FARM BUILDINGS 333 



Laundry. The location of the laundry is open to much 

 difference of opinion. The basement, or cellar, is the most 

 convenient place, in some ways, for the place is already 

 provided and the soiled clothes will find their way to this 

 room through chutes. The first-floor laundry is probably the 

 most popular, because it is not so radical a departure from 

 the old practice of utilizing the kitchen during wash day. 

 The basement laundry necessitates an auxiliary provision for 

 heating water. It also often makes the disposal of waste 

 water more of a problem than any other location. A 

 laundry room in connection with a milk house where a 

 heater is already installed makes a very convenient solution 

 of the laundry problem. Power for washing purposes may 

 be taken from a small gas engine or storage battery or from 

 an outside source of electric current. 



Men's washroom. Another feature which characterizes 

 the rural residence is the necessity for a convenient place 

 in which the workmen may hang their work clothes and a 

 place where they can wash without encroaching upon the 

 time and equipment of the kitchen. This room may be 

 incorporated with a laundry room on the first floor, or in 

 conjunction with a grade entrance to the cellar, which would 

 place it a little below the level of the house proper. 



The washroom and the laundry must be warm and light. 

 If not well heated they will not be used for the purpose 

 intended, and if not well lighted they are difficult to keep 

 clean and sanitary. 



Hallways and stairs. While it is well to eliminate waste 

 space, hallways and stairs should be made sufficiently wide 

 to permit the moving of large pieces of furniture. Tak- 

 ing a heavy or bulky piece in and out of an upstairs window 

 is a decided inconvenience. Light is also essential, especially 

 at the head and foot of the stairs to prevent accidents. 

 The cellar stairs may have the bottom and top step painted 

 white as an additional precaution. 



