| If you are plainning to build your own house | | | | A three-bedroom house should have two baths. |
| how large should a bedroom be? | | | | In the morning rush hour, when the children |
| | | | are hurrying to get ready for school, and Dad |
| At least large enough so that the bed can be | | | | has to shave, and mother has to do her hair, |
| moved around or turned around in it. Large | | | | enough bathrooms will save a lot of frayed |
| enough for a full-sized bed and a chest of | | | | nerves. Better economize somewhere else and |
| drawers, a night stand, a chair, and perhaps | | | | have enough bathrooms. |
| a dressing table. Perhaps 8' x 10' inside | | | | |
| measurement might be considered as the | | | | A guest room can be kept to the minimum. A |
| absolute minimum. | | | | private bath with the guest room will be |
| | | | greatly appreciated by the guests, but if |
| Most building codes do not permit rooms | | | | this strains the budget too much, some |
| smaller than 80 square feet in area, and this | | | | compromise will have to be worked out. A |
| would just meet that requirement. Certainly a | | | | smaller room with the private bath would be |
| room 9' x 12' would be much better, while 11' | | | | much better than a large room without it. |
| x 14' or 12' x 14' would seem rather | | | | |
| spacious. In an ordinary house a room 12' x | | | | Try to keep the guest room somewhat isolated |
| 16' would be adequate for almost any master | | | | from the rest of the house, so the guests can |
| bedroom. | | | | be off to themselves at times. This will give |
| | | | them more opportunity to rest and will permit |
| A bedroom isn't greatly in need of a view as | | | | the regular activities of living to go on |
| a person usually isn't often in a bedroom | | | | with less interruption. |
| during the daylight hours and then he usually | | | | |
| isn't looking out the window. | | | | Storage |
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| People are in the living room usually in the | | | | Organized storage space is very important in |
| evening when the landscape is dark, unless | | | | designing a house. When you move in, where |
| the view is over towns or villages where the | | | | are you going to put the suit cases? Well! |
| lights make an interesting pattern. | | | | Where are you going to put them? Of course |
| | | | there is no place to put a trunk. A closet or |
| The kitchen should, if possible, open on the | | | | wardrobe for a bedroom must have a rod to put |
| sunrise. | | | | the clothes hangers on. |
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| When one is working at the sink, an | | | | A piece of V^" pipe or a piece of electric |
| occasional glance out the window overlooking | | | | conduit is much better than a round wooden |
| an inspiring view can be very refreshing. The | | | | pole, as the hangers slide more easily on the |
| breakfast nook should also have a good view | | | | pipe, and a piece of wood gets black looking |
| if at all possible. | | | | if not painted, and if painted, the paint |
| | | | gets scraped and scarred very soon. |
| There should be at least half as many | | | | |
| bedrooms as there are people in the family, | | | | Shelves at one end of a wardrobe are very |
| and a guest room is an important adjunct, if | | | | convenient in order, each pair easy to get |
| it can be managed. Two boys can occupy the | | | | without disturbing the others. |
| same room when they are small, but, of | | | | |
| course, the ideal is for each child to have | | | | Where at all possible, it is a good idea to |
| his own room when he gets older, if at all | | | | have separate wardrobes, particularly in the |
| possible. | | | | master bedroom. (A man likes to have a small |
| | | | place in the house that he can call his own.) |
| Perhaps the master bedroom should be large | | | | A man will not usually need as much room as |
| enough so that two beds can be put in it in | | | | his wife or daughter does for clothes, but it |
| hot weather. When it is cold, probably only | | | | helps to keep the arguments down if he has |
| one of them will be used. | | | | some space of his own. Even if he may not |
| | | | have many pairs of shoes, a rack for them |
| Where there are small children, the mother | | | | should also be planned. |
| will probably want their room to be near | | | | |
| hers, but for adults, if bedrooms can be | | | | With building costs the way they are, every |
| separated from each other, one noisy or | | | | square foot of floor space must be used to |
| restless person will not bother the others | | | | the best possible advantage. Of course, a |
| quite so much. | | | | place for laundry, heating plant, and storage |
| | | | of larger items must also be found. |
| A private bath for the master bedroom is a | | | | |
| good idea, but not an absolute necessity. A | | | | If you decide to borrow money to buy property |
| good rule to follow is to have at least one | | | | always use a mortgage calculator to get the |
| bath for each two bedrooms. | | | | best mortgage. |
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