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In the remodeled plan, such modern improvements as heat, light, and 

 running water have been added; closets also have been provided. The 

 whole plan is now arranged so as to encourage wholesome living. 



Under the old plan the house contained two cellars, one under the square 

 upright and one under the kitchen, with an unexcavated area under the 

 dining-room. A long journey was thereby involved in going from one exca- 

 vated part to the other. The new plan simplified this difficulty by exca- 

 vating under the 

 dining-room wing. 

 Further study 

 of the plan is left 

 to the individual 

 reader. 



,4 study of new 

 types 

 Attention must 

 now be focused 

 on more economi- 

 cal arrangements. 

 The plan of any 

 building is based 

 primarily on its 

 needs. Broadly 



*■"**&** J&g speaking, family 



Fig. 62. — First floor plan, showing living area and working area 



life makes three 

 demands on a 

 house plan: that 

 it shall provide 

 living area, work- 

 i n g area, and 

 sleeping area. 



The living area refers to such parts as sitting-room, dining-room, library, 

 office, and porch; the working area refers to kitchen, pantry, laundry, 

 hall, and stairs; the sleeping area refers to bedrooms and bath. It is 

 the function of a good plan to organize these three elements into a com- 

 pact arrangement, allowing each requirement an area to itself. Spacious- 

 ness must be expressed in the living area, compactness in the working 

 area, and privacy in the sleeping area. The principles of rational house- 

 planuiiu' arc based on these three distinctions. 



The farm cottage shown in Figs. 62 and 63 aptly illustrates these prin- 

 ciples. Here we have a compact plan with its three areas clearly defined. 



