May, 1912 
houses from choice, some 
from necessity. At any rate, 
whatever be the cause that 
dictates a residence therein, 
architectural style and ar- 
rangement, comfort and cost 
are considerations of prime 
consequence to them. ‘They 
wish to know how the house 
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First floor plan 
The total cost of this particularly attractive stone and stucco house when completed was kept well within $6,700 
AMERICAN HOMES AND 
Dining-room of the $5,500 home 
will look and they wish to 
know how much it is going to 
cost. They are anxious to 
have it as satisfactory as pos- 
sible from the architectural 
point of view, they wish to 
know the utmost that can be 
done and well done for the 
money they have to spend and 
they are solicitous to get the 
full value for the money they 
do spend. Because choice 
prompts them or circum- 
stances compel them to live 
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mischievous idea ought to 
be unsparingly uprooted. 
Too often the purchaser of 
a small lot, instead of going 
to a reputable architect, 
rushes off to some mere 
builder who puts up for him 
a house low-priced, perhaps, 
but in the end neither cheap, 
which is shown on page 160 CAIBENINC 
simply, there is no shadow 
of reason why they should 
allow themselves to be set 
down in the midst of ugliness. 
This position cannot be 
maintained with too much 
emphasis for, unfortunately 
enough, the dreary admission 
seems to have settled in the 
mind of the average intend- 
ing builder of a small house 
that a good house, irrespect- 
ive of size, must of necessity 
be an expensive house. This 
‘CHAMBER B 
CHA/IBER A: 
Second floor milan 
