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Material and illustrations 

 for this article are based on 

 Small Homes Council Circular 

 C7.2. This circular is one of a 

 series on small homes pre- 

 pared by the Small Homes 

 Council. Circular C7.2 may be 

 purchased for 10c or the en- 

 tire set of 19 circulars for 

 $1.50 by writing to Small 

 Homes Council, Taft Drive, 

 Mumford House, University of 

 Illinois, Urbana, ill. 



The plans for this basic 

 farmhouse were designed by 

 the agricultural engineering 

 department of the University 

 of Illinois College of Agricul- 

 ture and the Small Homes 

 Council, under a Farm Journal 

 research grant. 



HERE IS a house designed for the farm, built to fit the living and 

 working habits of the farm family. The basic plan takes ad- 

 vantage of the farm's generous home site. Its general design 

 provides for spacious outdoor living. 



The house is simple to construct. Much of the rough carpenter 

 work can be done by any man handy with tools. The plans are flexible 

 and can be expanded to fit the needs of a growing farm family. 



This can be the home of your dreams. The house is architecturally 

 sound. It is the result of months of study and the pooling of ideas 

 by engineers, architects, home economists, and landscape architects at 

 your own state university. 



The house consists of two rectangles. One contains the living 

 room, dining room, kitchen, workroom, and allied storage spaces. The 

 other rectangle contains the bedrooms and bathroom. These two units 

 can be put together as desired. Three ways are suggested on these 

 pages: 1) when the farmhouse faces north (the large picture and 

 plan) 2) when the farmhouse faces east, and 3) when the farm' 

 house faces west. 



The house has many advantages made possible by careful engi- 

 neering and architectural planning. The housewife working in the 

 kitchen has a view of the highway, the approach from the highway, and 

 of the farmyard itself. The living and dining room, combined into one 

 large area, open onto a terrace which provides an outdoor living area 

 with southern exposure. Visitors will be attracted to the front door 

 since it can be reached easily from the driveway. The bedroom unit. 



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