
Sliding glass doors on two sides
of the living-dining room give ac
' cess lo outdoor living facilities
the terrace and a roomy covered
dining porch. The doors to the
terrace are 12 feet wide. The side
porch includes big storage closets
for outdoor gear, handy to t h c
service entry. A lavatory is in
cluded in the mudioom-lnundry,
convcnicnlly serving all areas at
this end of the house.
The recreation or hobby room
below bedrooms has a big bay
window with built-in seat and
sliding glass doors to still another
porch sheltered by the balcony
above.
A stunning pre cast concrete Her.nd
SPLIT-LEVEL BEAUTY: A 27-foot combined living-dining
room, extensive provision for outdoor living and effi
cient room arrangement highlight this three-bedroom
split level. Pre-cast concrete grille adds a glamorous
note to the exterior appearance.
grille a work of art in an ordin
arily pedestrian material is set
few feet ahead of the service
porch to give the exterior an
exotic touch. Vertical lines of the
wood siding and horizontal lines
of the brick make an interesting
design. The low slope of the roof
tends to make the home look not
only lower, but longer than it ac
tually is.
B-38 STATISTICS
There are six rooms, plus
a (oyer and a mudroom
loundry, in this side-by-side
split. Living room and din
ing space ore combined in
one 12 by 27 - foot room
dominated by a brick fire
place wall.
Every room in the house,
except the kitchen, has di
rect access to one or more
balconies porches or ter
races. Over - all dimensions are
64' 4" in width by 25' 10"
in depth. Habitable area of
living and sleeping levels is
1,238 sq. ft.
-set.
PAYING GUESTS
BARNEGAT, N.J. (UPI)
Stanley Zencw, a tollgate police
man on the Garden State Park
way, thought he was being
bombed Thursday when a white
object was dropped from a U.S.
Navy blimp and landed near his
booth.
Zcnew picked it up, found a
quarter inside a knotted handker
chief and a note reading: "The
Navy pays its way.
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SHAKESIPEREAN SETTING: The balcony is available, all B-38 needs is a Juliet. Archi
tect Rudolph Matern opened two bedrooms on this lovely second-level porch.
living level
recreation room level
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