A House Built for $4,500 
THE HALL AND STAIRWAY 
equally important to the client, and save for him, 
under usual conditions, several times the amount of 
the architect’s fees. But, in the economical plan¬ 
ning and the consequent saving in space and mate¬ 
rials, lie a most vital value to the client. 
4 here is no formal reception-room, but a sunny, 
comfortable living-room full of light and warm in 
coloring with a cosy chimney-nook, around which 
the family may gather on winter evenings, with book¬ 
case built in under the two high projecting windows. 
I his room is as it should be, the largest room in the 
house, and has a large bay window overlooking the 
street. 1 he dining-room, which is light and sunny, 
is of large dimensions and has a bay with four large 
windows on the southern exposure. The den, which 
is at the rear of the house, is shut off from the main 
house and has a southwestern exposure. 
Connecting with the dining-room and kitchen is 
a large, well arranged butler’s pantry, containing a 
proper complement of cupboards, drawers, shelves, 
etc., and leading from the kitchen is the kitchen 
pantry, or cool room. 
The kitchen contains the usual appliances and has 
abundance of closet and pantry room. 
The stairs are arranged so as to he used from the 
kitchen as well as from the front hall, doing away 
with a back staircase. The cellar stairway is reached 
conveniently from the kitchen and also from master’s 
portion of the house. 
A feature of the second floor is the large family 
chamber overlooking the street, connecting with the 
bath-room and child’s room. 
This room has two very large closets and a cosy 
window seat built at the south window. The other 
two chambers are corner rooms giving cross ventila¬ 
tion, and of good size, each with a large closet. 
The attic was arranged for two rooms, one for the 
maid at the rear and a spare room at the front. 
These rooms are connected by a finished hall so that 
one would have the idea of entering a third story 
rather than an attic. 
The cellar contains the furnace and range coal bins, 
servants’ toilet, vegetable cellar, with vegetable bins 
and shelves, and laundry containing three apartment 
