Floor areas: Superstructure, 740 square feet. Porches, 250 square feet.
This house was designed to meet the needs of a family of 4 to 6 people.
The porch faces the highway, and paths from the front and side porches
lead to the farm drive.
The kitchen is complete and compact. The extra space found in many farm
kitchens has been omitted and a workroom added to provide for laundry and
other rough work. This also provides a place for men to leave their outer
wraps and wash before entering the living room. Storage space can be
obtained in the attic by the use of a disappearing stair in the workroom
ceiling.
No wood or coal range is provided for in this plan, because the
use of an oil, gas, or electric stove saves space in the kitchen
and correspondingly reduces the cost of the house. This saving and
the convenience of a small, compact cooking unit deserve careful
consideration in localities where these fuels are cheaply available.
Heating is accomplished by means of a circulator heater in the living
room.
The designer of this plan states:
The bedrooms are small. They are little used during waking hours, thus
they can be reduced with less injury to family comfort than any other
room. The large living room more than compensates for this.
When funds are limited it is always debatable, in a great portion of
the United States, whether spending money for a porch is wise, because
the same money could be used instead to increase the area of the house
proper. In this particular case the porch could be left off without
harm.
[Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOME AND FLOOR PLAN]
[21] Prepared by H. E. Wichers and O. S. Ekdahl for the department of
architecture, Kansas State Agricultural College.