Planning the House 



An excellent adaptation of English and French half-timber work. Cost 

 about $17,000. Wm. L. Price, architect 



matter would seem to be by progressive stages. If you have an idea of what you 



wish, make rough sketches of it and think it over. New ideas come put them 



on paper. If you can blunder through a drawing in any sort of shape, get a 



drawing board, T-square and triangle and lay the first plan out to scale. Then 



you will discover 



that the stairs will 



not go up within 



the space that you 



thought and that 



your pantry isn't 



large enough just 



such things as you 



should discover, too. 



Calculate for furni- 



ture, etc., and when 



you have gotten 



what you think is 



right, make a trac- 



ing of it and take it 



to your architect. 



At this stage he 



should be made familiar with the pro- 



posed site, so as not to work entirely in 



the dark. He may then, too, be able 



to suggest things which you have over- 



looked or have not thought of. 



Your architect should be chosen 

 with care, and friendship should have 

 nothing to do with the choice; such a 

 combination of relations is often disas- 

 trous. You have probably seen some 

 particular thing which you fancy; the 

 man who did it is the man you want; 

 don't get someone else to copy his design. 



If you have no very clear idea as to 

 what you wish, go to the professional 

 man at once. In any case get rough 

 sketches at first, so as not to make too 

 expensive a job of it; if the finished 

 plans have to be altered too much, the 

 architect is apt to lose his interest and 

 to neglect or slight yours. 



While your outlay is being put in 

 shape, try other schemes or keep on with 

 the original sketch, trying to better it. 

 This last can be done by making the 



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