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the garage, the clothes-yard, etc. (all those parts 

 which are necessary to the proper functioning of 

 the estate, but which we do not expect will add 

 much to its beauty), should be determined first 

 of all, as these things are fundamental to the 

 comfort of the occupants and affect the every-day 

 activities. This area is to be kept as compact as 

 possible to save space, and so that it may be 

 readily shut from view of the living area. In 

 the accompanying plan, it has been placed on 

 the shady side of the house, in order that it may 

 be hidden from the rest of the estate, and so that 

 people in the garden and on the piazza will not 

 be bothered by the noises of the kitchen, etc., 

 and by delivery wagons coming to the house. 

 This arrangement allows about as much land 

 on the southern side of the house, the "sunny" 

 side that we wish to develop, as it is possible to 

 have. 



The front lawn area is that portion of the 

 property that your fellow townspeople see as 

 they walk by on the street. This has been 

 made only large enough to provide a setting for 

 the house, and to bring it far enough away from 

 the street with its dust and noise. While this 

 part is comparatively simple to develop, there 



