HOW TO PLAN A HOUSE 281 



with doorways from each opening into it, as well as a third 

 doorway opening into the upper hall. * 



In a one-story building, the kitchen should be on the 

 eastern corner, the living room on the southern corner, and 

 the dining room between. The other side of the house should 

 contain the bedrooms and the bathroom. Each bedroom 

 should have a large closet with a window in it. Closets should 

 not be crowded in, here and there, but the house should be 

 made large enough to contain the space necessary for proper 

 closets. 



Instead of having the toilet in the bathroom, it is an excel- 

 lent plan to have separate rooms with toilet in one of them, 

 and the bathtub and lavatory in the other. The low tank 

 toilet is the best pattern. 



Returning now to the kitchen : The sink should be against 

 an inside wall with a window at the left. The ^bottom of 

 the sink should be at such a height that it can be reached 

 with the extended fingers when its user stands erect. This 

 brings the sink higher than is usual, but is the proper height 

 to prevent an aching back and rounded shoulders. Under- 

 neath the sink there may be a shelf, but the space should not 

 be inclosed, as such a closet is liable to be unsanitary. 



The stove should be placed as far from the sink as possible, 

 so that a person can wash the dishes without suffering unnec- 

 essarily from the heat. This will bring the stove into the 

 diagonally opposite corner, with a window at its right. Cook- 

 ing utensils should be hung near the stove. 



The other inside wall should have cupboards for dishes and 

 the storage of food. In the outside wall, next to a screened 

 porch, if possible, there should be a cold closet and an ice 

 chest, the latter arranged to receive ice from outside. The 

 cold closet should have a bottom air inlet, running from out- 



