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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1961)
NCRALB IMS MBW1. Kl.m.l Faffs, Of. Sunday. January I nil Pat I THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK Charmingly Southern, Efficiently Modern Br DAVID L. BOWEH Ttie South may liave lost the Civil War, but its architecture has won the test of tune. Wlien you think of gracious hos pitality and living in a comfort ably grand manner, you may well conjure up in mind's eye a pic ture not too much different from the artist's rendering of this House of trie Week design. Outside, B4G has a graceful en trance portico with columns ris ing 17 feet to Uie porch rool. Inside, there's a sectacular spi ral staircase coming up from wide reception foyer to the broad hull on tlie bedroom floor. The home w as designed by Ar chitect Lester Cohen, who sought to capture the gracious and ex pansive mood of Southern archi tecture. One of Hie areas of special suc cess is the tremendous stretch SOUTHERN SUBURBAN: Here's an adaptation of tra ditional Southern architecture to the demands of the present. The home is luxuriously large in some rooms, yet it's total living area is only 1,697 sq. ft., a modest size for a two-story. foyer to the right, the dining room opens through a wide arch Folding doors separate the f.imilv roam from the dinine room across the front of the house. As has a wide wimiow uuusts fill uii the livinc room in; . . at the front and immediately Do- hind it a picture window over looking the porch. The kitchen is handy to both formal dining room and the casu al relaxation areas. There's pro vision for everything a homemak er would want for easy and effi cient operation. Glide uo the curving stairway to the uper hall and you reach the bedrooms. The master bed room, with walk-in closet and shower bathroom, lakes up the left side of this level. The fam ily bathroom is at the back of the main hall convenient to the children's bedrooms. In addition to tlie garage and basement for household storage there are adequate closets throughout tlie home. Especially notable is the oversize linen clos et next to tlie upstairs bath. guests fill up the living room in this home, they can spill out across tlie foyer, across the dining room and into tlie fjmily room an unbroken distance of 52' k feet from wall to wall. Despite the luxurious size of some rooms, this is no mansion. Living area on the first floor is 982 square feet, with another 715 on tlie second bringing tlie total to 1.B97. The kitchen at the back has an adjoining breakfast nook comfort able for family meals and be yond tlie lavatory at tlie service entrance is a covered porch. Over-all dimensions with a two car attached garage are 74 feet in width by 27'8" in depth. Additional Details Tlie living room extends the en tire depth of the house, with true through ventilation: windows at the front and back. Across the B-46 STATISTICS There are seven rooms In this two-story Southern tradi tionol, with most rooms of luxurious site. An Interior feature is the grand staircase spiraling upward from the wide welcoming foyer. There are three bedrooms with 2Vi baths. Habitable area on the first floor is 982 so., ft., with 715 on the second floor. That's a total of 1,697. Over-all di mensions ore 74' in width by 27' 8" in depth. i . , -15 i J i ! I X?".& JiXv1. i " i-- v Tj 4 X- 'X - ! ' -i. ., V VT , Rw &X ' 'X'jff?L 30 i -J GLAMOROUS SPIRAL: Artist's conception of the grand staircase dominating the en trance foyer and waiting for a belle to graciously descend. . : . . i J In LI 1 I ft MTHl KODOOH I I 10 I Cs I 10' I STCT BEOftOOH I( 16's12' SECOND FLOOR -TV 0- T M 0 CUI Bat LIVINC 1 ROOM Jht 21' I 12' s & r i lt Iml ISHttllFltTl t" 19' I KITCHEN ne o OININO I iron 12' I 10 P 0 R T I C 01 :;rt N T R A N C E H FAMILY ROOM 1 . M 19' 8" I 12' I . I FIRST FLOOR FLOOR FLANS: Note the immense stretch of the entertainment area starting in the living room and flowing across dining room throuqh folding doors into the long family room. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and two baths. 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 50 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 Vs-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 in 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 50 cents. Pleose send me a copy of the study plan of The House of The Week B-44 (please print) Name Street Cir, . State
